melschmidt28

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1. 1 year experience, feel like i'm getting worse

   melschmidt28 replied to melschmidt28's topic in General Nursing

   I could be getting the more complex patients now that's a good point. As a new grad they usually tried to give you the easier ones so maybe I just need to reapproach my patients as if I was a new grad again and remember all of the little things

2. 1 year experience, feel like i'm getting worse

   melschmidt28 replied to melschmidt28's topic in General Nursing

   I can try to ask her! I also keep overthinking everything I do and wondering if I could have done something better or different and I hate it. Any thoughts on this too?

3. 1 year experience, feel like i'm getting worse

   melschmidt28 replied to melschmidt28's topic in General Nursing

   I work on an ortho/neuro unit so I don't get too many rapids or codes but I want to be able to delegate and participate more in the rapids when I do have to call them. But I probably just need more experience I guess. And then otherwise I feel like I...

4. 1 year experience, feel like i'm getting worse

   melschmidt28 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I have a little over a year of experience as a nurse at this point. However, instead of feeling more confident as a nurse I feel like I'm noticing fewer things about my patients at times. And feel like I'm getting to be a worse nurse instead of a ...

5. Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

   melschmidt28 replied to justtryintonurse's topic in General Nursing

   Ok I am a new grad and I accidentally gave Xarelto about 5 hours after the epidural was removed instead of 6 hours after due to a communication error. Does anyone think this is something I should be worried about? I don't know what the consequences a...