After spending a good part of a week sitting down in front of a computer in nursing orientation ….. I had my first day on the nursing floor. Well, it was actually a half a day from 8-2:30. I mostly shadowed another nurse and went over some policy and procedure and stuff. I still don’t …
Nursing
World Sepsis day
September 13, 2012 is world sepsis day. Sepsis is often misunderstood by the public as blood poisoning, is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Sepsis is when infection causes injury to the body tissues and organs and can cause shock and death of not caught early. Click to access Sepsis_Factsheet.pdf Wear …
It’s all coming together.
I received word yesterday about my transition from RT to RN at my facility. I signed my new job description yesterday and received my marching instructions. I will attend hospital orientation Tuesday through Thursday from 0800 to probably 1630 or 1700. Friday I will report to my nursing floor at 0645 for what I’m guessing …
Top Five Things I WILL miss about RT
The downtime. Our busiest hours for patient care are 0700, 0900, 1300, 1500 and 1700. (unless you are working ICU’s or ER.) Besides that we have some downtime, unless we get calls. (this is not to say that we don’t have to do anything else but we generally get to eat breakfast and a little break …
Top Five Things I WON’T Miss about RT
As my time as an RT comes to a close (one more shift) I wanted to share some things I won’t miss about being an RT. In no particular order. Inaccurate procedure Counts. In the RT world its all about numbers. According tonnage meant we should be able to do a minimum of 35 procedures …
My first nursing job.
The Job hunt is over. I got my first nursing job today!! I will be working DAY SHIFT Medical oncology at my current hospital. I’m so excited, yet scared out of my mind. I can’t really start until the new pay period which is like the 9th of September so I have a couple more …
Job interview today
I had my job interview today. Yes, that’s right I drove out in the middle of Tropical Storm Issac, and entered the hospital with my dress pants soaked to the knee from the sideways rain. LOL!I was supposed to meet the nurse manager in HR and I guess some signals got crossed somewhere and they …
nursing in the great depression.
I think the profession pays better now but the reasons for going into nursing remain the same as it was during the great depression Nursing during the Great depression
Interview 2
I have a job interview at 10 am at my current place of employment on Monday. Yay!!
Updates 8-21-12
The decisions for the RN to BSN program at my UCF have been pushed back until OCTOBER. It has something to do with the deadline adjustments this year. “We have always worked to notify students of admission decisions within 4-6 weeks of the application deadline. Unfortunately, our new deadlines were a bit early and the …