i dont know where to go forward

[withorwithoutyou]

I don't know what to do anymore guys. I recently graduated with my bachelors. I was working and going to school at the same time. It is nice that I could finally just focus on work now.

I worked for a rehab/snf right after I got my associates degree. I knew the assistant director of nursing there. It was hard there at first, but I got the routine down at about 6 months.

I recently got a job at a big time hospital in my city. My preceptor is nice. THe medication administration isn't as bad. I have 20 less patients to deal with. I'm barely at the 1 month mark of my orientation. (I'm night shift so now I will have to go with another preceptor which works night shift. The work isn't as exhausting as my old workplace, however I'm mentally exhausted. There is so much charting. We had paper at my old workplace, and everything is computer over here. It is nice in a way, but also difficult to learn. I got a chance to work with computer charting during clinicals while I was in school, but that was only for about 5 times a semester.

-I'm just afraid I might do something wrong and hurt the patients. I currently work in a med-surg acute care floor. I got most of the medication administration part down, but not the charting. Today i was so busy, that I barely had time to use the restroom once. I was just running around like crazy. I didn't have a chance to look at the computer, and miss 3 critical vital signs! I'm new to the hospital setting so I wanted to make sure everything was done correctly (thus I don't have the time to sit down). My patient temperature was 101, 102, and 104. I finally saw it and gave the PRN Acetaminophen for PRN fever. Now I just feel bad that what if I could kill my patient or that I might get into big trouble for not giving it when it was that high the first time. I got out 2 hours late today just to finish up charting. The whole time I'm thinking if I'm going to get in trouble for missing the first 2 vital signs to give the PRN Acetaminophen.

-It was raining today after work as I walked to my car. I was just crying. I'm the only one that works right now that makes money to take care of my mom. I'm afraid that I might do something wrong at work.

[supaflyz]

The CNAs just give me the results when I'm in the room. The CnA on that day is usually pretty good. She does more stuff than the other ones. I notice that the night nurses are having a hard time working with the CNA. I'm new there so I just sit and listen. It seems like it is like that everywhere though even when I was doing clinicals. There are only a few good CNAs that actually does there stuff. I was just sitting there and the nurses started talking. They told each other that they ask the CNA for help turning a heavy patient to do wound care, and only one time did the CNA came in and the nurses were just getting too frustrated. One of them did told the other nurses that if she worked her butt off doing work then the CNA could work their butt off doing work as well instead of on their cell phones all the time. I really didn't know what to tell them as I'm new, and I have a hard time telling other people what to do. It was like that too as well at my first job until I really got to know the CNAs. Yeah I'm glad my preceptor did tell me and I gave the PRN med and her temp went down.

[ximab]

Sorry this has nothing to do with the above post, but rinskins I am not able to PM you since I do not have enough posts Thanks for checking in with me, it made my day as I have not heard anything from any hospital, at least someone here is supportive :)