Feeling overwhelmed at work need help managing it.

A friend and myself moved to a new hospital in the emergency dept. He came from a large university hospital ER and I came from a very small community hospital ER both of us had less than a year of ER experience before moving to this hospital. This ho

Nursing intake September 2015

Hi everyone!

So I just received an email letting me know that I have an important msg in my UFV account.... I am the biggest stress case you'll ever meet! So has anyone received anything yesterday or today and can help me calm my nerves and let me

Thank you Allnurses.com

8 I found out this morning that I passed NCLEX-RN. I wanted to send out a word of appreciation to all of the members of this site. I lurked around before starting nursing school and then joined. The posts helped me all the way through, and I look for

Active Shooter Training

Hi y'all,

Just throwing this out there for general conversation. Has anyone had any active shooter training in their workplace? I think most hospitals have a code grey/silver alert, but I was thinking about it the other day and I don't think we'v

Switching specialties

Hello All!
I am a new RN and I know that in probably about two years I will be moving from the state i am in to another location. My first job is in ortho now my question is when I move if I want to try something new is it easy to try something new i

How to improve job satisfaction?

I am a new nurse. I work in LTC and subacute. Most of the times when I come home and reflect upon my day I feel I should have given more care to my patients but the eight hours shift and too many patients feels too much. I feel being rushed.Is it nor

what is definition of primary and secondary care

What is definition of different levels of care My understanding is that if you are acutely ill you go to your primary care physician. If your illness needs the consult of another MD then that second MD is providing secondary care.

Comment: Are you a

Is dream job worth nights?

I interviewed for my dream job yesterday in a pediatric CVICU, and I have an upcoming interview for SICU. I've been working med-surg for 2.5 years. I worked nights during my first year, and had to change positions because nights were interfering wit

HEDIS for 2015

I have seen some threads about HEDIS jobs but I don't think any recent ones. I applied for one w/ Verisk Oct. 1. A week later they emailed me and asked how many hours I could work and I emailed them back and haven't heard from them since. I told th

Pax-RN scores

I am applying for fall entry to an ADN program and have a made a big mistake. I took the PAX-RN on Saturday thinking I would get my results immediately, however, the school at which I took the test (different from the school to which I am applying) o