DH1234

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1. Job Negotiating Advice

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So currently I am working as bedside RN and I been doing it for 2 years now. But the stress of the job finally got to me plus working night shift also doesn’t help. I decided to look for clinic jobs, and I did a actually get an offer for a job a real...

2. I made a mistake!

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I made a mistake. I been a nurse on a cardiac unit for two years. And two of my patient were supposed to be going to have a tunneled dialysis catheter placed. Usually if I’m not 100% sure about anything I will ask. However, for some reason I thoug...

3. How to come back from a mistake?

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I had a very rough shift last night and to top it off I made a huge mistake bc I was distracted in the sense of I was trying to do to much at once. I had a new admit come around 2200 for chest pain and headache but everything was negative so he was k...

4. Forgot to unclamp chest tube?

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My pt is getting a medication through his chest tube which requires the nurses to clamp the tube for two hours after the MD administers the drug. Day shift said they unclamped it before they left. And I assessed the chest tube which has a pigtail att...

5. Job advice

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I currently been a nurse for a little bit over a year. My first nursing job was on a cardiac tele floor and I stayed there for year until I decided to move back to my hometown so I could be near family. Now I currently work at a heart failure floor a...

6. What Specialty should I try?

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been currently working on a cardiac step-down unit for almost a year now. The pts are typically have higher acuity than average med-surg floors, and our nurse to pt ratio is usually 1:5. It is a extremely stressful job and I feel like I have b...

7. I am struggling as a new grad! need advice!

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been working as a nurse for 9 mos on a step down unit. All of a sudden I am making a lot small/big mistakes in my opinion. I am so frustrated with myself because my time management skills are not improving yet either and we have typically 4-5 ...

8. I made a mistake and I am terrified to go back to work

   DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Basically my pt's BP was high like Systolic BP of 170s and her base line has been like in 150s-160s. And I was looking at the orders of when to notify the Dr. but it said not to call unless systolic BP was greater than 180. And her BP did come down t...

9. Did I make a med error?

   DH1234 replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

   So basically I have two channels on my IV pump set up. One has the secondary infusion of antibiotics going through it and the flush bag or primary fluid that is normal saline is going at 75ml/hr. However since the abx are running for 4hrs he wouldn’t...

10. Did I make a med error?

    DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The doctor order 75ml/hr of Normal Saline to run continuously. Also, the doctor order an antibiotic, which requires it to be hung with a flush bag. I have seen nurses in the pass set the flush of normal saline to the continuous rate the Dr order, so...

11. New Grad off of orientation....Struggling

    DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night I experienced my first night off of orientation. And I felt like I had no idea what I was doing. I kind of was overwhelmed the whole night, but it was not too bad because I had co-workers who helped me pass my meds. However, I felt bad bec...

12. Forgot to unclamp the secondary

    DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am on orientation still, and I been making mistakes. No serious med errors or any mistakes that has caused harm to the patient. However, this morning I hung an IV antibiotic, and I am pretty sure I forgot to unclamp the secondary tubing. I think I ...

13. Forgot to document an output

    DH1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently on orientation, and I came home to realize that I forgot to document one of his outputs. I am freaking out because he is on strict I&Os and do not want the doctors to think he is not urinating a lot. I mentioned in my hand off rep...

14. New grad...forgot to document

    DH1234 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am still on orientation, and I feel like I am still forgetting to document some important things. For instance, one of my patients had a PCA pump and we were supposed to document the settings and his RR every 2hrs. I stayed on top of my charting fo...

15. New Grad RN..made a mistake!!!

    DH1234 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am on my 8th week of orientation, and I think I made a mistake. I am not sure how big of mistake it is, but I hope it is not. Basically, my patient from the ED came to my unit with an IV that had just a saline lock and not an extension. An older nu...