Cut corners

[RN819]

I have been a nurse for about 3 years. I have about 9 months as a floor nurse and the rest of the time I worked in a doctors office. I have always felt slow from my first job out of nursing school. I am now back orienting to work on the floor again. I see my preceptor documenting assessments that she simply did not even do. It seems like that is the only way you can "get everything done". I refuse to false chart. I assess my patients, I cannot just chart something to be charting it. Nothing is like we learned in nursing school. Nurses will say, "that is nursing school, this is the real world." Why don't we do things with accuracy and thoroughness as we did in nursing school? That is good patient care. Seems like real world is just working with no integrity just to be the fastest and make it appear that you did everything. Any tips for how to survive? I'm still orienting on the floor, but not sure how I will make it when I am on my own. The thing that really angers me is that I am doing a good job and doing right by the patients. However I appear to be a crappy nurse because I am not as fast as everyone else.

[RN819]

Yep .

I guess every nurse just works within their own comfort level as far as integrity goes?? I'm not trying to be Ms. Perfect, I just feel so guilty if I were to make up something just to get the job done.

[RN819]

Maybe you should consider a slower paced environment? The great thing about nursing is there are so many different avenues you can explore!

I don't want to give up that easy!! I love bedside nursing, just trying to figure out the secrets to doing it. All of this advice from everyone is EXTRA HELPFUL!! Thanks!!