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We chart them every 30 minutes. I am not certain, but I think that our educator said we actually chart a little too often, that as long as there aren't any problems, you can do "summary" charting on them every hour.

Our orders are pretty lengthy, but basically they state : begin at 2milliunits per minute and increase by 1-2 milliunits every 15 to 30 minutes. Starting in May, though, we will go to new orders that state : begin at 0.5 to 1 milliunit per minute ...

You absolutely did the right thing. Everyone makes mistakes. Now, you have learned from it and will be hypervigilant. If someone else learns from your mistake, then that's a good thing :)

I was a charge nurse for three years at an inpatient psych unit based in a regional hospital. We had pt's with medical/surgical issues all of the time, along with their medical problems, we were dealing with psych issues such as detox, psychosis, et...

YES!!!

The very first SVE that I did was actually not at the best time, and things weren't going so well. The baby was having late decels, and mom was in tremendous amount of pain even with epidural. I listened to my preceptor, did the exam as she was get...

I enjoy teaching new students, and sharing information with them just as I share information/education with my patients. Teaching is GOOD. If you help one person, you may in turn help many. I am always nice to students, and remember what it was li...

You are really just setting yourself up for an impossible ideal. I remember when I tried and tried to get done as early as some of the nurses that I worked with. They seemed to have everything done on time, have time to chat...etc. While I worked ...

You are never too old. When I was in school, I had several classmates over the age of 50 and one that was in his 60's :)

Dave, I swear you work at the same place that I do...LOL. It sounds EXACTLY the same.

I'm a charge nurse on a hospital based acute psych unit. You are exactly correct in your concern. I see it all the time. Fortunately, my hospital has addressed this concern to some degree. We have two floors now. One floor is seperated into depr...

Don't rely on the telemetry monitors too much...lol. I remember when I was new, I thought they were wonderful (still do), but once, they removed a monitor when a pt left the floor and telemetry called an hour later to state they weren't getting a re...

I think that it is different for each person. Some of the nurses where I work come in 45 minutes early to orient themselves to the pt's. Some breeze in and clock in on time or a couple of minutes late. Either way, the pt care is about the same fro...

Try new balance 622. They are the only shoes that have helped my feet and I've just about tried them all. I tried the sketcher shape-ups, but when you are tired, I have trouble balancing and looking like I'm not drunk...lol. They are cushy...but c...

I work as a charge nurse on day shift for a psych unit in a hospital. I frequently interview prospective nurses, and the previous posts pretty much covered the important points. Just let the interviewer know how excited you are at the prospect, and...

I completely disliked my first three jobs as a nurse. I started out on a cardiac step-down unit with pt's of an incredibly high acuity level that were truly beyond a new nurse's scope of knowledge. I know that some nights (I worked 11-7 or 7p-7a) I...

Do exactly what you said. It is on you to do the right thing, even when you are being rushed. Once they see that you are going to check things and be thorough, they'll drop it and just let you do it the way you need to. Sometimes it just takes a l...

Why couldn't you have been MY preceptor??? I don't think that I was a horribly new nurse, there were just so many things that I hadn't actually done on a real person...and could have used guidance. Most of the time when I asked a question about thi...

Oh my gosh. I haven't read anything on this site in a while...and I just had to read the post after getting the headline in my e-mail. That was TOO funny. They all are. Hey, it's just a way to deal with the stuff we see everyday that would freak ...

I'm a brand new graduate (graduated on May 8th). I just started working at this hospital in June, and I haven't even had two weeks on the floor yet. Our floor has cardiac patients...such as fresh CABG patients, other med-surg patients, and anything...

Thank you all so much for your input. I had made up my mind before going back in to work that I would refuse to accept that type of assignment again. I was told that I would have at least 6-10 weeks with a preceptor, and that during that time I wou...

Hey there! Many of my classmates failed the Hesi more than once. Don't give up! They have all now passed and are doing well. READ the book is the advice that once person gave (that had failed 3 times). Especially read the areas that were your we...

Do NOT give up. I've heard of too many situations where the clinical instructor made students feel this way. Then, the sad thing is that the next semester, a different clinical instructor thought the same student really excelled. It's all about pe...

I just had my first interview this past Monday. I hadn't even taken the NCLEX yet. I just took it today (don't ask...lol). Anyway, she only asked me a couple of questions that required nursing knowledge. They are mostly happy to have someone appl...