rach2103

rach2103 has 3 years experience and specializes in General Surgical, Ortho, Cardiac ICU.

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1. Help me with time management

   rach2103 replied to mihualalei's topic in General Nursing

   The biggest thing I had troubles with as a new RN was delegating!!! Remember all the lessons we had on that? It really is a big part of your job! It was really hard for me to ask people for help. I felt like I was bossing others around. However, when...

2. Blood Transfusion

   rach2103 replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm....could be, I guess! If you don't do it often, it can be a bit intimidating. However, it's part of our job! I wonder what the aversion is to it???

3. Pregnancy and Critical Care Nursing

   rach2103 posted a topic in Critical

   Hello all! I have a question regarding being pregnant in nursing... 3 months ago, I transferred from an orthopedic floor to a cardiac ICU. I found out yesterday that I am 5 weeks pregnant (yay!), but got to thinking about work... I have heard that va...

4. First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

   rach2103 replied to rach2103's topic in Safety

   Well its been a few days since the med error, and I want to thank EVERYONE who responded. You all helped me get back to work and do what I love to do: be a nurse!!! The pt was fine, went home that day, and dr wasn't upset or worried. It was hard to g...

5. First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

   rach2103 replied to rach2103's topic in Safety

   The error came in that I gave the lantus the evening before at hs as ordered, then gave it AGAIN in the am, even though it was ordered qhs. So the pt got 2 doses of lantus in 12 hours. I didn't have to cover her with regular due to her BS.

6. Orientation as a NEW Grad how long?

   rach2103 replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Nursing

   I started on a general surgical unit in June after graduating in May. I had 1 week of clinical classroom orientation and then 6 weeks one on one orientation on the floor with a preceptor. I thought it was perfect for me, but another new grad took 8 w...

7. First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

   rach2103 posted a topic in Safety

   I have been an RN since May of this year, and work on a general surgical unit. Last night, I had 8 pts, and was working with an LPN who had 8 as well, so had to cover all her IVP meds and other parts of her charting. We had 1 CNA. At the very end of ...

8. Las Vegas - NOT new-grad friendly

   rach2103 replied to NVRN2008's topic in Nevada

   Come to Reno! They are wonderful to new grads here, and always seem to have openings :)

9. Quitting after 6 weeks of orientation.

   rach2103 replied to ANH_RN's topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad too, just about 2 months out of orientation on General Surgical. I KNOW the feeling ~ its totally overwhelming and scary!!! But my advice to you is to give it some time. You are going to learn SO much that will be valuable to your care...

10. Help!! New nurse starting nights 7p-7a

    rach2103 replied to ewilson3's topic in New Nurse

    Hi! Welcome to nights :) Like you, I'm a new grad. I started orientation the first week of July, and went to nights the first week of August, so I only have 2 months under my belt. But here's what I've found so far: I IMMEDIATELY bought the window ti...