newnurse51

newnurse51 has 1 years experience and specializes in Acute, Geriatrics.

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1. Took NCLEX-RN this am-stopped at 198-Im freaking out!

   newnurse51 replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

   Don't freak out. I went to the bitter end and passed. I was told that if you go to a higher number you roughly have a 50/50 chance of passing. Think positive!

2. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

   newnurse51 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

   Re: Dear Abbey, about a nurse don't know if it's true or not...but something about this statement made me cringe: Quote: The doctor needs to counsel his nurse for her poor judgment. someone needs to write and tell abbey that its not the doctor's jo...

3. "Take down" in LTC?????

   newnurse51 replied to NurseyTee's topic in Geriatric

   What this basically boils down to is what is administration going to do about it. It sounds like they are going to look the other way and hire this abusive nurse back. I hate the way administration works in most nursing homes. When you question th...

4. Wearing white

   newnurse51 replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

   Even though I am not a big fan of white I wear white pants, colored top and a white jacket. I want patients to know when I walk into a room that I am a nurse. Of course I was flabbergasted to see a CNA wearing white pants and adminstration didn't h...

5. How long will I be miserable?

   newnurse51 replied to nrcnurse's topic in New Nurse

   Floor nursing is very stressful. There are constant interruptions, too many things a new grad is suppose to know. I lasted 9 months on a telemetry floor when I was involved in 2 errors and told I was unsafe to care for patients. Don't give up on y...

6. The weekend that blew up

   newnurse51 replied to newnurse51's topic in New Nurse

   My orientation was 6 weeks but I got it extended to 8 weeks. My preceptor felt I was ready to be on my own. From day one I felt overwhelmed each time I worked. I would have liked to have a longer orientation but 6 weeks was considered adequate. M...

7. Does anyone really use the care plan?

   newnurse51 replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

   We have to create a care plan for each new admission we get. After that I don't think any nurse looks at them. We basically know the nursing care that is needed with each diagnosis- I hated them in school but I can see why they were important. The...

8. Spring '05 grads-1 year in-how many new nurses you started w/ are still there?

   newnurse51 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in New Nurse

   Started off in telemetry right after graduation and lasted 8 months. Hospital floor nursing is not for me. Currently working as a weekend house supervisor in a nursing home and it is far less stressful. No benefits though. Not sure where my niche...

9. Question? Going in major debt..with minor doubt..about nursing career?

   newnurse51 replied to c5150b's topic in General Nursing

   I started my nursing career very late in life. I graduated in my 50's and found it to be the hardest most stressful work I have ever done. It's a constant love/hate relationship. I love helping people and making a difference in their lives. It's ...

10. Preparing new grads

    newnurse51 replied to njy11801's topic in General Nursing

    Re: Preparing new grads It's an everyday thing and not a specific scenario, but I'd say time management is a critical skill that's really difficult in the beginning. Learning how to do 10 things at once with constant distractions and interruptions, ...

11. I Just Love Being A Cna !

    newnurse51 replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    You are an important part of the team. We would be lost without you hard working CNA's. There have been many times I have been alerted to a medical change by the CNA. You are the first line of defense in health care. I admire you guys.

12. The weekend that blew up

    newnurse51 replied to newnurse51's topic in New Nurse

    I think the hospital acted so harshly toward me because the two errors were back to back. I did not hang the wrong fluid on the IV pump but as far as I know I was blamed completely for the error. This is an error I doubt I will ever repeat. I do r...

13. The weekend that blew up

    newnurse51 replied to newnurse51's topic in New Nurse

    My error with the IV bolus was that I thought the Normal Saline was on the primary pump. It was hard to tell from the tubing because someone had placed extra long tubing on the IV pump that had become tangled and you could not tell which tubing belo...

14. The weekend that blew up

    newnurse51 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I recently had a new nurse's worst nightmare. I was involved in two major errors back to back at the hospital where I worked. The first error involved the wrong IV fluid being bolused into a patient. Someone had the wrong fluid on the primary pump, t...