I am a new grad with license of one month. I was offered a HH position at an agency and the DON made the position sound straight forward (admission head-to-toe, pain assessment, report abnormal findings, d/c, pt edu, IV antx, foleys, labs) After weeks of desperate job hunting with zero calls back, I said I'm on board.
BUT the thing that scares me is that while she's willing to train me with OASIS, she said I don't need to train/shadow an RN before I go on visits on my own. Not even once. So come Monday I'm on my own! I'm afraid that since training isn't provided, I'm basically going by what I learned in the program. What if that's not enough and I make a mistake? What IF my IV infiltrates after I leave the patient? What IF the foley is faulty? What IF I make a piggy back error? At the hospital I'm there with the patient after the intervention. A mistake is observable and fixable with charge nurse to help. What scares me is that a mistake will happen and I won't know until after I leave. I don't want to harm anyone and lose my license. Anyone have any suggestions?
I am all for working hard on this, I want to be good at HH. But if there's anything I learned in nursing school is that RANDOM freak accidents can happen, even with careful nurses. The difference is, at the hospital you're there to fix your mistakes. In HH you're gone after the visit and ill prob spend many sleepless nights wondering if my foley was inserted correctly or if that IV was okay... Does any other HH nurses worry about this?? Help!
