I've been out of nursing school for nearly a year now (holy cow, how time flies!) and trying to settle the rest of my hectic life down. Started out as an RN in a very busy ER of a Level II Trauma Center, about to make a change to Cardiac Stepdown.
The best advice I ever received was to always ask questions. Would you rather look stupid to your professor or a doc OR hurt your patient? I'll take the first one, thanks.
czbsn replied to LittleWing21's topic in New Nurse
I couldn't agree with this more, especially since I just went through the same thing. I started out in a VERY busy ER right out of school as a very naive new grad... I thought it was something I'd be able to handle with time and my higher-ups seemed...
Hey there... First off - :icon_hug: I've been a nurse for nearly 9 months now (time flies when you're having fun)... I dare you to find a nurse that's been working as one for more than a few months and hasn't made a mistake of some sort. I sure haven...