Ellepile

OK, I will keep my “what I would have done” and all my comments to myself. Thanks for telling me what is needed, London flo. I will be quiet.

I’ve been a nurse for 15 years now and I still feel the way you do sometimes. This is a hard job with a steep learning curve, and it will get better and you will get better at it. You. Just. Started. You won’t and can’t possibly be an expert right out of the gate. And you shouldn’t feel bad about it because it is normal. You’re doing fine.

Huh? I don’t even understand what happened. I’m thinking a stress test is looking at cardiac conditions and Coreg is a cardiac med, so I guess it could have affected the stress test. But I work peds and I don’t deal with stress tests. On my unit if it’s OK to give meds, the order will say NPO except meds. Rather than just guess, why isn’t OK to call md and ask if OK to give coreg at 2100? That’s what I would have done. No big deal and no reason to beat self up about it. ?

Pros of peds: toddlers sound really cute when they swear at you. Easier to hold down, lighter to lift When they feel better, they look and act happy. Get to play on the job cons: Hard to watch kids die Need to simplify explanations cant reason with younger patients having to force kids to do things they are afraid of: pokes, weird tasting meds, moving after surgery. parents who don’t help, or don’t listen to you, or who are so overprotective that it’s hard to do the job I hope this helps. Been in peds for over 10 years now. I do like my job but it’s been hard this year.