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1. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Medications

   I don't think I am shooting myself in the foot by accepting responsibility and perhaps inspiring increased awareness about a policy that isn't well advertised to new nurses on the floor like myself. I'm not reporting myself to the board, just putting...

2. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Medications

   To been there done that, I do know my meds. Labetalol (trandate), not lopressor. Both beta blockers, however one is approved and the other is not. And yes, in response to boomer, it seems like a silly rule and I'm sure when I bring it up to other mor...

3. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Medications

   That is something I needed to hear. The anxious side of me feels wholly responsible, though the logical side of me knows it is a failure not just on my part, but on the part of the doctor who prescribed it and on the pharmacist who approved it, as we...

4. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Medications

   I'm good friends with a nurse who has worked there much longer and I sent him a message today asking about the medication. When I am at work I will access our policies to find out more but he did confirm my fears

5. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda posted a topic in Medications

   This morning I had admission that came up from the ED. Her blood pressure was high with SBP in the 190s and the pulse was hanging around the high 90s/low 100s. The doctor saw her and put in a STAT order for IV labetolol and I gave it without question...

6. Stopped a heparin drip too early, feeling awful

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in New Nurse

   She had afib and was taking a po anticoagulant at home

7. Stopped a heparin drip too early, feeling awful

   tired_panda posted a topic in New Nurse

   After a crazy and frazzling night during a week that ended up being very emotionally trying for me outside of work, I had a patient who developed a really severe sinus headache, began dry heaving from the pain, and was refusing all medication as she ...

8. Off orientation, feeling lost

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you! I'm glad to know it gets better. I'm working with my clinical educator to get connected with a mentor--just so I feel a little bit better about things!

9. Off orientation, feeling lost

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in New Nurse

   Hello! I do work nights, so I did end up asking advice from others, but I ended up getting a lot of different answers. The doctor approved of all the interventions I'd done (stopping drip, monitoring patient closely etc.) and told me to keep doing...

10. Off orientation, feeling lost

    tired_panda posted a topic in New Nurse

    There are a lot of other posts like this, and though I know that there are so many other new nurses feeling just as lost as me, I feel so alone. I finished my 7 weeks of orientation on a cardiac floor and after my first week on my own, I feel pretty ...

11. Can I be terminated for an injury?

    tired_panda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm orienting as a nurse on a floor that I love. Naturally, 2 weeks before I was set to finish my orientation, I fell at home and fractured my fifth metatarsal pretty significantly. My doctor told me not to work until I met with ortho, but I don't me...

12. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX

    Thank you so much :)

13. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX

    Nope, I was still too afraid! I checked for my name on my state's board this morning and my status switched from pending exam to active

14. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX

    Thank you everyone for helping me get my sanity back! I woke up this morning still prepared for the worst, and I passed!

15. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX

    Hi, thank you so much! This made me feel a lot better