It was our first day stepping foot on the floor. We were lost. We were scared. We've all been there. If you haven't yet, you will. Some of us were sweating. Some of us were shaking. Some of us were...
Hello everyone! I am a new graduate nurse and looking forward to this nursing journey. I just graduated and accepted a position in a Burn Center that consists of an emergency room, ICU and step down....
Ya know? It's funny to me that after sharing my experience, I've been deemed as entitled, a bad communicator, I do not have a BSN (that's not offensive at all to those that don't), I need to tougher...
Thank you! They see some peds but it's not a designated place for pediatric patients. I don't see many topics or discussions with Burn nurses and I would love some insight and advice. Thank you for...
I will say this. Maybe using the term "NETY" is too harsh but I will not excuse her attitude and behavior. I am in no way bitter or upset as some are trying to "point out" or "decipher". I will just...
To address some of the questions, yes it was optional for her to say she didn't want a student because her coworker did. No, it was not optional for me to say that I wasn't going to be with her. I...
Apparently, people missed the point of the entire post. I don't care about the nurse. It is MY point of view of what happened to me on my first day of clinical. There are many snarky comments and...
I did! I said it several times. And every time the nurse made a snarky remark, I told my instructor. My instructor came over there and the nurse made it seem like everything was fine. I was lucky...
Thank you for questions because I can correct you. #1 I did not interrupt her during her shift or in the middle of important tasks. We reported before shift report so we could be right there in the...
I appreciate your point of view but this was not the case. I teamed up with the MA that was helping with her patients. I didn't know at the time. She was perfectly fine with me cleaning up her...