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  1. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello everyone, I am a new grad. I've been working on the med surg floor for about a month now. & I realize that I do not like it at all. I am very stressed out. I suffer with a hx of anxiety and...

  2. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    also, I want to say that I am not totally against working in a hospital. It's just this particular hospital, which has a high turnover rate. is known to hire mostly new grads because of this, and also...

  3. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just curious, how do you stick out something that you say is miserable? ((Serious question!!)) I have a very happy go lucky, laid back personality. And being stressed 24/7 is just not my idea of a...

  4. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow thats amazing!!! See these are the stories I need to hear. That's phenomenal. Yeah on my floor before I got there the manager said that there have been 9 med errors in the month of January. That...

  5. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks Arrow RN! I appreciate your comments :-) hey I also love that show, I am a huge fan of the flash

  6. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL! Why because I dont passively let people say whatever they want to me and give no response? She basically just told me that she doesnt know if I should be a nurse, because I get anxiety as a new...

  7. New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    new.grad.rn posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi everyone!! I have found myself in what seems to be a weird situation. I was hired on a med surg floor to work nights 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Right now I am in orientation. My orientation is only 6 weeks....

  8. How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ok great to know!!! I was in the middle of a med pass plus pt was having the stabbing pain. I guess its part of the waiting everyone complains about in the

  9. How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    new.grad.rn posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, I work night shift and we have six patients per night. I had 4 patients (one was an admission earlier on day shift that came in an hour before shift change.) And then I was told I was getting two...

  10. How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry to hear ( this is why i want to go into adminstration maybe I can make a difference

  11. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I dont get easily stressed at all. Thanks for your two cents though! I'll make sure to buy me something nice with

  12. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I dont get easily stressed at

  13. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Her questions were rude. Secondly no its not easy to tell someone to do something else. Like I said before if a job is getting to the point where it is effecting ones well being, one should obviously...

  14. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just want to personally thank everyone who actually contributed to answering my question. You all have been a great support and I've learned a lot on this board. I know the options I have now. And...

  15. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here we go again, senior nurses cant handle being called out for being rude to a fellow

  16. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes and you also can have tact when talking to a fellow nurse. Her questions were condescending and unnecessary. She probably talks like that to new grads on the

  17. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Im the OP and she was being insulting and patronizing. Moving

  18. How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Like the ton of paperwork follow with questions we have to ask them like advanced

  19. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes there's actually a student on my floor, that's in a program to graduate and he will have his MSN- RN. And he's never been a RN or on the floor. So yes things like that are

  20. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So please dont take this as ME being mean, but did you really think I was going to answer your questions?? You are trying to be insulting and patronizing. You didnt answer my original question. Thanks...

  21. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! My friend gave me a number to contact regarding school nursing.

  22. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What is office nursing? Sorry there are many specialties of nursing I have not hard of. All through nursing school, it was always hospital, hospital,

  23. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What does research entail? Is this an actual job or internship? I wouldnt mind getting involved

  24. New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How do manage tim

  25. New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    new.grad.rn replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you for your advice! I agree that 6 weeks is short. My friends at other hospitals get 12 wks as a new grad. I had a meeting with my manager after my shift. And she basically told me i need to...