Brooke13-RN

Hi everyone, I just started my first nursing job on a busy post surg/oncology floor, graduated in May. I had the normal week long hospital orientation where I learned about the computer systems and the HR stuff. After getting my schedaul I saw that...

I agree with the other posters. I'm a new nurse too only 3 months out and I am finding night shifts to be both challenging and rewarding. There is so much going on and I don't feeling like I am missing out on procedures, doctor interactions, or ass...

Hi eveyone, I've finally had a couple of good nights at work. And let me tell you the other night wasn't easy. We had 3 teams and we had 7 admissions in the first 2 hours. Busy med-surg/oncology floor. I just took one thing at a time and checked ...

Hi eveybody, I was almost able to leave work without any issues this morning. I didn't make any mistakes last night and was going to ready to walk out the door at 7:30 this morning. But at about 7:15 I found that one of my pts IVs blew. Now normal...

Hi, I did look for someone else to help me get the IV in. I asked all the other nurses on the floor and my charge nurse was the one who agreed that we could let it go until morning. Firstly the lady was getting upset because of my failed attempts a...

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I'm on night shift and I get a lot of, we got a new admission and we called the admission nurse. Well the admission nurse only works the 7a-7p shift so if they don't make it they don't make it. Now I don't mind if they got the admission in later, b...

Hi, I'm so sorry that you had this happen. I failed my last semester course right at the end so I feel your pain. I found out I wasn't graduating the day before pinning. This is what my Mom told me and I think it helped. She said that I must not ...

Hi everybody, So do you ever notice that it seems like you have to make mistakes to actually have things sink in. And the problem is the paranoia that you've made mistakes that you won't find out about until you go to work next. Of course working 1...

Ok, so I made it a whole day without stressing, but now I have to go back to work tonight and I'm worried about finding out I screwed stuff up from the other day. I left with everyone doing fine, but I keep thinking about stuff. Did I remember to t...

Thanks guys. While I don't have the Satan nurses to report off to, but they are more then happy to point out my mistakes to me in the morning when I come back. For example I had a med time wrong on the MAR. I heard the Aren't you lucky we caught i...

Congrats on making it this far. I think you are feeling exactly what all of us our feeling when we start. It is really really scary. It's great that you have worked as a CNA, I think it's going to help you with you organization. I had a 6 week or...

I'm on a med-surg/oncology floor. I had 6 weeks of 12 hour shifts. So, actually 18 days before I was on my own. Felt like I could have used a couple more though. Been off of orientation 2 days and so far it's been going OK I think.

Hi everyone, Well last night was my last day of orientation and I have to say that it didn't make me feel any more confident about being on my own. I was doing pretty good until about 4 when I realized that I still had 8 IV meds to give, pumps to cl...

jjjoy thanks for that. Your right that does seem to be how it is. I guess it all takes experience and that's what they keep telling me, but I think sometimes people forget it. Lisa, I survived last night. I started off 9pts, but then at midnight I...

RNKay, Thanks for the congrats. I wish I was feeling it though. I've been a nervous wreck all day because I have to go in tomorrow. But then I'm a wreck most days before I have to go in. I'm just so scared that I'm not going to see something or ...

Thanks Suzy. I think I'm just so nervous. I get nervous going on the nights when I will have a preceptor and the idea of being on my own with my mod is terrifying. I'm just scared that I'm not going to get everything done. I haven't been able to ...

Hi, I actually did the oppisite of you. I started on days for four weeks and now I'm on nights my perm. shift. I think they are both busy in different ways. On days like Slobgob said you have everyone trying to get a piece of you. I remember jus...

I don't have any words of wisdom, just that I wish you the the best of luck. I find it hard to believe that this place would fire you without even asking for your side of the story. That is just incredible. I'm glad that you are going to seek lega...

Ya, I'm in Golden Key. I've never really participated, but I do get a lot of news letters and invited to different functions. I'm not sure if there was a fee or not, but if there was it was a one time thing. Go to their website if you still are co...

Hi everyone, Well I'm on week five of my orientation on a busy med/surg floor. I have two more weeks to go. This was my first week on my regular night shift. While I like night shift so much more then days just for the fact that I can keep up with...

Thanks Tweety. I'm sure your right no feedback is good feedback. I'm usually pretty sure of myself about things, but I just feel out of my element. traumaRus, 10 is out of the norm for our floor I believe. What they told me in my interview was t...

Hi everyone, First off let me tell you that I am on day 5 of orientation on a med-surg floor, so I know there are still a lot of things that I need to learn. But Sunday was just a miserable day for me and I'm still thinking of things that I missed a...

Hi everyone, Well somthing I thought would never happen happened. I made my first med error. I thought that I was having a fantastic day today. I was staying on top of orders, calling doctors, taking and giving reports. Then about 3:30 went to ch...

Thanks for the responses. I am very thankful that it wasn't anything life threatening. I know that this is not a mistake that I'm not going to make again. I need to just slow down. So, hopefully I got this type of mistake out of my way, and can s...