Workitinurfava

Workitinurfava BSN, RN

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  1. Interview..what to do?

    Just ask if you can reschedule
  2. How do I become stronger clinically?

    Is there someone that can mentor you on your
  3. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    She was rushing and not paying attention. Mistakes happen, fortunately most not as serious as death. It has happened to some of the best
  4. I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    Psych is not an escape job. It has its own
  5. Depressed in Nursing School

    You may be depressed working as a
  6. I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    Try information
  7. I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    .................
  8. It is called stress for a reason. You will either learn to adapt or it will always consume you. It will never fully go away because it is keeping you from making serious errors but it will and should...
  9. Can't get work

    Consider doing something else if it is possible (not involving meds). I am not seeing the desperation. Take the night
  10. I may hate my School Nursing job...ADVICE, PLEASE?

    You may either be bored to death or frazzled to death. Pick the lesser of the two evils. Stay at the
  11. Advice please

    It is interesting how each place a nurse works can be so different, in terms of something so simple as IV skills. It really should not be this way. I went from working in a rehab hospital (no IV...
  12. Experienced RN afraid to be a solo school nurse

    I think in most all parts of nursing you can feel this way, most of the time you are on your own (or others are so slammed they can barely help you) or you have too high of a workload.If is enough to...
  13. Advice please

    There were some I could get and some I could not get. (Iv's) We used a vein finder on are floor if we needed to. If all else failed we would call the stick team. I never liked doing IV's and still...
  14. Support myself PRN?

    No, you can't depend on prn work to fulfill consistent pay. Part-time work will be your best bet (2 shifts or 8 hour days). I worked prn for sometime and at first got full-time pay but it changed. I...
  15. coworkers calling me stupid to and in front of patients

    Honor yourself and set some boundaries. Everyone doesn't have to like you. Simply say, don't speak of or to me that
  16. Career builder is a great site as
  17. Insecure and Failed Interview

    I have always, for the most part, gotten jobs that I wanted. You have to convince people you can handle the work. Practice interviewing. I have been hired for the same hospital 4 different times in...
  18. RN MGR Told me I'm too old.

    On one hand what she said was not nice, on the other hand she basically told you the job is chaotic. Maybe she did you a favor by not hiring
  19. Changing directions at age 46

    Honestly, your job doesn't sound too bad. Stay put. Most of the places you mentioned require blood, sweat and tears to
  20. Am I overreacting?

    Just tell them you are not comfortable so you can get
  21. Missed it

    Do you have "x-ray" vision? Please let it go. Anyone could have missed
  22. Allegation of Neglect

    Why would you think not measuring a narcotic would not result in what is happening now? Narcotics can kill you when not dosed properly. As a nurse with previous oncology experience I have witnessed...
  23. 5 Things Your Home Care Quality Assurance Nurse Wants You to Know

    I may start a HH position, so thanks for
  24. I'm lost. I want to quit nursing.

    Before even reading your post I could see how much you want out due to length of post, hugs hugs. Look at non-bedside jobs. I myself am not a bedside kind of person. Years and years past and it never...
  25. They didn't really want to train you although you are a new grad. You may have pizzed someone off (unknowingly) or made someone jealous due to how well you were doing. Not everyone in this life will...