NewGradNurse3 BSN, RN

NewGradNurse3 is a BSN, RN and specializes in MedSurg.

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1. stay on ortho unit or switch to tele for my next contract?

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in Career Support

   hello! I'm an agency nurse trying to decide whether to stay on my previous ortho unit or switch to a tele unit for my next contract. I have 1.5 years of experience as a medsurg/tele RN. one of my main goals is learning and seeing new things, I w...

2. Overprescribing heparin

   NewGradNurse3 replied to NewGradNurse3's topic in General Nursing

   I have, but it's done so often that I don't address it with every single patient/provider. At times when I have brought it up (or told providers that a pt refused heparin but that they're ambulatory, etc), the provider is just like, "OK, sure you can...

3. Overprescribing heparin

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone else feel like doctors overprescribe heparin? I understand for pts who are bedbound or post surgical, but for ambulatory patients who get up and go to the bathroom, who are there for medical issues that don't seem related to clotting, I d...

4. Need advice... trying to delay a job offer

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I'm an RN with almost 1 year of experience, leaving my current hospital and looking for a new job. I applied for jobs at Hospital A (where I REALLY want to work), and Hospital B (my second choice). Hospital A has not called me for an interview, but o...

5. How to you use the subjective questions in CIWA?

   NewGradNurse3 replied to NewGradNurse3's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much, this is super helpful!

6. How to you use the subjective questions in CIWA?

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad and am wondering how you all assess the subjective symptoms in CIWA - do you take the patient's answers at face value? I work on a med-surg floor and during orientation, one of my preceptors made me change my CIWA scoring of a patient ...

7. Toradol + narcotics and safety?

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just want to double check about this - when I was on orientation, my preceptor told me not to administer IV toradol at the same time as another IV narcotic (I think dilaudid or morphine) because it wasn't "safe". That didn't make any sense to me be...

8. Struggling with time management - what am I missing?

   NewGradNurse3 replied to NewGradNurse3's topic in General Nursing

   thank you so much, everyone. this thread was sooo validating! We just hired a bunch of agency/travel nurses and now the patient ratio is more reasonable (like around 4 patients) and it's been way more manageable.

9. Struggling with time management - what am I missing?

   NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad in my first RN job, I had a two month orientation and now I've been on my own for two months. I still always stay at least 30-45 mins late almost every day to finish charting, and once in a while I don't even have time to stop and eat ...

10. How long is a 3 person waitlist for day shift?

    NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and just got a job offer for a night shift position, and I was interested to know how long the waitlist is for day shift (in case night shift really doesn't work for my body - I've never worked nights before). The manager said there ar...

11. Help! Got a job offer... working days vs. a job I want more

    NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I just got a job offer! Job #1 Pros: -I liked the manager -it's a medsurg unit where they also manage vents (I want to build a foundation to go into critical care eventually) -He said the charge nurses on his unit are very willing to help (they g...

12. Job Decisions as a New Grad Nurse

    NewGradNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a fresh new graduate living in Chicago, still waiting for my ATT for my NCLEX, so probably won't be licensed til sometime in July. Seeking some career/job advice. I was working as a VALOR intern for the past year at the VA hospital on a medsu...