Pekoe-RN

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1. Did I make a mistake in choosing nursing?

   Pekoe-RN replied to mjscan_07's topic in First Year After Licensure

   To K98 - Nursing is also my 2nd career, entered well into my 40's. While I did encounter quite a few in school who did say - RUN NOW - I didn't listen. I've worked in legal and finance before - and...

2. Scared to be on my own!

   Pekoe-RN replied to BeginnerRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I started in October and after a 7-week orientation on a tele floor, they said I was "ready" - !!! My digestive is STILL recovering!!! - cause even though - like you, I learned "tons" during my...

3. Intense Fear keeping Me from getting a Job?

   Pekoe-RN replied to Tree2144's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Wow, this could have been me 7 months ago!! I did pass the boards quite handily and also never got below a B+ in anything in school. But absolutely SCARED TO DEATH of doing something wrong when...

4. DH dying-need prayers

   Pekoe-RN replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   {{{nursejoey}}} - so many hugs are with you - I envision you at dh's bedside and I hope you can feel the presence of us around you, cause we are truly there with you with every step, with every...

5. insulin med error

   Pekoe-RN replied to flyladynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Good advice from Daytonite - What was Learned? I was told that just before I started, a new grad had made a med error. All the nurse supervisor said to him was - will this ever happen again?!? And...

6. good student, bad nurse...

   Pekoe-RN replied to sophiajoy's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I LOVED this reply; thanks. I would also love to hear how you are doing Sophiajoy. I am just 4 weeks on my own after a 7 week preceptorship on a tele floor. I feel like I "don't get it" but no one...

7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   Pekoe-RN replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

   usually 4:1, but it's a tele floor (where it's ANYONE with a cardiac hx - whether it's psych or resp or post-op, tele is where they end up...), I've had five on my first week off a 7 week...

8. Telemetry nightmare

   Pekoe-RN replied to shortsteph12's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I don't know about switching to a "stable" med-surg unit - I'm a new grad on a tele unit also, just 4 weeks "on my own" after 7 weeks of preceptorship (I am "older" so my NM thought I could handle it...