jrinsc

Hi! Just be receptive and friendly...Dont act like you know it all, and hopefully things should go well. Remember...Ask..if you dont know or remember how to do something...we all learn new things every day. Take the initiative and be assertive and thank your preceptor.. There are always stressors in our day.. Stop..take a deep breath, do the best that you can do. Thats all anyone can ask! Good luck!

I was always told that NY had great wages! Do you work med-surg? I work in a specialty unit with 4 patients. This is a high acuity level 3-4 is normal. The GYN nurses have 6-7 patients each. Our family centered care nurses get 3 -4 mom and babies to care for. Nursery nurses can have up to 8 newborns. The weekend diff is the best for night shift 7/ hr $5.60 or close to that for evenings and 3.00 for day shift weekends. We are experincing the same problems as most everywhere complains of... mandatory on call, our benefits have been lowered to paid time off instead of sick pay, vaction pay and holiday pay. If the unit is not busy, we are asked to stay home without pay or use our paid time off. The other gripes we have, consist of floating to other units and having other unit people float to us. Not very many of us feel secure floating to some units, and no one really likes to float. I work for a state hosp. in Charleston, SC. Hope this helps.. ------------------ JSR