Scooby

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1. Anyone else hesitant to have kids after being in peds?

   Scooby posted a topic in Pediatric

   This may sound terrible, but after seeing a lot of the syndromes and illnesses (chronic, not acute) in my time as a peds nurse, I am really getting paranoid about having kids! I know all the facts, statistics, etc. - and am aware that so many people ...

2. would you finish work from previoius shift?

   Scooby replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric

   I feel like some days I am always passing on work, and I always feel bad about it, but I'm trying to get over that. I do everything I can and prioritize during my day, and some days I get a scant 30 minutes to eat and rest (out of 12 and a half hours...

3. Beating myself up - anyone else?

   Scooby replied to Scooby's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks so much for your input, everyone! I'm glad I am not alone (even though I KNOW this happens to everyone, it is hard to think about that when you have such an emotional response to your own screw-up). I had a much better day yesterday. I felt li...

4. Beating myself up - anyone else?

   Scooby replied to Scooby's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks, and I think you're right. As a student, I was taking a full patient load and I was fine. I almost feel like starting slower on orientation is regressing! From now on, I will make sure I list ALL the meds on my "brains". I think that is where...

5. Beating myself up - anyone else?

   Scooby posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi everyone, I just graduated and am still on orientation. Things have been going well, until last night when I was leaving and the night RN asked if my pt. had gotten his 1800 meds. I said, "Yes, of course", but apparently I had not signed them all ...

6. Is nursing really all that bad?

   Scooby replied to daveFL's topic in Career Support

   Dave, It sounds like you are in the same boat as me! After 5 years in a high tech Dilbert universe, I have decided to toss in the towel, go back to school to get prerequisites, then apply to a BSN program this December. My long term goal is to get a ...