Finally a good feeling...well almost

[Brooke13-RN]

Hi eveyone,

I've finally had a couple of good nights at work. And let me tell you the other night wasn't easy. We had 3 teams and we had 7 admissions in the first 2 hours. Busy med-surg/oncology floor. I just took one thing at a time and checked things off my list. I actually got done with my chart checks on time and was ready to clock out and had everything done. Well almost, I started thinking today that I might have forgotten to give a 6am med, but I'm not sure. It was 2 days ago already so not much I can do about it now. I think I gave it, I'm pretty sure that I did. I had it checked off on my things to do list, but I just can't remember going in the pts room to push it. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I go back to work. I'll check the MAR to see if I gave it. Hopefully if I didn't the next shift caught. It's was a q 6 hour med. I do ask the day shift before I leave if there are any problems to call me. Oh well.

But not getting off topic, it felt really good to get done with everything and handle everything. I'm only a couple of weeks off orientation and still feel out of control most of the time. I did get some flack from the two other RNs because they let me know that I did have the easiest group of pts, and so on. But I did have 3 admissions, 2 units of blood, and lots of meds. I just found while they were sitting around getting upset about all the admissions and being short staffed, I sat in my corner and worked and I think that by staying out of the politics of it all and taking things one thing at a time helped.

I Guess I just wanted to say thanks to all of you who have been so supportive. I know that I'm still going to have a whole bunch of bumps, but it felt fantastic to finally leave work knowing that I did better. I guess there is hope. Thanks for listening. ~B

[DolphinRN84, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

Good for you! :) I'm glad things are going well for you. I start my third week of orientation this week, and I'm still a little overwhelmed but I'm sorta getting the routine now. All the best to you!

[RNKay31]

Happy to know things are working out for you, best of God's richest blessings