DebsNRN

I am a relatively new nurse and this is one of my favorite subjects. I wear all white all the time. Why? B/C I feel that after surviving nursing school, I've earned the right to wear white! Here's one of the more ridiculous things I've noticed about co-workers: Scrub tops with Looney Tunes characters on them. I don't even work in peds! How the hell is a pt supposed to take you seriously with Bugs Bunny on your clothes? Please, pts don't want to be entertained by our outfits, they want to be taken care of by professionals. Nurses, we need to look the part. Another pet peve? Nurses who wear too much perfume. One of the gals I work with always looks like she just rolled out of bed. Scraggly hair everywhere, dirty shoes, stains on her shirts and she must put an entire bottle of perfume on before she comes to work! Disgusting. Pts DO notice when nurses look professional. I get compliments all the time

I can't even tell you how much better your posting made me feel. I too am a new nurse (been working for only 3 months). Yes "good" nights are few and far between. Last night was terrible. Is it something about the personality of people that go into nursing? We all tend to take everything so personally. I've always considered myself to be pretty laid back. This job has proven me wrong. Every night I get home and re-play all the events of the evening in my head. Did I forget to chart on this one? Did I miss a S/S in that one? I make myself crazy with all of it sometimes. I've been offered office jobs by a couple of the MDs at work and I've seriously been considering taking one. Except for the fact that I'd feel like a "failure" for leaving the floor so soon. Anybody have any tips for stress relief? Or at least any tips for turning off the "little man" in my head when i get home from work at night?