I am having trouble getting started in on the floor: This is what I do: 1. Walk by patients room: check vitals on EKG make sure all is in range, look at feeding, iv's, and make sure patient looks 2. Go get report 3. While I wait, I may look up ka...
swansonplace replied to vil2290's topic in New Nurse
Could you give me a rundown of what your morning looks like. For example, 1. get report 2. assess patient complete head to toe - focused assessment 3. look at chart 4. give meds
swansonplace replied to vil2290's topic in New Nurse
Could you give me a rundown of what your morning looks like. For example, 1. get report 2. assess patient complete head to toe - focused assessment 3. look at chart 4. give meds
swansonplace replied to vil2290's topic in New Nurse
Could you give me a rundown of what your morning looks like. For example, 1. get report 2. assess patient complete head to toe - focused assessment 3. look at chart 4. give meds
swansonplace replied to vil2290's topic in New Nurse
I am new also. A brain sheet helped me a lot. I am still working on it also. My preceptor tries to have me look up my labs, and orders first thing. Then I do assessments. If it is getting late, I bring my meds in, do my assessments, and give my ...
swansonplace replied to swansonplace's topic in Career Support
What tools are you using to build up your weak points? Is there a practical way to find areas that a newbie should know and work on? I just really need to work on getting my basics in fast.
swansonplace replied to swansonplace's topic in Career Support
Thank You for the info. I have not quit, but am having a hard time. My nurse manager is aware of it, and they are trying to work with me, and me with them. If I do not pass orientation, I will ask about options of transferring to another unit if ...
Just wondering what the options are for a new nurse that quits orientation? What are the career options? What happens to resume? Will another job be available?
Just wondering if anyone knows of any plans that a new nurse can use to become more proficient in general during orientation, and any plans or papers to help with time management? I seem to be overwhelmed, and need to target what skills I need, in a...
swansonplace replied to rng2013's topic in New Nurse
I seemed to be overwhelmed as a new nurse. I am in orientation, and it is not going well at all. What happens to new nurses that quit during orientation. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle it? Should I tell the person that supervise...
Hello, I am having a lot of trouble with charting and coordinating the care for three patients? I know this is not specific, but can anyone list out how they are able to do total care for three step-down icu patients. I generally can do the asses...