GermPhobe

I had the same issues, and went to the clinical manager. She agreed to make sure I had a maximum of 3 patients for my first couple of weeks (4 is a max for everyone on my floor), and that I had an assigned "resource person" to call with questions. ...

I'm on my first job, and it's a Tele/Med-Surg/Step-down unit. 6-8 weeks is NOT a long enough orientation. Mine was about 14 weeks, and I still didn't feel prepared to be on my own. That said, I think I'm learning much more than I would on a regul...

We have a really inane insulin policy. We have to have two sets of eyeballs on the syringe before we inject. It's a "Yup, that's 5 units," type of thing. The problem is, the second RN doesn't check the order or the pt's blood glucose level. Conse...

OMG LPN2RNmommy--do you work on MY floor?! This is EXACTLY the kind of crap I'm dealing with. I've been off orientation for about 3 weeks, and I'm TOTALLY overwhelmed. Yesterday my 8-hour shift took 9.5 hours to complete--and that's WITHOUT taking...