AMARTIN1

I have been a nurse now for nine months now and finally feel like I can "handle" my title. My main problem is having a hard time sleeping, and when I do sleep, i wake up every hour until it's time for work. I have also noticed that when I go back to...

I actually think most of the nightmares have come from me learning to be assertive with my patients and their families, also the short staffing issue on our floor. I am so used to being sweet, nice and would bend over backwards for anyone. I have rea...

You guys have aides? I can't believe there is a world out there with such a thing :lol2:We've been begging for some help on our busy stepdown unit and there has bee someone "hired" for the job. If she/he is actually working, she must be a ghost. I ha...

Is there any one out there that can relate to living off Ensure for nutrition and skating by using the restroom maybe once? I considered inserting a foley on myself and had to laugh off such a crazy thought :roll !!! I've been on my own about six mon...

Thanks for the replies and trust me, I do have Ensure on the way home!! oh my four year old pt is actually 63. I had the same two today but add on another crazy, medication addicted RN, who walked into her doctor's office needing to be intubated !!...

Thanks forthe post!!! I've learned "in the real world of nursing," it's either patient care or charting!! I'm totally Type B and I spend most of my overtime charting in the end :chuckle. I'm not sure if there is a balance between the two? I've been a...

I have worked Intermediate Med/Surg for almost five months and it can be very overwhelming and scary at first. I agree with everyones advice on this post, become familiar with the bp meds, lasix and potassium and mag protocols. Everyone on our floor ...

What has been some of the worst information you've ever been given during shift report on your patients? Don't you just hate hearing "i don't know" or "i'm not really sure" when it comes to essential information like last BM, last BS on a diabetic pa...

I tend to come home and vent to my husband, who is a detective, which drives him crazy because "he deals with people and problems all day." Thankfully he will listen and offer some of his wisdom to me. I have only been a nurse for about four months n...

Amen to that!!!! I don't see myself as Blue collar trailer trash nor am I treated that way. It starts with us (nurses...ASN,BSN,MSN,Phd) respecting each other and valuing each other as a profession. You are how you act!!!

Hang in there and don't give up!! I too work in a stepdown unit and can't tell you how many times I have gone home crying, literally feeling like I was loosing my mind and was I really cut out to be a nurse !! I promise that it does get easier once ...

Everyone has pretty much summed up everything!!! You should be proud of yourself for questioning your decision and I agree that if you're not sure why you want to be a nurse, go no further until you do more research. I have days where I would love to...

I think there is something going on in all 50 states!!!!:chuckle I've had one hell of a week and one more day to go. I love reading your posts, it's like a new chapter unfolding.:rotfl: This would be great to look back on years from now, especially w...

I went to school for my ADN and everything came "together" for me in my very last semester, critical care. I've learned alot more though just working on my unit. I think it usally takes about six months to a year to actually process everthing. Or so ...

Oh my God if you can quit girl, quit!!!!! I worked full time through nursing school but with support from my husband. We had no kids and that helped but I felt like I never had a moments peace. I commend all the mothers out there that did it while wo...

As others have stated previously,there are going to be ups and downs to the profession! I've been a nurse four months and nursing school broke me down to my last nerve!!! I made it and I too questioned myself. I felt from my perspective, that nursing...

This sounds like my day yesterday and today!! I thought i was going to rip out my hair, cry and leave the floor (forever). I guess we have to deal with things like this but some of these family members really should be put in their place!!!!:angryfir...

Boy are you right!!!! I love House also, but i've never seen an MD do so much research. I mean going to the patient's home to collect specimens? They could've called CSI :rotfl:!! Maybe this is why I wait about an hour and a half to recieve a call b...

Sure it may have been wrong but in the state we are in for good nurses, this is a bit harsh. :angryfire I feel if anything she should get some counseling on her decision to sleep, it was an accident, but fired? PLEASE. I can admit I've done it years ...

In reading alot of threads from new students and experienced nurses alike, i wanted to thank all of those nurses out there who have made a difference for us new nurses...like my preceptor has: "You have been patient when it took me almost an hour to ...

Everyone is right on this post !!! I work on a stepdown unit also and have now been there almost four months and things are making some sense. If you can get down time management and critical labs, somehow things "come together." It's so funny how an...

I think we all agree that everything happens for a reason. Yes, you did pass your boards and Yes, you are an RN. God takes care of us all and this probably wasn't the place for you, you felt that yourself. Hold your head up high, I know that seems ha...

Amen to that!!! :yelclap:

So True!!!! It is us nurses who are there after the MD gets his 15 minutes of fame to pick up the pieces or reexplain what the MD meant by cholelithiasis. :)

Don't give up and learn as much as you can from your supervisor and practioner. Ask all the questions you can and see if you can get a new preceptor. It really does take a while to get the swing of things. I have been a nurse for almost four months n...