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I am so nervous at this moment..i dont know what to do.. I work in med surg going in my 2nd year now..but still learning a lot. Today is my day off and I just received a call from our charge nurse...asking me if I received a telephone order from a certain doctor and forgot to write it down...Indeed I did!!! To make the story short, this doctor called and asked to put back the foley cath of his pt (which he ordered to be d'cd earlier, but then the pt could not void and started hurting so I paged him for that.) He also ordered to consult another doctor. I did insert the foley and the pt was relieved...but i failed to write those orders down. So he did his rounds this morning and according to my charge nurse he was very angry and asked for an incident report to be written about this. He also wrote down in the progress notes that "nurse did not write the consult." My nurse manager asked our charge to call me about this. Now what am I supposed to do. ..I am scared. I feel like I cannot go to work again and face everybody, more so this doctor. I understand it is my mistake...

Hi! I am a mother of two kid (7 and 9)s..I worked med surg for a year..at present I took a leave of absence for the reason that I dont have somebody to stay with my kids while I am at work. I wana hear from anyone how you go about your day ( for those single moms) with kids going to school. Who stays with the kids when you leave for work? What other options do we have to continue working in nursing without sacrificing time with the kids. I would want to be around till they leave for school and be home as much as possible when they come back. Any feedback would greatly be appreciated.

hey, I want to have that book too...where did you order it??? Thanks.

Thank you so much for replying. I am looking forward to this.. Hopefully by April we will be there. As soon as we get there I will take a refresher course.

hi! Im making my reentry too after being "absent' for 10 years...i read that you have taken refresher courses..can you please share with me how I can get this.. Im from the philippines but will soon be migrating to the US. I know little about about rfresher courses in US...so if you can pls. shed light on this..it will be a big help..and ill truly be grateful. Thanks.