I'm a retired nurse, grad of 78'. With you being a "new"nurse, essentially, and you are at the 1 yr mark, you may not be hitting the benchmarks for your eval. It's hard to play catch up when you're...
floramary replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Nursing Career
1st be descriptive and specific, not a time for modesty. Projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhea, ect. Colors might help. 2nd dr note always helps. Why as nurses we have to jump through these hoops is...
My opinion only. I believe we have set the nurses up for failure. There was one sentence that referred to nurses who have worked 30 years vs new grads quitting so soon. I will guarentee they were...
floramary replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nursing News
We need to remember the insecurity of not fitting into a group of nurses, nightshift, plus if she was emotional herself. Bulling happens all the time in our profession, don't sweep it under the rug....
I have to admit I'm scared for my old pts and myself. I'm a 65 yr old retired nurse with injuries = chronic pain/ Tramadol & neuropathy. I had pts that were on a cocktail of opioids at home with...
Times have changed and at times I feel that nurses need an internship similar to Dr's.I am a "old" nurse,3 yr RN from a hospital based program. We were trained to hit the hospital floors running.I...