chrisg0705

Hello everyone, I haven't been to this site in a long time, I look forward to "meeting" everyone again! I have been a floor nurse for the past three years and have grown to hate it. I am looking for ideas of other opportunities in nursing. I am an...

Hello, Thank all of you for your help! I':)m definitely going to check out your ideas. If I had known what I know now, I NEVER would have changed careers. Bedside nursing is backbreaking work and nurses treat each other like ****. It is hard to go to...

Hi, I am a new med/surg nurse (3 months) and need help with which dressings to use on different stages of decubs. I realize different hospitals use different products, but if I could get a general idea of what to use when it would be great. Our hos...

Hello, How can I go from Med/Surg to psych in Los Angeles? It seems like you need experience for the psych positions. Do I need to try to find a psych training program and if so where in LA? Thanks!

Hello, Yes, I am in LA. I am at Aurora Las Encinas. I started general orientation on Monday the 9th. I will start on the floor next week. Where did you get hired? Yes, let's keep in touch!

Hi, Guess what? I just got hired for a psych position on the spot two days ago too! Our stories sound so similar! My nurse manager told me it was a good idea to get the med/surg experience first. Best of luck to you and let me know how it goes. C...

Hi, Cedars requires experience. I have not tried White Memorial. I'll check there. If you look at the job bulletin for NPI it always says experience needed. It also says New Grad positions are closed for Spring of 09. I'll call them again and fi...

The Semmel Institute at UCLA requires two years of experience. I don't have psych experience. Do you know where I can go that hires psych nurses without psych experience? IMHO, I would work per diem in med/surg before you make the switch. Med/surg...

Hi, I interviewed for an OR position yesterday, and would like to know what a circulating nurse does on a day to day basis. What situations would require critical thinking (examples) and how about time management? If you could tell me more about wh...

Hi everyone, I need some help and advice. I am working on a Tele/Gero unit (new grad - have only been working for 4 months) and in all honesty I am in over my head. The floor is incredibly busy, the residents write alot of orders and I can't keep u...

I know exactly how you feel! I also work on a cardiac unit and I hate every second of it. Every day I have to fight to keep from quitting. I am so stressed out and have lost all confidence and self-esteem. To make things worse, I ended up making ...

HI, I am a nursing school student and also work full time. It can be done, although it isn't easy. Some suggestions that worked for me. I study everyday at lunch, and on both breaks. I study all weekend, every weekend. I do need to warn you thou...

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help people to not have to work five days a week. to not have fifteen e-mails from fifteen different people about something you have already taken care of but they can't find where they put your work to not have files waiting on my desk that five dif...

HI, I had the exact same problem. First, buy your own stethescope and spygomometer and take a friends BP. See if you can hear well doing it this way. I found out I was letting the valve out too much, so I couldn't hear well. Also, practice, pract...

You will be very busy with fundamentals and pharmacology (just finished my first semester). I would not advise taking anything else. Enjoy the time that is laid back. It only gets harder! Chris

Accountant. If I were you I would take that month off. You will be glad you did, once nursing school starts you'll be reading 400-500 pages a week! Chris

Hi, I volunteer in an ER while going to nursing school and all the nurses tell me not to come directly to the ER. They told me new grads usually don't make it and end up going up to one of the floors. But the good news is, they say if you work in an...

Yes, I got an A in Chem. Had a fabulous professor. It is possible. What are you having problems with? Chris

I'm 46 and in my first year of nursing school, after being an accountant for 25 years. Very happy I decided to do this.

Hi, Just wanted to let you know that I am now working full time and going to nursing school in a night/weekend program. It is hard, but I am happier than I have been for a long time. It is so nice to be happy again. Go for it...you have nothing to...

Hi, I have done exactly what you are contemplating doing. After being an accountant at a major corporation for 25 years, I had also had enough. I am now in my first year of nursing school and I love it. I am very glad I decided to go this route. ...

Hi everyone, Could those of you who are already nurses please clarify something for me? Can we use calculators for the drug calculations for boards? I am hearing different things from different people. Thanks for your help. Chris

Thanks for the info.

Sorry, but you can't use calculators at my school (which I HATE), but they say you can't use them for boards either. Let me know if you hear something different. Chris