new nurse biggest mistakes

1. Make sure you understand the order.
2. PLEASE follow the 5 rights of medication administration.
3. Look it up. Don't depend on your co-workers to have all the answers including the incorrect ones.
4. If it looks funny, have someone else come look at it.
5. If you make an error, self report. Don't wait until someone else finds it. Also, if the error needs correction, it is better to do it sooner than later.
6. Just because your coworker has been a nurse for a thousand years does not mean that he/she knows what they are doing.