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  1. Newish RN, New to Corrections: How to be successful?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in Correctional

    I have resigned. Not because of the inmates/pt. population but because I cannot be successful in this toxic environment with the nurse manager who from day one has bullied and belittled me. She...

  2. Newish RN, New to Corrections: How to be successful?

    carebear1980 posted a topic in Correctional

    I have just recently started working at a correctional facility. I have not even started nursing orientation on the unit, still doing security training. I'm a newer nurse 1 year med-surg experience....

  3. Denied PTO for my marriage

    carebear1980 replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So Foggnm what do you do instead of hospital work?? To the OP, I think it is a chronic staffing shortage even more so on night shifts and especially 12 hour night shifts. I work these shifts myself...

  4. Newish RN, New to Corrections: How to be successful?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in Correctional

    Well its been a week plus and I am starting to figure some things out. It is still challenging trying to find my way around the prison for keep lock , sick call. and med pass. Also scary because a...

  5. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Update. Well its been almost a year. What a year!! Wow reading these posts over again. Thank you again to all who helped me.... I am still learning and don't think I will ever stop. Which is great...

  6. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just scored my first RN job after many months of trying (Yeah!!!). I am about to start a 12-16 week paid new grad internship/orientation to the hospital and the unit in about a week. I am nervous...

  7. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just got off orientation on a busy med-surg unit. :) So I admit I have not had much experiance or practice with starting new IV's but have been succesful at it when I have done it in the past. My...

  8. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Love how you answered this in more ways than one very

  9. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    powerful/painful lesson to learn, thanks for

  10. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone of you for all the great ideas and

  11. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Can I say wow, you definitley have good insight on what I was going through. Yes I think that is a great idea and am looking for some good youtube videos. Does anyone have a good link or

  12. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you, I am certainly hoping this will be something I can say one day. It would be cool to go from where I am now to others asking me to help them to start a new

  13. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absoulutely this is how I try to approach situations. It helps lesson negative feelings I may have and also I love a challange on most days.

  14. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Chorr, I didn't think of that. I think I will approach my hospitals RN educator and see if I can get in some more practice, maybe another couple hours in Endo would help build my experience and...

  15. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sun0408, "OP, the fact that you posted so much back information on your IV skills or lack there of makes me think you avoided changing it." When I think back to it, I agree I may have been avoiding...

  16. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree the AC is not a great IV area. I did not start this IV the pt. had it in already upon my

  17. Graduated in 2011; Passed NCLEX 2015 - Can I still find a nursing job, or is it too late?

    carebear1980 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nurse Beth, Thank you for giving me encouragement. I would like to add that you were right. I am learning a lot and they have not sent me home or said I am not trainable. I still have a lot to learn...

  18. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Update for week one GO (general orientation) was a breeze but important. I than did some shadowing of other departments/units. I liked this as it gave me the opportunity to observe and to get my hands...

  19. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tomorrow is the big day. Not to nervous about general orientation. Just about when I go on the floor. I got my schedule and it looks like I will have a few different preceptors. I got a skills...

  20. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A big Thank YOU to LightMyFire, RN, William2, Laflaca, Dnptobe20, and Aspiringnursedd for your responses. Other things I would appreciate a response to are: I am focusing on reviewing the steps but...

  21. Graduated in 2011; Passed NCLEX 2015 - Can I still find a nursing job, or is it too late?

    carebear1980 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Everyone is telling me not to worry, but I feel like they don't get it. I feel like an impostor. I am trying to practice head to toe on imaginary patients. As well as remember things like taking a...

  22. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay so I have been finding some good advice on site. For further clarification can anyone explain what a brain sheet is and is there a template? I never heard of anything like this before and it...

  23. Graduated in 2011; Passed NCLEX 2015 - Can I still find a nursing job, or is it too late?

    carebear1980 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Nurse Beth, I am in a similar situation , and looking for advice and hope. I haven't had clinical for a little over a year, and I passed the NCLEX about 6 months ago. I spent a long time trying to...

  24. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    dnptobe20 Thanks I ordered a oncology book, and I found my old clinical skills CD-Rom. I feel more confident as I am watching, although I know doing and watching are different things. Thank you for...

  25. Got my first ever RN job, need advice afraid I forgot all my clinical skills.

    carebear1980 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Quote from laflaca My first job was in a level I trauma center and I was TERRIFIED. On top of my lack of clinical skills, I have the worst visual-spatial abilities of anyone I've ever known -...