New RN/floating

Nurses General Nursing

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Hi! I am new RN and I work on an inpatient acute rehab unit. Our patients are usually stable. We do not do IV push and rarely hang anything other than antibiotics. I am scared to float to another unit without these skills. What should I do?

Floating is all about learning as you go. Get familiar with your online med guide on how to give something that's unfamiliar. Also I don't know if you have clinical support nurse on each unit but make friends with them

Find your nursing policy manual and read up on things that you are likely to encounter that are new to you. My hospital has clearly written policies on just about everything.

Each time you float to a new unit, make good use of the charge nurse.

Thanks guys, it makes me very anxious. I just reached out yo my DON and I'm going to shadow on a med-surg floor here and there to get my footing.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Good for you for being pro active. Floating is a necessary evil.....good for you for being a good nurse. Ask someone to go with you the first time....say you are new and your floor doesn't do this and you want to be safe the first time.

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