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  1. end-of-orientation anxiety

    GermPhobe replied to nrcnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  2. Advice for a Newbie: Telemetry vs. Med-Surg

    GermPhobe replied to MeechiesRNBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  3. insulin med error

    GermPhobe replied to flyladynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  4. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    GermPhobe replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...