nurseK87

An email 🙄 My last job gave us a beach towel, water bottle and a hug...but that Job also gave me a way higher stress level and a ton less money...so I can live without the swag these last few years.

This!

So I've been working as a nurse for a month now, haven't been to the gym at all since I started, and have lost 12 lbs. I think it's fair to say that nurses work their asses off. In my case, literally.

When I was an aide we used to go q2 and toilet everyone. Morning ADL's-on the toilet after breakfast-toilet before and after lunch-toilet. Basically all the breaks between personal care and feeding were spent toileting, and those times do wind up falling about 2 hours apart from each other.

Thanks! I'm going in now, I'll let you guys know how it goes!

Yes, I can and I do. We have a compliance window of and hour before and an hour after, but I feel like there's so many meds by the time I finish the 8's 9's 10's, even combining what I can, I barely finish with enough time to get my finger sticks and insulins in before they have their lunch. A couple days last week i was so late I was rushing to give insulins to pts in the dining room as the trays were being passed. I keep hearing that speeding up is a matter of time and practice, but I'm impatient and pretty sure I'm already moving as fast as I safely can.

So tomorrow is my first day officially off of orientation. I'm a new LPN (licensed less than a month ago) working on a rehab floor at a SNF. I feel confident in my ability to perform skills (IV's, GT, trach care, etc) and assessments, but I'm incredibly worried about my time management ability, especially with the med pass. Because it's a post acute floor, I still have as many skilled tasks and assessments to perform as I would in an actual rehab hospital, but because it is in a SNF, I have anywhere from 15-20 pts, most of whom are on an endless number of meds. I have 8's 9's 10's 12's 1's and 2's to give out, and then i have vitals and focused assessments and treatments to tackle too. Friday was the first day that I got all the meds done by 2pm, and was out of work within 30 minutes of my scheduled shift time, but another nurse was getting all my vitals for me, and did a couple of treatments for me as well. I'm not sure I would have been able to pull it off without her help. Any advice on how to fine tune an efficient plan of attack to get everything done well, and on time?

I've been a nurse for 3 weeks now and I have somehow managed to lose 10 lbs since I started my first job, despite completely dropping my exercise routine. I'm going back to yoga tomorrow night and am hoping to get back into going to the gym 2-3 times a week once i get settled into a routine at the new job. Anyone else feel like they are just too busy/exhausted at the end of the day to work out??