ebart03

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1. Too old to become an RN?

   ebart03 replied to CathyH's topic in Career Support

   Only you can decide this. But I do have a couple thoughts as a second career nurse who graduated with a class of twenty somethings. First, many hospitals are moving toward a BSN so you may have more school ahead of you if you get hired at a hospital....

2. What job has most teaching of the patient?

   ebart03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm absolutely miserable in my job as a bedside nurse. The hours, the stress, high patient loads, the physical lifting and rotating shifts are literally taking years off my life. I don't think I'm really cut out for this and feel very uncomfortable w...

3. Does your MAR show pain, glucose, VS relevant to med you are giving?

   ebart03 replied to ebart03's topic in General Nursing

   We still have to document a pain assessment every time we give pain meds, which can be q1-2 for some of our patients, but you can't do it from the MAR. We have to give the pain medication, close that window, open another window, pull up the vital sig...

4. Does your MAR show pain, glucose, VS relevant to med you are giving?

   ebart03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've used EMRs in the past where it showed the latest blood glucose (and when) in the med screen where you are documenting giving insulin. If you're giving pain meds, it allows for you to document the pain on that dialog box. Same with BP and HR fo...

5. I was happy once. Then I became a nurse

   ebart03 replied to ebart03's topic in New Nurse

   I'm still there. I did get put on amitriptyline HS which is making a fantastic difference in my ability to sleep. The side effects are awful though. My mouth is a desert! But I'm still having really hard days and feeling incredibly stressed even...

6. I was happy once. Then I became a nurse

   ebart03 replied to ebart03's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you all for the kind responses. I did talk to the EAP who said that I was headed for a breakdown if I didn't make a change. She said that I need to consider a) another job where I'm not rotating shifts and to b) see a psychiatrist to get on ne...

7. I was happy once. Then I became a nurse

   ebart03 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I admit it. Nursing is not at all what I thought. I have never been so unhappy. I've been doing bedside for 10 months and have sunk deeper into depression than I ever thought possible. I have been looking for another job but no one will hire me f...