doodle-hambone

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1. Feeling like a horrible nurse

   doodle-hambone replied to chachh's topic in New Nurse

   My instructor in nursing told me about me a study that was done comparing new nurses to those in the field for a while. The study showed that you are considered a novice nurse for the first FIVE years. It sounds like you did everything you knew you...

2. Length of orientation for new nurse?

   doodle-hambone replied to Pocamom's topic in New Nurse

   I had orientation for 4-6 weeks as a new LPN grad. There was a nursing shortage that afternoon, I was asked if I could do it on my own after 3 weeks of orientation, I agreed. My patient died because of my failure to act on warning signs, my being a...