LibraNurse27

LibraNurse27 BSN, RN

Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown

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  1. I hated being a nurse for the first time

    LibraNurse27 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!. Sounds like a terrible shift. Med/Surg is so hard, when one pt becomes a critical pt you still have your other however many pts and a double kind of anxiety builds up as you're stuck in the...

  2. Team nursing?

    LibraNurse27 replied to emergencynurse2011's topic in General Nursing

    OMG. 5 or 6 sick step-down patients?? How do you do

  3. Trouble getting hospital job with no acute care experience

    LibraNurse27 replied to RUNBNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Or maybe another specialty that you could tolerate better than med/surg that offers the schedule you're looking for? Do you need benefits or could you do per diem? I'm not sure if it's hard to find a...

  4. Do you ever feel guilty for calling in for reasons other than being ill

    LibraNurse27 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I try to never call on a weekend unless I'm actually sick, since our weekends are always short. I can see how many people are scheduled for each shift, so if I need a mental health day I pick one that...

  5. Trouble getting hospital job with no acute care experience

    LibraNurse27 replied to RUNBNursing's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of nurses I started out with on Med/Surg were able to get into postpartum or L&D after working on the floor for 1-2 years. Med/Surg gets you experience with the hands-on skills you use in...

  6. Still want to try....

    LibraNurse27 replied to RNatloss's topic in General Nursing

    If you can handle ER I think you already "proved yourself" (not that it matters, and all areas of nursing are important). I just mean in terms of taking care of acute patients. There are ICU level...

  7. Non-direct Patient Contact/Low Risk Contact Nursing Positions

    LibraNurse27 replied to Mikeya's topic in General Nursing

    telephone triage has no patient contact ? utilization review could be good

  8. Meth induced abuse? =(

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks @Nurse SMS! I have mentioned that the cranky/threatening pts are especially hard for me to deal with, especially threatening male pts due to past experiences with assault. I think night shift...

  9. Meth induced abuse? =(

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    thank you @Sivraj and @CharleeFoxtrot ! It's nice to learn from others' experiences, and your comments confirm what I was suspecting, that "dream teams" are rare and should be appreciated, and will...

  10. Meth induced abuse? =(

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent advice! Thank you. Difficult coworkers can make an easy job hard... didn't think of it that

  11. How do you break the cycle of exhaustion?

    LibraNurse27 replied to Corpsman2OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the excellent advice above! Learn to accept help, it's wonderful that you are on a unit where it's offered and your coworkers care about your well being. Even if you just take 10/15 mins...

  12. When You See Something, Say Something

    LibraNurse27 replied to simba and mufasa's topic in General Nursing

    I think anyone who can't see racism in America needs a new pair of glasses! Hope that is not rude. Some on my unit declare that all the black nurses work nights "so they can make more money than us"....

  13. Negative Nancy?

    LibraNurse27 replied to NurCe-45's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the decision is yours and to spend time thinking before making a decision. For me it helps to write down what is a "must" in a job, what is something you would like but not essential, and...

  14. Switching Careers from Nursing because I hate it so much

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingworldwhy's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside nursing is definitely not for everyone. But if you're not 100% sure you want to completely switch fields, there are desk jobs in nursing. Insurance companies, case management, research,...

  15. Postpartum?

    LibraNurse27 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, just wondering if any postpartum nurses can share about their experience. For 4 years I have worked in Stepdown at a county hospital. I love my patients and hands on skills but the stress of...

  16. Gender discrimination in pay

    LibraNurse27 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, this week a male colleague who I oriented disclosed to me that he makes more money than me. Our hospital has ten "steps" in pay. I was hired as "beginning level" since that is the post I...

  17. IV insertion practice needed

    LibraNurse27 replied to pedsnurseIJAG's topic in General Nursing

    I think you get good by doing a lot of them, so if you get a job where you do IVs you will get better. If you work in a clinic where no one needs an IV, you won't be good unless you have some innate...

  18. New grad RN; getting a job out of state with less than 6 months experience

    LibraNurse27 replied to pandabearlover's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Nurse Beth, sounds like first step is to focus on getting off nights and treating your anxiety and depression. All of those things can cloud you judgment and make it hard to think in a...

  19. Bipolar doesn't have to mean crazy!

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much! I think what you described about your cousin can be common with bipolar; intelligent people who succeed academically/intellectually/artistically but have trouble with succeeding in...

  20. Night shift has changed my life for the worst

    LibraNurse27 replied to pandabearlover's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you're struggling! Night shift is also hard for me because of meds and other factors. My hospital seems to have more trouble hiring for days and evenings than nights. Our night shift...

  21. Gender discrimination in pay

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I don't see how I could break the law by listening to coworkers voluntarily disclose their salaries to me. I didn't ask them any questions, they brought it up because they were surprised and...

  22. Gender discrimination in pay

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I found out the issue is when the union negotiated our latest contract per diem employees fought for a clause that states their hourly pay cannot be decreased by more than 5% when they become...

  23. I can't get a job!!

    LibraNurse27 replied to ThatBLURN's topic in General Nursing

    Not all SNFs are equal; If you do work at a SNF do your research! Talk to current or former employees if possible, and ask about retention. Are there any covid testing centers looking for temporary...

  24. Night shift

    LibraNurse27 replied to nikki1018's topic in General Nursing

    I have never worked full time nights, but I've worked stretches of nights for maybe 6 weeks at a time, so my advice is not as valuable as that of a lifelong full time night shifter! What worked for me...

  25. Gender discrimination in pay

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!! I do understand that I was hired at a certain step and agreed to that salary. I'm just wondering why all the male nurses are highbred at a higher step than any female nurse. I kind of wish I...