Need Happy Thoughts!

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Wish me luck, everyone!

I'm starting orientation today & need happy thoughts--I was excited yesterday, but woke up really nervous--and all it is today is HR orientation, your typical fire safety, etc videos.

I can't believe it's finally happening!!

Good luck to you, too. I'm about 2 weeks in, and am going attempt to fly semi-solo next week. For a while I did the med passes & half of the notes, then moved up to the med passes & all of the notes. Now I've been working on treatments & admit/discharge/lab/other paperwork & stuff in the computer system. I'm most nervous about putting it all together and trying to do everything, so my preceptor is going to let me give it a shot next week (of course she & a million other people will be within arms reach for support & reminders, but they're going to let me try to do everything.) My floor is short-term/subacute, so the ratio is 11:1, although due to discharges my team only had 7 patients when I left today. The ratio is much less overwhelming than I thought it would be, because while many of the patients on my team can be very complex, there always are a handful that don't need much other than their scheduled meds & maybe a minor dressing change. I love it so far, but here's hoping that it keeps going well. :dncgbby:

Just wanted to check in to see how things were going?

Hope all is well!

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Great so far--one more week and I'm officially solo.

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