LoneRN

LoneRN has 2 years experience.

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1. Nursing BURN OUT!!

   LoneRN replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

   I burned out when I was 28 and a student but I'm OK now I was just going through depression. If your colleagues are horrid then it does not lead to good mental health at work no matter where u work. My unit has 19 beds but we all pull together and wo...

2. skirts to work

   LoneRN replied to eternalbride's topic in General Nursing

   I always wear a skirt, and if a patient required CPR I would not care if someone could see my panties I can do patient care easily although my role requires minimal amounts except for special cases. LOL

3. Oh no. Accidentally left work with diazepam!

   LoneRN replied to LoneRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm going to have to leave it and pray I get away with it. I can't be drug tested if I take prescription temazepam (to reduce the insomnia from starting my SSRI for above-mentioned social anxiety). I'll show up positive on a drugs test and lose my jo...

4. Oh no. Accidentally left work with diazepam!

   LoneRN replied to LoneRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am considering taking the subway back to work and taking that tablet back to my line manager. I am prescribed temazepam by my GP so taking a drugs test is not good.

5. Oh no. Accidentally left work with diazepam!

   LoneRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   OMG Help I am a new nurse. I had a massively hectic night shift and we were rushing from drug cabinet to drug cabinet with only one set of keys. I gave a patient 10mg (2x5mg) diazepams as prescribed. Sometimes, if a medication strip is finished I jus...

6. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   LoneRN replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   Reading these comments make me realise I'm not alone. I am really unsure whether I should continue with nursing. I am really struggling. I work on a HDU. Just being in it stresses me out with all the monitors and tracheostomies. This, combined with m...

7. I hate nursing..

   LoneRN replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   I can't comment on American culture as I live in England but I do think it is probably the same here. As far as being defined by what we do. I honestly do not think the general public have the faintest idea what a nurse does or what it is like. So th...

8. Holy crap it's been a year!

   LoneRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in New Nurse

   Well I've lasted 2 weeks lol I only have to do this 26 times more and then I will have a year under my belt too

9. How do you feel at the end of your shift?

   LoneRN replied to Cabbagehead's topic in New Nurse

   Interesting points about perception AggieNurse99. I think you should just give up after the evening meal. Get the meds done, get your break, tie things up, get your documentation done and get ready for the oncoming shift. All sorts will happen to ti...

10. Can't find a job!

    LoneRN replied to metsbaseball's topic in New Nurse

    I am a new grad starting my first job. I focused on showing them I had the basics in my application. Nothing pretentious. No ACLS when I have no experience of even seeing actual arrests to match it. I just focused on demonstrating I can put together ...

11. I hate nursing..

    LoneRN replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

    Yes, getting a thank you, or realising that you have made somebody's day more tolerable is one of the best things about nursing. When I say, it's just a job, it doesn't mean that I think a nurse should come in late or just do the bare minimum. There ...

12. I hate nursing..

    LoneRN replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

    I have come to the conclusions that wards are either HELL or surprisingly tolerable. I was suicidal when I was put on a ward as a student full of vile nurses who bullied and belittled me for everything. I wanted to die. They tore me apart for just a...

13. How do you feel at the end of your shift?

    LoneRN replied to Cabbagehead's topic in New Nurse

    Sometimes I feel good and sometimes not. Today I felt like an idiot because I forgot to document that I put an NG in and had to phone the ward to tell them. I'm only on week 2 and most of my time has been on training days so that was only my third re...

14. Am I in trouble for this when I go back to work?

    LoneRN replied to LoneRN's topic in New Nurse

    That's exactly what I did, I saw it was 4pm and was like "YES! Time to go!" In the changing room as I was leaving, the above agency nurse was hiding on her phone and booking more shifts with the agency. I was trying to give her some sort of handover ...

15. Am I in trouble for this when I go back to work?

    LoneRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am such a fool, lol. I am newly qualified and still on induction, today I put in an NG Tube for the first time. I was with an agency nurse (as usual) and I asked her to show me the procedure. I was only doing a half day and just realised that I for...