Newishnurse1995 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing
I think this new generation of nurses (including myself) value mental health. I do not feel any remorse. Your employer can easily replace you if you dropped dead today. Take care of yourself and your...
Newishnurse1995 replied to coffeeandvendingmachines's topic in General Nursing
??♀️ That’s how I do things. I would feel absolutely terrible for leaving certain things that I couldn’t get to the next shift (starting a foley, giving blood, etc). If I had a bad night,...
Newishnurse1995 replied to coffeeandvendingmachines's topic in General Nursing
I usually stayed to clean up any of my messes (so that day shift acknowledged I wasn’t just trying to get over on them. My shift ended at 7:30 and sometimes I would stay until 8-8:30). Anything I...
I’ve been a nurse since 2018. Started off in Medsurg, but always knew I wanted to do L&D, PP, or Peds. I picked up a job as a homecare pediatrics nurse (to gain some kind of experience) while...
Newishnurse1995 replied to sofla98's topic in General Nursing
I’ve seen the opposite at certain times. Older nurses complaining about an assignment that I had to deal with for 12+ hours with limited staff. Or older nurses refusing to be charge and forcing...
Girl I still accidentally miss the urethra and go into the lady parts and I've been a nurse for two years. It happens. So what. Nursing instructors can be supportive or absolutely horrible. No in...
Newishnurse1995 replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing
There’s a difference between a progressive care patient and a tele patient. Not all tele patients are critical. May have A-fib, A-flutter, heart block etc. Like always, if something happens just...
Newishnurse1995 replied to Katrina Giovanni's topic in General Students
Wow, my story is exactly like yours! Well almost. Two years of medsurg, and now a home health nurse. Don’t think I’ll stay here, but it’s fine for the time being especially because of
Newishnurse1995 replied to EDNurse07's topic in General Nursing
Having the same problem. I worked on a med surg floor for two years and picked up a job in pediatrics homecare on the side. I thought it would look better on my resume when applying for...
I only struggled with this when it was apparent that the professor had no clue what they were talking about and relied on power points entirely. Other professors used powerpoints to organize their...
Newishnurse1995 replied to Reds5588's topic in General Nursing
If you like it, why would you ever think of leaving? I lasted in medsurg for two years, but could t handle it for various reasons. Handling 6 patients with frequent admissions at night is tough. Pat...
Newishnurse1995 replied to Koemmyjemmy's topic in General Students
You will hopefully get a new clinical group next semester. Please don’t waste your time thinking about them. Don’t attend the study groups anymore. Don’t hang out with them after school anymore....