I can pass meds and give shots now!!

Rena RN 2003, RN · Oct 23, 2002

:chuckle congrats!

i like sticking people. :)

Mkue · Oct 23, 2002

Originally posted by TCW
I was so nervous!! When it was all over I hopped in the car and preceded to try to drive out of the parking lot with my emergency brake on.

Tonya

:chuckle

Way to go Tonya !!:)

renerian, BSN, RN · Oct 23, 2002

Tonya that is great news! Everything you can do puts you one step closer to being an RN! Good job!

renerian

PennyLane, RN · Oct 23, 2002

hehe...now this won't hurt a bit. It'll hurt a LOT! JK

No really, congrats. That's a great thing to have under your belt. Best wishes.

Vsummer1 · Oct 23, 2002

I am so glad you made it! I do this next Monday and Tuesday. IF we score 90% on our math test Monday we get to pass meds also. Then on Tuesday we get to poke our fellow students. The following Monday we will be doing all the care on our next patient which includes foley, gt, meds, shots, wound care etc. I hope my next patient doesn't have ALL of those for me to insert / care for.

ntigrad · Oct 23, 2002

Wow! Good for you! Funny how we do silly things when we're excited. When I was 16, I passed my drivers test, received my learners permit and promtly went out and ran a red light! No body was hurt. :)

I know it sounds scary where you are now. I am in LPN school and have been passing meds only since August. Once you start doing it and get into the rythme of that facility or floor, it gets easier. You should also be looking up your drugs on each new pt. We have to do that for our student worksheets we turn in. It helps you learn the drugs and the why's of giving them. Then you change hosiptals or floors and you have to reorient to their way of doing things. But that's OK. We are told that being flexible is part of nursing, so learning the same thing 50 different ways is a good thing!!:) We don't push iv meds as students so we try to hang as many other things as we can to get used to priming pumps and setting them up. Shots are easy. Just make sure you have everything you need and if you're using a carpuject or a predrawn syringes that you go over how to work them outside the pt's room and not at the bedside. Most people don't care, but some get real nervous when you sound like you've never given a shot before.

God bless you. You'll be fine!

Jill

zacarias, ASN, RN · Oct 24, 2002

Congrats!!

I remember when we had to give each other IM and SQ shots in skills lab! Ack!! So nervous, but once it's over with, it's over with! Good job and search out all the opps to stick people.

Z