To everyone, thank you for your advice. I am taking everything into consideration as I plan my next steps. One thing I forgot to mention is that we had no PCA on the unit, which did not help my...
The patient would constantly ask for something while a nurse or aide was in the room. I was already stressed because I was trying to get everything done prior to report, and I turned to fulfill the...
I was referring to the “right time”. I did not catch that the two doses were so close together. I always scan the patient, ask their name/birth date, double check the delivery method and...
I am definitely planning on taking some time management CEU classes while I am looking for a new job. Right now, I am grappling with what type of nursing job I would be good at. I can’t help but...
My orientation was one week of classes, then 10 weeks with a bunch of different preceptors. I asked for an additional 2 weeks with my preceptor, because I was still uncomfortable. I take full...
I was on night shift and had a total of 6 patients. I had to finish the admission of the previous nurse, and I had a second admission. I had been writing down all of my meds and times for each...
I am a new nursing working on a neuro med surg unit. I just came off of orientation about 2 weeks ago, and I made a med error where I gave two doses of an IV medication too close together. When I...