SilverSister

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1. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   Hi guys :) Well I completed my first week on day shift ... WAY different from night shift and harder. Harder as in, doing the discharges, putting in orders, going to different screens to FIND the orders, etc. And I'm going to be on yet another week o...

2. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   Arkansas, that is GOOD advice. I wrote some of it down. :) ty :)

3. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   That's a really good idea about color coding - a friend of mine had a pen that she used in nursing school, that could change colors with just a flick (instead of having to change pens) and I think I'm going to invest in a few of those.

4. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   No we never use the same lines for different meds. We can use the same line for the same med, for three days, and put a sticker on the line to make sure that the line is not out of date.

5. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. Now that was helpful. I keep tweaking that report sheet of mine so that it is more helpful, but at this point every patient gets one entire sheet, with 1/2 the sheet devoted to writing down the meds/tasks, their route, and any other little note ...

6. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Iowa, Congrats on a second career at 51! Was it as odd for you to be back in college again after so many years? Was for me. Chalk boards and pencils have DISAPPEARED! Lectures are all from the power points that come with the books! My learning cu...

7. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

   SilverSister posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am a new nurse. Just passed the NCLEX July 16 after graduating in May and acquiring a job which started June 8. I graduated top of my class. Not because I am all that smart but because I work very very hard. It's not helping me in the new jo...