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Thanks that makes me feel better! The med never actually made it to the patient, it got caught, and I made sure to keep my composure and thank the nurse that caught it before coming home and freaking...

Well tonight I did something REALLY dumb. I have been working night shifts now and have never really adjusted. I still just feel like I'm at work in the middle of the night when I SHOULD be sleeping!...

I typed my brain sheet up on word, so I can just print a couple out on the day of my shift. I divided sheet into 5 patients, I left an open square big enough to place a patient sticker, and I have...

Hi there! I'm a new grad, a few months out, currently working on a med/surg floor, and I'm trying to decide on a specialty to go into. It seems like there are a lot of job listings for case...

I'm a fairly new grad, a few months out, currently working on a med/surg floor and I'm trying to decide on a specialty. How do you CRNAs out there like your jobs? Can you give me some pros/cons?

I'm a new nurse, been working for about 2 months and I am finding that I really don't like my job. I've been starting to look into what I want to specialize in and honestly nothing sounds good to me,...

I'm a new grad that started working in july so I am right there with you! Trust me, if this is the worst thing that has happened to you thus far you are doing fine. There was one morning in...

All I can say is that if you are on a psych unit be sure to dress VERY conservatively! A lot of the people on your unit will be middle aged men with very poor impulse control, so you are definitely...

oh my God that is horrible! She didn't have anything else going on? Like a congenital heart defect or something? It just doesn't seem like that could happen to a young healthy person just from...

Just call ahead next time! There are some days that people literally do NOT have the 2 minutes it would take to say hi and be cordial and get your resume and all that. Not to be rude or discourage...

I do NOT understand it! You would think everyone would be on NS or LR but no, the majority of my patients are on D5 0.45%ns with 20mEq of K. Does anyone else notice this trend or is it just at my...

Nurses probably look like it's something trivial when you tell them about patients in pain because those are probably the same patients who have been incessantly complaining of pain all day, to be...

I took the ACLS course online and it said you were allowed to retake the test if you needed. I can't remember if there was a fee for taking it an extra time, but you could retake it.

It depends on your facility's policy. Our policy is that intermittent infusions need tubing changes q24h.

I think after learning the different abnormals and what they sound like it's just a matter of experience. I'm a new nurse and I still have sometimes have trouble differentiating between really coarse...

I'm a new nurse and I always take the time recommended in the drug guides to push medications, HOWEVER this is turning into a major time-stealer for me, especially when I've got multiple patients...

I just started working nights a few weeks ago and I know exactly what you mean! I feel like I live to work. On the nights I'm off I can't call friends or go out and I feel very isolated, but forget...

I don't have any advice for the prereq classes, but once you start your actual nursing classes the biggest thing I wish I would have known is to PAY ATTENTION TO THE BASICS. Trust me, the things...

I'm a brand new nurse, been on my own for three weeks after a 1 month orientation. Out of three weeks I've only had lunch two of those days and used the restroom once. For me, I'm still so focused on...

I am so sorry to hear that it sounds like a nightmare! I'm a new nurse too (a few weeks out of a 1 month orientation) and I cannot imagine that happening to me, we don't even take patients on drips...

Yes, in my facility if we have to waste Lovenox they have us make SURE to create a new air bubble before administering the injection

Yea from what I've heard mostly psych nurses don't get a lot of skills practice but lets be honest that's all VERY easy to relearn. The only other thing I would consider is that if you go into any...

Well now I feel silly just went over my central line policy again and I found it. It doesn't say anything about needing an xray verification for an old line though, just the order.

I know you need one before you can access any NEW central line or PICC or port, but if a patient is admitted with an old one do you still need the order before you can use it?

I didn't read through the whole feed, so I'm sure a lot of others have posted things along the same lines as me, but I'd just like to say you didn't do anything wrong! I'm a new nurse too (been...