miniangel729

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1. new grad writing peer review for charge nurse/team leader

   miniangel729 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am 7 month into my job, I was asked by the unit manager to write a peer review for one of our charge nurse/team leader for her annual evaluation because they want to hear from a new grad's perspective. one of the questions they asked was "how is h...

2. end of life care.. how could I have done better?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in General Nursing

   new grad here, I recently had a pt with pulmonary fibrosis, not doing so well, and family just agreed for pt to go to hospice. He was going to transfer to hospice the next morning and not yet on comfort measure. Last ABG showed that he's hypoxic, h...

3. can you give prevacid (PPI) "too early"?

   miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Medications

   oops.. nevermind.. I found the answer.. (don't know how to delete the question, thought might as well post the answer) Peak: 1.5 - 3hr Duration: 24hr Half-Life: 1.5 hr so it still works, just less effective...

4. can you give prevacid (PPI) "too early"?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in Medications

   our hospital has prevacid scheduled at 7am as prophylaxis for most patient. I had this one patient who doesn't wake up to eat her breakfast until 8:30 or 9am ish.. since Prevacid is normally recommend to take 30 minutes before breakfast.. is it stil...

5. change in pt condition - what to do?

   miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in New Nurse

   [COLOR=#660000]thanks esme12 for your encouragement and brainsheet! I am modifying my current brains and yours examples are really helpful. I know this coming year won't be easy, sometimes I wish I can skip the first year learning curve and downloa...

6. change in pt condition - what to do?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm recently hired on a medsurg floor, from hospital statistic, near 45% of of hospital's RRT calls comes from our floor.. I'm terrified just thinking about when I am off orientation. I can feel my brain freeze just thinking about - eg. What if my p...

7. important things to know about/ monitor for in dialysis pt?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in Urology

   I am a new nurse working on a med/surg floor We have dialysis pt every now and then. Just want to hear from the experience or dialysis nurses - 1. what are some important things and tips to know/monitor/be mindful of when caring for dialysis patien...

8. how to talk to doctors?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new grad - on week 3 out of 6 of my orientation on a very busy/heavy resp/tele unit. I am orienting on day shift, but will eventually switch to night. There's a chance they might keep my on days, but I am so scared because I know I will need ...

9. how to nicely communicate with preceptor who micromanage & rushing new grad?

   miniangel729 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad recently started working in a busy respiratory/tele step down unit. My preceptor is very type A and is following me 24/7 - even when I chart! He stand right behind me and watches me. He takes over things - eg. dressing change, ileostom...

10. Panel interview with 4 different unit managers... how does that work?

    miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Hunt

    haha thanks for the RELAX katinme!! :) lol I will make sure to not rush my answer!! and can you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by "you need to address everyone in the interview"? do you mean I should prepare a question for each of the manager?...

11. Panel interview with 4 different unit managers... how does that work?

    miniangel729 posted a topic in Job Hunt

    I have a panel interview coming up with 5 people: managers from 4 different unit (Cardiac telemetry, Respiratory, Med-Surg & Pre-Op.) and the recruiter. I've been wondering, how to prepare answering the questions - such as why do you want to work...

12. Did I just made a mistake by declining an interview?

    miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Hunt

    To make sure the message get to the recruiter in time, I sent an email. Thanked her, very briefly touched on why I declined the interview in a sentence, expressed my goal/desire units & interest for the hospital, asked for another chance. Ended...

13. Did I just made a mistake by declining an interview?

    miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Hunt

    nope, I didn't, because I didn't want to apply for OB.

14. Did I just made a mistake by declining an interview?

    miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Hunt

    haha no and yes. No, because I am thankful for all the honest opinion. Does it sucks to repeatedly hearing how bad I've messed up? Yes. Feeling even more stupid and like an idiot especially after all these comments. Thank you all, you guys really...

15. Did I just made a mistake by declining an interview?

    miniangel729 replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Hunt

    ya.. I thought about that too... but too late now =( I think call the recruiter back request for the interview would make me look even worse at the moment.. right? anyway, on the bright side, now I won't make the mistake again!