Help I am scared!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!

chenoaspirit, ASN, RN · Sep 19, 2008

Im sure if you run into any problems or questions on the job, others will be more than ready to help. Dont be afraid to ask. whenever you encounter something you dont know, go home and research it. You will do fine. You have the info in your mind, just apply it clinically.

ann945n, RN · Sep 19, 2008

I would refuse to work there if they are unable to provide you with the training you need. If your gut is telling you this isnt a safe place to work, quit. Your license and hard work isnt worth sacraficing.

ASSEDO · Sep 19, 2008

Sounds like a great job. I would go for it, $14.00 an hour, great money for a new LPN. Just educate yourself daily by going to all areas of the office and ask questions and learn how to run the entire office.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 19, 2008

I say to give it a chance. You will not know unless you start. If they are welcoming, answer your questions and help you as a new grad nurse, then, I'd take it. If they don't, then, you leave.

P_RN, ADN, RN · Sep 19, 2008

Don't try to trick your way through. If you don't know something ask. Then be profuse in your thanks. I did the same thing and stayed there 7 years. By the time I re-entered RN school I really did no have to study at all. My doctor had taught me all I needed.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Sep 19, 2008

You'll be fine. Jab the needle into the deltoid and done.

Calm. Down. You will be doing vitals, heights, weights, histories - CALM DOWN.

Vito Andolini · Sep 19, 2008

I would refuse to work there if they are unable to provide you with the training you need. If your gut is telling you this isnt a safe place to work, quit. Your license and hard work isnt worth sacraficing.

Is she saying all that? I think she's just nervous because she's a new grad and she's starting a new job.

To OP: You'll do fine. Most places do not give any orientation, so be grateful and glad to get the 1 day. Keep reviewing. A shot is a shot and you've given lots of them.

I think you'll be alright. Let us know, will you?

hellerd2003, RN · Sep 19, 2008

So I found out today...that I train for one day..on Friday...and then start next week. ???????? They had no time for interviews....so the lady at the temp service..gave my name...she knows I have no experience....but I am scared that they are expecting someone with alot of experience....??? The only shots I have given is (l) Vit B12....insulin shots..lots....TB shots....that is it!!!! So I know that with flu season coming...etc...I will be giving lots...ANY ADVICE?? Plus pediatrics???? SHOTS!!!!

If you've given B-12 shots, you're capable of injecting any child or adult vaccinations, including influenza and pneumonia. Just review your sites for peds/ adults and vaccination volume.

Insulin shots-- Find subcut tissue, pinch, poke.

TB-- enter shallow.

You know this-- you've done this. You've covered all the shots!

Your biggest concerns re. a clinic setting should be just mere patient interaction. Even as a nurse, when I go to a clinic, I assume that the event will be uncomfortable. So embrace that, enjoy your day of training, and have fun at your job.

Neveranurseagain, RN · Sep 19, 2008

I feel the biggest hurdle you may face would be giving imm. to peds. Some are given IM, some SQ. Some given deltoid, some not. So review your peds imm. schedule, as well as contras and route. But don't freak yourself out--I took me mths to master all that. Just let them know when you have a question/concern and fess up if you don't know something. I work 13 yrs at a Peds/Family Practice office and learned an incredible amount of info and it was fun! I loved seeing pts. over a period of time, not just once then never again.

AnnaSL, BSN, RN · Sep 19, 2008

I would refuse to work there if they are unable to provide you with the training you need. If your gut is telling you this isnt a safe place to work, quit. Your license and hard work isnt worth sacraficing.

Quitting? never an option...

A Nurse should be going FORWARD and never taking a Step back...

Yes, you are less experience. Let's admit that, BUT, you are in practice now, GRAB IT..

What else is there if you QUIT or GIVE UP.. It will do you no good, AFRAID and LESS experience... See, PLUS even if you go from other hospital to another, you'll still experience the same thing, so if I were you, you are lucky enough that they are "welcoming". Dont be afraid to ask and QUITTERS are LOOSERS..

lpnflorida · Sep 19, 2008

I believe you will do fine. We all get nervous in regards to new jobs. Ask questions.

this is an aside ( am I the only one who everytime someone posts, I wouldn"t take the job, or just quit. I get so annoyed with that type of answer) How in the heck is that type of answer being helpful, or helping the person to use communication skills, problem solving skills. Rarely seems to address how we can be part of the solution not just part of the problem.