So far I know that there are three of us starting our new careers as RNs on 7/10. Anyone else?
6 Days to go!!! Are you excited? Scared? Nervous? Is there anything that you afraid or nervous about doing?
I am so excited to be starting...so excited, that I feel as if I am almost wishing away these last few days. Which is really dumb...as it will probably be a long time before I get vacation time.
Is there anything in particular that you are worried about? big or small?
My biggest fear is that I'll be in the middle of some critical situation...and I'll take the time to do something - the way I learned to do in school...but not the way it is done in the "real" world and someone will scream at me for not moving quick enough. I was an EMT, and there were all kinds of ways to do things the "textbook" way vs. the "real" way...took awhile to get used to that. I'm sure it's going to be that way all over again...on a much grander scale. oh well...we're all newbies at some point.
AmyD, where are you? My situation is very close to yours. Finished school ten years ago back in my country. Got my RN lisence in May. I'm gonna start looking for job in September wnen my kids will start school. I've been following you since you were getting ready for NCLEX. Got very happy for you when you got your job. How are doing? How is your orientation going?
AmyD, where are you? My situation is very close to yours. Finished school ten years ago back in my country. Got my RN lisence in May. I'm gonna start looking for job in September wnen my kids will start school. I've been following you since you were getting ready for NCLEX. Got very happy for you when you got your job. How are doing? How is your orientation going?
I'M here! Barely but here! I just got done with 2 weeks of orientation (classroom type) and I start on the ED floor this thursday, I have 3 days of 11-11;30pm then go to days which is 7a-7:30p then afer however long precepting is (I have heard different sets of weeks and I get more if I need it) then I go to what they call MIDS. which is either 11-11:30p or 1p-1:30a or 3p-3:30p....or combo of the later two! I am little nervous but I feel my age helps me out (soon to be 35) I have been around the block so to speak and intimidation doens't bother me that much. I am just ready to learn and willing to ask questions to do so!
i'm doing ok. enjoying summer with my girls (10 and almost 2). well, trying to enjoy, is extremely hot here in la. i'm afraid is going to be very hard for me to find a job, since i’m foreign educated. i worked here in us as a ma for three years, but i don't think is going to help since it wasn’t in the hospital. i'm going to try to get into new graduate program to get a good training. first i need to find a very good daycare. i'm 31 and i understand what you're going thru.
It seems as though this thread has lost alot of steam from all of us that were starting in early July. Is it because we are so busy, stressed, overwhelmed and exhausted by the time we actually have 5 minutes to sit at the computer??? - that would be my excuse...LOL! I can not believe how exhausted I am at the end of a 12 hour day...not from running for 12 hours...but because EVERYTHING I need to do is a learning experience. Not just the nursing skills...but how to pick up the phone, how to page someone...what to say, what not to say, who to say it to, who not to say it to, when to say it or when not to say it...learning the politics of the environment is quite a challenge. Finding the bathroom, a scrap of paper, my pen that I misplace all day...I just feel like I'm burning up so much energy just making my way and trying to get organized. But, after three weeks, I can say that it is happening. It's just exhausting. I also feel that I am learning and increasing my competence with skills by the minute. Three weeks ago it would have taken me a half hour to hang an IV, and turn on the pump - which would have then beeped and said "air". Last night we were getting an admission, I ran in and threw up my pts IV...primed the line, and had it hanging...and running with no "air" in minutes. When vent alarms go off...I don't panic anymore...at least that anyone can tell...I can calmly figure out what to do...even when my pts daughter is an ER doc and comes with her own entourage of private duty nurses...who are constantly scrutinizing...I am beginnning to realize that I do know what I am doing. I can't say that I'm not intimidated...but, I am feeling more competent. I am loving this job...I feel like I am learning new things by the minute when I am there. And when I'm not there...I am starting to feel like I can begin to start accomplishing things on my days off...versus how I have felt for the past three weeks...my days off have felt like days of recovering from work. Today, I'm hoping to accomplish things around the house...with a sense of energy returning...although it's supposed to 110 here...I may just accomplish floating in the pool and reading a book. I hope everyone else is enjoying thier new careers...and looking forward to hearing about your progress.
Glad to hear you are doing well, lisky. I am getting there, too. Things are starting to feel less overwhelming, and I am beginning to feel like a member of the team. It sure is nice to at least know where things are, so I can put more energy into my nursing skills!
We've had a few slower days...which really helped me put things together without feeling in a frenzy.
I start 12 hour shifts on Sunday, which I think will be nice. I am not enjoying five days a week!
I hope everyone else is hangin' in there and learning a lot.
mitchsmom
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Same here!
I ended up doing four 12's through yesterday and I'm beat but I'm going to come back and update when I catch up around the house.