ddrn97

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1. Feeling stuck in current RN position

   ddrn97 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I started nursing at a large hospital in the float pool about 8 months ago on nights as a new grad. I found med surg to be a drag. I’m not sure how I feel about floating it has it’s pros and cons....

2. New nurse struggling

   ddrn97 replied to ddrn97's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My hospital is actually a magnet facility. They hire a lot of new grads into float pool. However because of the verbal contract I feel pretty stuck and afraid to make a move to one unit as I am not...

3. New nurse struggling

   ddrn97 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am about 6 months into my job, and about one month off of orientation by myself. I know a lot of you will disagree with this but I started out in float pool at a large hospital. I really do not like...

4. Off orientation this week so scared

   ddrn97 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hey everyone. I know many have posted about this before but I just need some advice and to vent. I've been on orientation for 15 weeks on nights and I'm on my own starting this week. I should feel...

5. Incorrect waste amount of medication documented in pyxis

   ddrn97 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all. So last night I was wasting a narcotic with another nurse. I was rushing to go through the prompts on the Pyxis. I think I may have accidentally put in th wrong amount of medication that was...

6. new night shift nurse always tired on days off

   ddrn97 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad nurse who is working on the night shift for about a month. I love night shift and prefer it as opposed to day shift. When I am working, I do not feel tired. I also have no problem...

7. Lactated ringers and zosyn compatibility?

   ddrn97 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was having this discussion with someone earlier. I was told that only new reformulated zosyn is compatible with lactated ringers solution at y site. What do they mean by "reformulated" and just how...

8. Med given too early?

   ddrn97 posted a topic in Patient Medications

   I am new on orientation with a preceptor. Patient was scheduled for metoprolol at 9 pm but the last nurse gave it at noon. It's supposed to be every 12 hours and I gave it at 9:30. I didn't realize...

9. New grad nurse wondering if I made a mistake choosing this career

   ddrn97 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm hired as a med surg/telemetry float on night shift at a large hospital. Many new grads in this hospital are hired for float and many seem to enjoy it. I'm on orientation and although I feel I'm...

10. new nurse feeling like im forgetting/missing things

    ddrn97 replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your

11. documenting a chart check?

    ddrn97 replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    Yes that's exactly what I think the purpose of it

12. documenting a chart check?

    ddrn97 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started a nursing job. I understand that each time we receive our patients, we check and overlook their charts which I always do with my preceptor. I was told that we enter a nursing order...

13. Anxiety

    ddrn97 replied to Flossy73's topic in General Nursing

    I am just going through this right now.. as a new grad nurse. Yesterday was a busy shift for me and I realized things I may have forgot to do or do better, etc. I normally am very hard on myself, so...

14. I want to be a nurse but im not good at math

    ddrn97 replied to wizardwendy's topic in General Nursing

    Knowing math will help you as a nurse. But the math is also pretty basic math such as figuring out IV rates, dosages, etc. which are pretty much ratio and proportion problems. Once you are in nursing...

15. new nurse feeling like im forgetting/missing things

    ddrn97 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started a nursing job as a new grad RN a couple of weeks ago. Things were going great and my preceptor thinks I am doing well. However, yesterday was a terrible shift. The few days I did before...