ddrn97

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  1. 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. My manager has a 3 year rule/contract and I can’t tra...
  2. New nurse struggling

    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 sure if i can do that.
  3. New nurse struggling

    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 it. I really am coming to not enjoy being bounced...
  4. 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 like I'm ready after 15 weeks but I just don't know. ...
  5. 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 to be wasted. The patient is to receive .5 mg of di...
  6. 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 sleeping during the day. However, on my days off I fee...
  7. 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 common are these reformulated versions of zosyn? D...
  8. Med given too early?

    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 that the last nurse pushed it off that late and didn...
  9. 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 doing well as well as being told I'm making good pro...
  10. Thank you for your opinions
  11. documenting a chart check?

    Yes that's exactly what I think the purpose of it is.
  12. documenting a chart check?

    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 under our name for a "chart check" which then appears ...
  13. Anxiety

    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 each time I leave I usually am always stuck on atle...
  14. I want to be a nurse but im not good at math

    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 school they will drill nursing math into your head...
  15. 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 yesterday were smooth and I was taking care of ab...