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yes i am in NYC at one of the best hospitals in the country (doesn't feel prestigious at all when i'm at work). it's hard because i need to be in NYC for personal reasons but NYC is a really difficult place to be a nurse....high performance standards and even higher patient ratios. experience is required for all procedural areas where safe ratios are guaranteed--experience i don't have. it sucks because the solution is working outside of NY, but for the time being, i just can't do that.

i just started this week at a busy urban ED and on a typical day shift we've had as many as 10-15 patients per nurse. i am a chicken with my head cut off and cried twice on my last shift.

i just started at a very busy, large ED in a very urban area. i have 2.5 years of transplant/nephrology experience where the ratios were 1:3-5. i feel like i was one of the best, most efficient nurses on the unit. the ED is absolute madness and i'm beginning to crack after just 3 shifts. i'm on orientation for the next 12 or so weeks but i don't know if any amount of training will prepare me for 1:10-15 ratios, angry patients, lack of privacy or sanitation or space. on my last shift i went outside twice to the ambulance bay to cry. i don't know who any of my patients are because there are so many of them. i don't understand how we're supposed to constantly be priming IV tubing and constituting IV antibiotics and starting tons of IVs and drawing labs on this many patients without going absolutely insane. any tips or words of wisdom would be SO appreciated.

do you think it would affect my employment if they don't reduce the charge?

based on my county court's record, i am preparing for a reckless speeding misdemeanor. do you think this will affect getting hired if i explain my situation?

hi, i'm 4 months away from graduating nursing school and yesterday i got pulled over going 83 on a 55 interstate. i know, stupid, and it has been more than a wakeup call for me. i just consider myself lucky that my wakeup call was a court date, not a hospitalization or a funeral. i've been summoned to appear in court over reckless driving charges. i have a spotless driving record with +4 positive points, no criminal history whatsoever, no drugs, no drinking and driving, etc. this charge is a class 1 misdemeanor in virginia. will that affect future employment? i will either get licensed and work in virginia or south carolina, if that affects anything. of course if i plead guilty to the misdemeanor i will report it to every employer and the BoN and explain it was just a speeding charge (not a hit and run or DUI), not to say that i'm minimizing the seriousness of the charge. if this is going to affect me getting hired as a new grad, i'm going to hire a lawyer to see if i can get it reduced to a speeding ticket. if other nurses on here don't think this will affect me getting hired, then i'm just going to pay the fines and take the misdemeanor. thanks in advance for any and all input.