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1. Help Phenergan & Picc Line????

   surfer betty crocker replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in New Nurse

   alright sorry for beating a dead horse, but if vesicants are administered in a 'safer way' via central lines--blood diluting the vesicant, and phenergan is a vesicant that can cause necrosis to subcutaneous tissue, then it would seem contrary to be a...

2. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   surfer betty crocker replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   sent!

3. I start next week any advice for new grad

   surfer betty crocker replied to keishapound's topic in Cardiac

   study, practice strips and be flexible. as a new nurse, many little things can throw a wrench into your night, things that a seasoned nurse wouldn't sweat. and on a cardiac floor add that patients are pretty ill and anxious. its very fast paced and o...

4. pt. acuity/ratio on tele floors?

   surfer betty crocker replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in Cardiac

   ditto to the remarks about having to spend time trying to 'find' ancillary staff. i end up doing most of my toileting, cleaning and changing myself. its not that i mind the primary nursing model but on 8 pts with more than half being total care its a...

5. If not Nursing, then what????

   surfer betty crocker replied to my3kids's topic in New Nurse

   PL I too would fare much better in a more zen-like environment, but for now i will settle for 'less crazy'. as a newbie, i find it odd that the job becomes more difficult with each passing shift. i am thinking of switching units from where i am at n...

6. How do you count the time?

   surfer betty crocker replied to paxpax's topic in New Nurse

   hello OP-i feel your pain. being a newbie here myself. i personally think that being present, getting that bp regardless and following through and finishing the shift are all examples of great and solid performance for the beginner.and we create sol...

7. If not Nursing, then what????

   surfer betty crocker replied to my3kids's topic in New Nurse

   Pink Lotus that is exactly why i became a nurse! your post took the words right out of my head onto the page. i thought oh i wont make enough and 'maybe i can get a solid foundation in 'western health-care' first. anyhow--i had reservations about bec...

8. is it just new nurse adjustment period? or a bad fit?

   surfer betty crocker posted a topic in New Nurse

   hey all just looking for some pespective. first and foremost thank you to all on this site that provide real world perspective and encouraging feedback. basically my story is the same. have been a new nurse on my own for about two months now and i a...

9. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   surfer betty crocker replied to heather1999's topic in New Nurse

   :idea:i have 7 or 8 pts on a busy, heavy tele floor. if you took one pt. from each nurse on the floor, you could hire one more nurse and give that nurse a decent patient load, and unburden the rest of the staff. who knows maybe this would reduce the ...

10. Clueless

    surfer betty crocker replied to luv2shopp85's topic in New Nurse

    are a bad case of the nerves gettin in your way? you said that you call the doc when a pt is going bad and you forget to take vs and 02 sats--but you just put it out there--so now, next time you know what to do when you have a pt going bad. it was un...

11. advice needed ..

    surfer betty crocker replied to cherilee's topic in New Nurse

    being a new nurse too, i can relate to how you feel. even though you had a year in you are still NEW to this particular hospital's routine and equipment. from my first hand experience, it is very difficult to think critically and clearly when learnin...

12. new nurse waiting for that aha! moment!

    surfer betty crocker replied to surfer betty crocker's topic in New Nurse

    thank you both very much for the feedback. i never realized how difficult 'self evaluation' would be in the world of med-surg nursing as a new nurse. i have been told to 'give myself some slack' but i feel that if i do that i may forget things! i hop...

13. new nurse waiting for that aha! moment!

    surfer betty crocker posted a topic in New Nurse

    hi all, new nurse here with literally a few shifts on my own. what i feel is very frustrating is that i have no idea how i am doing? i have gotten a few 'great job tonight' from my charge RN's when i feel like i have barely kept afloat. i feel like ...

14. Sick to my stomach....

    surfer betty crocker replied to Virgo_RN's topic in New Nurse

    NancyNurse I am chiming in late here, but i just read this post and it is as if you plucked the thoughts I have about being a new nurse in acute care, right from my head onto this post! I have no different advice to offer, but a very big thank you is...

15. New Grads in New york.....

    surfer betty crocker replied to doggybour's topic in New York

    were you a Paramedic or EMT-I?