NURSEJSS

NURSEJSS

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  1. I need help. I have been burnt out for a long time for various reasons. I have come to my end of burn out and I am severely depressed. There's a lot of background to why I feel like this but this is why: I work on a cardiac tele unit, ratio is 4:1. A...
  2. Extreme nurse burn out need help please

    Thank you
  3. Extreme nurse burn out need help please

    I had 3 other patients. I did not have the time to be able to do that. On my unit it's usually our charge nurses that transport the patients.
  4. Hello! I am looking for advice on how to prepare for an interview in the cath lab. I have 2.5 years experience working in a progressive cardiac care unit. We take cate of patients with all sorts of cardiac procedures and open heart surgeries as well...
  5. Hello! I am currently working on a step down cardiac unit. Was previously working in an ICU of a trauma center. Total I have 1 year of nurse, which I know is obviously not a lot. I have learned in my one year that I do love nursing, but I do not like...
  6. Nope i did not know. I THOUGHT i knew but turns out I didnt. I thought I wanted to go into intensive/critical care but once I was in it for about a year I learned I HATED it. And it was a field that before and during nursing school I thought was my p...
  7. ICU nurse not liking my job

    hello! I am a new nurse who just graduated December 2015. I started in an ICU in February and have been on my own for about over a month, in total have been working as a paid nurse for 4 months. I really dislike my job. It is not what I expected it ...
  8. How do I go about resigning?

    Hello, I would like some advice on resigning. I am leaving for various reasons. I work in a county hospital that is severely understaffed. I work in the ICU and it is common to get 3 unstable ICU patients regularly. I feel very unsafe being here. wor...
  9. Hello, I am a new nurse graduated in December 2015. I have been working 6 months in an ICU at a county, trauma level 3 Hospital. I have been working in this same ICU for 1 year previously as a nursing assistant and got hired as an RN after obtaining ...
  10. I decided to start applying to various places and in the meantime continue working until I got a better job somewhere else. At least that way I can continue to work on my experience meanwhile I look for something else. I plan to definitely leave afte...
  11. Thanks for understanding! The acuity at my hospital it pretty high. It's not level 1 trauma but most of my patients are intubated, sedated, or restrained. However that is not ALWAYS the case. Some pts are in ICU for other reasons that don't require t...
  12. Hello! I am a fairly new nurse who has been working 5 months in an ICU. I started off here as a new grad straight out of school. I do not enjoy being an ICU nurse. I thought it would be exciting but I think ICU is maybe not my niche for many reasons....
  13. Thank you for replying. It's not so much that I don't feel comfortable in my nurse skin. I recognize that every new job rakes it's time to feel confident and I don't have a problem with not knowing how to do things and get things done or assessing si...
  14. How do I become an OR nurse

    Hello! I am a new grad interested in OR nursing.. I graduated in December and as of now have 5 months experience working in a trauma center ICU. I do not enjoy my job. I thought when I first started that I woud enjoy ICU but so far I do not. I think ...
  15. ICU nurse not liking my job

    Thank you so much. You described exactly how I felt in every sense. and you brought up a point I didn't see before. I think my lack of interest and dislike of working here really shows in my patient care. I'm just not enthusiastic about it and it ref...
  16. ICU nurse not liking my job

    Thank you to everyone for replying. I will stick it out a little longer and see maybe if with more time of working here and getting better at my job MAYBE I'll grow to like it. I was thinking maybe just staying for the experience and going to OR nurs...
  17. ICU nurse not liking my job

    I am working in a high crime area. I work at a county hospital which is also the trauma center for the area. I get a whole of patients who are inmates frok prisons, homeless, drug addicts, etc. we get the worst patients in our population. Idk if that...
  18. Should I speak with the recruiters or bring it up when I have my interview with the unit managers?
  19. Hello! I am a new grad as of December of last year (2015). When I was applying for jobs I had my heart set on a particular new grad residency program at a hospital I knew I wanted to work at. I got many job offers from other places except that one. I...
  20. New Grad stuck between two positions

    Thank you! I was thinking of doing it during the interview too. It was actually the manager of the unit that called not HR, so in my head I think maybe they would know with being 4 months out of school that I would have some sort of job by now? I did...
  21. New Grad stuck between two positions

    When would be a appropriate time to bring it up?
  22. New Grad stuck between two positions

    My question is if there is a way for them to find out that I'm already employed and being oriented and paid somewhere else? I'm wondering if I should be honest upfront and tell them that I was hired previously somewhere else or keep it on the down lo...
  23. Going into the ICU as new grad

    Hello everyone! I am a new grad and will be taking NCLEX-RN next week! I need A LOT of help with making a choice between two units that have offered me jobs. I would also like to mention I want to be an ICU nurse. I have a job offer in one hospital f...
  24. Going into the ICU as new grad

    Can I ask why it's asking for trouble?
  25. Stuck between two job offers

    Hello everyone! I am a new grad aspiring to be an ICU nurse because I love it. I am stuck between two really great job offers and I need help from peers and experienced nurses to help me analyze which option would be better since I, of course, am new...