Rosey

Thank you for that response you gave me some fire if I need it. However there are other per-diem nurses that take oncall. But you are right I don't receive benefits or the extra monthly bonus that the the full time nurses receive. Hopefully I will only have to put up with this for another month then I am going to say see ya! Again thanks for the response I thought it would never come after reading the other responses it seemed like all of those nurses that responded have apparently been pregnant oncall before and dealt with it just fine.

Thank you for all your input. I am going to try to work as long as physically possible I want to be fair to all my co-workers. I should be blessed that I feel so well and have not taken a sick day yet. I don't want to be a whiner and I am not going to be! Thanks to all. Last time I was here I was a new grad nurse and I got some help and excellent responses I just needed to hear them. I will be here more often from now on. Thank you all for being so kind unlike the fist responder who made me feel terrible.

Hi everyone I am new to this forum I have been a HH nurse for 3 years and love it most of the time. I am 3 months pregnant with my first :wink2: and my employer has known since I was 6 weeks. I am doing fairly well but am still extremely tired all of the time I am just getting out of the first trimester this week. I only work perdiem 3 days a week rotate call and on-call weekends. However I was in a MVA accident in Feb not work related and not my fault. It has made me paranoid while driving and now that I am pregnant I am even extra paranoid. My question for all of you is I am thinking about asking them to take me off call weekend and weekdays. I just don't see that is is worth me losing my rest ex; getting up at midnight to troubleshoot an IV or insert a catheter or who knows what else. I am willing to work an extra weekend instead. Does this seem unfair to most of you or did many of you work and take call far into your pregnancy? Since they don't pay squat if your oncall only if you make a visit I am not really losing out on income and it just doesn't seem worth it to me. I haven't complained so far and I have had some stressful on call nights an weekends which ulitmately led to some backpain. Please if any one can give me some input as to what you think.

Help I am a new grad nurse just out of school working with my IP. I started working in a new grad program and my second day on the floor I made a major medication error. I gave medications to the wrong patient. I realized this when she questioned all the medications she was taking and what they were for after she had taken them, I completely froze told her I had to go get something and notified my preceptor. I was completely horrified I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I only had two patients that day it wasn't like I was strapped for time I was just stupid for not being more careful. I pretty much started to cry and I wanted to quit nursing right then and there. I have never made a medication error in my life not even in school. My friends were often the ones to make mistakes not me. My confidence is completely shot. Everything has gone so well for me. My first day was great and then this happened. I don't know what to do I feel like quitting and not showing my face in that hospital again. I am crying as I write this just thinking about my mistake. My preceptor was really nice to me as well as everyone on the floor. Fortunatley the patient was stable and the medication that I gave her did not cause any side effects. I keep thinking to myself what if it was a patient who had allergies to this medication or what if I could have killed that patient. I never thought twice about telling someone what I did. I could never live with myself if I didn't. But I am ready to give up. I am even asking myself why I want to be a nurse maybe I will not make a good nurse. I feel like the next time I work everyone will be watching me waiting for me to make amother mistake. How can I stop thinking about this? Rosey