I love my night shift

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I absolutely love working in the peds surgical/ortho floor.

Night shift is awesome, not always, but most of the times we have an LPN that help us RN's pass out meds.

I LOVE LPNS!! and miss them when they are not around!

I go in, get bedside report, check my charts, do my assessments, organize my meds (if i don't have an LPN), and then chill out.

Pediatrics is awesome. I love the kids there, it's really cool to talk to the teens, and to the two year olds that say "no" to everything.... and the parents are not that bad to deal with. we just have to keep them informed at everything that is going on with the plan of care.

THe computerized charting is awesome, I click and click and I am done!

everything that I need is there..... if just the doctor's notes were there that would be the cherry on top of the cake.

night shift is not bad at all. The night actually goes by fast.

I have two preceptors, one for 3 weeks which I finished last week, and the new one that I started with this week.

I liked the first one because she was extremely helpful and patient with me. The other one tells me "why are you writing patient received? where are you receiving the patient?"....... so I am learning to write my note in a whole different way from what I was doing in the past 3 weeks. I can't wait untill the two weeks are over with that woman. I still have a lot to learn, and she talks a lot and it is pointless talking:madface:. I like being straight to the point..... and she just goes on and on. Also, i wrote in my assessment on one of my patients that the output was blood tinged, and she said to me "it was not blood tinged, you didnt see it? it was brown, even the day nurse showed us" and I said "well I saw it reddish" and it was like that back and forth untill finally I said to the woman "ok, lets go together to the room to see the drainage from the NGT" and then we went in together, she looked at it and finally she said "it is red, we have to call the doctor".... little things like that **** me off. She doesn't help me out at all, she is behind me like a shadow. I asked her to give a med for me so I can go and do pin care on another nurse's patient so I can have my skills checked off... and of course 30 mins after I finish that... she said "oh here are your meds for the pt"........ and it was report time. I could have killed the woman. Now, I am just gonna have to learn to manage my time better when I am with her. Now that I know the way that she is.

but besides that....

I have been there a month now, and I am really liking it.:redbeathe I am learning a lot. I am following the hospital protocols, asking if I don't know or unsure of things.

I thank God for giving me the chance of getting that position. I couldn't be happier for myself.:bowingpur

Studying day and night for that NCLEX was worth every minute.

People get surprised that I read that blue book that kaplan comes with... and it is a very thick book.. but hey, I passed. it worked for me, and everything is awesome:yeah:

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Specializes in Did the job hop, now in MS. Not Bad!!!!!.

Patty,

what a wonderful and inspiring post to read. Very positive and uplifting. I am approaching my own indoctrination to a new venue in a new genre of nursing and I was pleased to read this upon waking w/ my first :smilecoffeecup:

You have only been in this position one month? Wow!

Chloe

:nurse:

RN-BSN, BA

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It's nice to hear that someone loves their job - I hope things stay this good for you!!!!

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