Newishnurse1995

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1. What is your opinion on "calling in sick" when not really sick?

   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 families!

2. Should I omit some of my nursing experience to get a job in L&D?

   Newishnurse1995 replied to Newishnurse1995's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you! Good idea

3. Leaving Work / Nurse Duties Incomplete Passing To Night Shift

   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, most things were ordered an hour or two ago. I refuse to do a...

4. Leaving Work / Nurse Duties Incomplete Passing To Night Shift

   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 couldn’t complete I would hand off and they usually un...

5. Should I omit some of my nursing experience to get a job in L&D?

   Newishnurse1995 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   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 simultaneously working as a medsurg nurse in March of ...

6. What is up with the level of entitlement?

   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 newer nurses with less than a year experience to take ov...

7. Should I quit my program?

   Newishnurse1995 replied to cj_94's topic in General Nursing

   Girl I still accidentally miss the urethra and go into the vagina and I've been a nurse for two years. It happens. So what. Nursing instructors can be supportive or absolutely horrible. No in between. I quit my first program because of it and at the ...

8. New Grad RN hired as an “RN Supervisor” at a SNF

   Newishnurse1995 replied to ana_96's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with everyone else, however maybe you should wait a little bit. At least it’s something you can put on your resume for future jobs. Give it 6 months.

9. Mother-baby nursing VS pediatric nursing

   Newishnurse1995 replied to futurern'2020's topic in General Nursing

   I’ve been having a hard time getting into L&D and PP as a med surg nurse. I would do PP and ask them to train you in L&D as well

10. Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    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 call the doctor or call a rapid response if the patient...

11. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?

    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 COVID.

12. Help! Why is switching specialties so difficult?

    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 L&D/pediatric jobs but no luck. It’s so frustrating. I think...

13. Tired of the Fluff

    Newishnurse1995 replied to Ms.DR34D's topic in General Students

    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 thoughts. I often skipped lectures of those who used ...

14. Is it wrong to stay in med-surg?

    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 yourself on the back. Medsurg nurses are not the sc...

15. Help. My clinical group dislikes me.

    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. You don’t deserve that kind of treatment. Focus on your...