Bluespruce

Pays is decent & you can work 'off' hours which is a good thing for some people (especially if you don't yet have a family of your own). People will appreciate you occasionally & that really feels nice. After a days work you know you really...

Hi, You sound like you're really at a crossroads. Keep in mind that some of your husband's behavior may also be because of your behavior. I know you said you praise your husband when he's in a good mood. Do you also do that when he's in a so so mo...

Yeah, I can really understand where you're coming from - feeling overwhelmed so consistently. I'm still a pretty new nurse & remember in nursing school one of my teachers telling me that one effective way of voting was with your feet. I did do ...

I have my BA in psych & had non-related psych positions for about 5 yrs before deciding to get my RN (did an ADN). I think it could help you in getting into a psych RN job quicker (possibly) & also in pursuing an advanced degree in nursing ...

Florence Nightingale also stated something to the effect that women shouldn't become doctors either. Although she did some great things, we live in a totally different world.

I think there is often times a tradeoff (quality of life-wise) when getting the best-paying job. Usually those jobs, like a clinical monitor, are way stressful and you may be away from where you live much of the time with 50% travel. Living in mote...

Hi Amy, I just took the NCLEX in July & percentages from the nclex review books aren't always terribly accurate predictors. I know I took a Kaplan review course & worked a lot with their computer CD & that really did simulate pretty well...

I would never tolerate that behavior in the US - I'm thankful that I'm an RN here & not elswhere for a myriad of reasons! The aformentioned post being one of those reasons...training just isn't as regulated. Have you ever worked or lived oversea...

Just one more thing...the initial shock of nursing school w/buttwiping and some aweful smells sights may scare you away, but I tell you the more you get exposed to it the more desensitized you'll become because most likely you'll have to go through t...

Yeah, that sounds sort of similar to where I was as an aide. I did vitals at times on all 30 pts, but during that time I really couldn't be answering lights as well.(when I was only aide) Sort of a tough balancing act. Those sound like decent rati...

Yeah it sounds like the aide wasn't empathetic to you at all - that doesn't help the pts any.

Wow! I can't believe these ratios...I was hoping that was more or less a thing of the past, but I guess not. In the metro area where I live I haven't heard of more than 7 pts per nurse other than at the VA hospital. Was this at a more rural hospita...

Thanks for all your responses...I guess as a new nurse if I'm put in any of these situations I'll just have to fill out incident reports (before I think something really bad might happen) & then of course chart what I notified physicians about th...

Also, I have a question for you in re: to this situation being that I'm a new nurse. In general, should you chart that you've requested such & such because of your reasonable fear that pt could fall out of bed & injure him/herself? I wonder ...

I wonder if you worked for a VA hospital? I've noticed the worst ratios & circumstances for patients there on med/surg floors.

I'm a new RN, but I had a great teacher who was a psych NP. She also had years of experience as a regular RN on psych floors. She did, it seemed, from her stories do counseling & med managment. This is in WA state where I believe NPs have quite ...

I start work on tele unit in early Sept at a large metropolitan hospital. I believe I get a week long ECG class as well as an orientation class (maybe almost a week) & then I think I have a preceptorship, which might be a few months or so. I beli...

Hi, I'm going to be in your same situation now in about a month. I'm dreading & am fearful of working nights, but I know I need the experience & do like cardiac stuff. On a positive side I know nights aren't as busy & there is likely mor...

I agree with your statements...although I'm female, I'm coming from an IT desktop support backround where I mostly worked with males. It was refreshing...if we had a spat we got over it & got on & worked very well together. With women, they'...

Hi, I'm a new nurse & am trying to decide between getting into telemetry @ a local hospital or into the OR at a hospital that is maybe 35min away from my house. I want to hear from possibly OR nurses to find out how well they seem to like what t...

Thanks for the info! After thinking a lot about it with a pros & cons list I've decided to start out in Telemetry - even though it's 12hr night shifts. I figure from there I could always later on choose to go into OR & then wouldn't be needi...

Yeah, I'm very aware that OR is also on-call, which naturally entails any time of day. Do you work in OR? How do you like it? How often are you on call? Did you start out in OR? Thanks for any more info!

You have to accept that you're human - that's how you can get passed it. Also, just learning from your mistake is another way to get passed it.

I don't know how the NA's tone was when she told you this, but the heart of the matter was that basically you probably shouldn't have done this. It is pretty common at the large facility I work at that shaving w/non-electric razor is a no-no for a p...

It's all good to expect the standard training you get in the USA, but I'm sure it's different & expectations & training is different in the Phillipines. Not all nurses are unionized and can expect certain training minimums.