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1. Let's introduce ourselves...

   vaccinia replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

   Hi, I'm a new RN (received my license about a month ago) working on a surgical unit in a 228-bed hospital. My last night on orientation will be Wednesday and then I'll be on my own. I'm still struggling to adjust to it all-- at this point I am not s...

2. med error panic

   vaccinia replied to vaccinia's topic in New Nurse

   One more thing-- the pt did have IV fluids running (D5 1/2NS) at the time-- does that count as dilution?

3. med error panic

   vaccinia replied to vaccinia's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you so much for your responses. I will talk to my preceptor on Monday. I was very nervous about this pt. in general because he has a recent history of stealing from our hospital, and was recently released from jail. I felt pretty uncomfortable ...

4. med error panic

   vaccinia posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new RN working on a surgical floor. I'm still in orientation & working with an excellent, experienced preceptor. Yesterday we had a patient with a long history of IV drug abuse admitted. He had IV Ativan ordered, and over the course of the ...