Pekoe-RN

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1. Did I make a mistake in choosing nursing?

   Pekoe-RN replied to mjscan_07's topic in New Nurse

   To K98 - Nursing is also my 2nd career, entered well into my 40's. While I did encounter quite a few in school who did say - RUN NOW - I didn't listen. I've worked in legal and finance before - and there were plenty of miserable folks there as well. ...

2. Scared to be on my own!

   Pekoe-RN replied to BeginnerRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I started in October and after a 7-week orientation on a tele floor, they said I was "ready" - !!! My digestive is STILL recovering!!! - cause even though - like you, I learned "tons" during my orientation, there is truly so much more. AS LONG AS ...

3. Intense Fear keeping Me from getting a Job?

   Pekoe-RN replied to Tree2144's topic in New Nurse

   Wow, this could have been me 7 months ago!! I did pass the boards quite handily and also never got below a B+ in anything in school. But absolutely SCARED TO DEATH of doing something wrong when actually in practice!!! I put off finding a job, an...

4. DH dying-need prayers

   Pekoe-RN replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice

   {{{nursejoey}}} - so many hugs are with you - I envision you at dh's bedside and I hope you can feel the presence of us around you, cause we are truly there with you with every step, with every thought, with every sigh. Sometimes the bravest thing i...

5. insulin med error

   Pekoe-RN replied to flyladynurse's topic in New Nurse

   Good advice from Daytonite - What was Learned? I was told that just before I started, a new grad had made a med error. All the nurse supervisor said to him was - will this ever happen again?!? And then she crumpled the report. As other posts hav...

6. good student, bad nurse...

   Pekoe-RN replied to sophiajoy's topic in New Nurse

   I LOVED this reply; thanks. I would also love to hear how you are doing Sophiajoy. I am just 4 weeks on my own after a 7 week preceptorship on a tele floor. I feel like I "don't get it" but no one has actually said it. Just how have they phrased ...

7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   Pekoe-RN replied to heather1999's topic in New Nurse

   usually 4:1, but it's a tele floor (where it's ANYONE with a cardiac hx - whether it's psych or resp or post-op, tele is where they end up...), I've had five on my first week off a 7 week preceptorship of being a new grad. And it's so much fun monit...

8. Telemetry nightmare

   Pekoe-RN replied to shortsteph12's topic in New Nurse

   I don't know about switching to a "stable" med-surg unit - I'm a new grad on a tele unit also, just 4 weeks "on my own" after 7 weeks of preceptorship (I am "older" so my NM thought I could handle it ...) I do consider myself lucky that I am on this...