vmiller1981

You have hit in right on.....that is exactly how i feel. Thanks so much....now i know it will get better and that i am not crazy or a bad nurse. Thanks again.

so i recently graduated and am now in orientation on an oncology floor. i am pretty sure this is where i want to be, but i keep feeling so unconfident and go home worrying what i forgot to do or what i left for the next shift. i recently got called at home for something that was in question that i did.....not a major error, but they just needed clarification on something. i just feel as if i won't "get it" and am not sure if this is the first place to start out at. i'm not afraid to ask questions, but i feel that i get and then i turn around and see that i did it wrong or not good enough. do all new grads feel this way? please help.

I thought about that. I will be using yes or no questions until a more extensive conversation can take place. Thanks for your response.

I am a senior nursing student (graduate Dec. 15 2007) and am doing a project on a labor a delivery unit. We get a lot of Polish and Spanish patients, and want to be able to communicate with them better. So I was going to come up with a list of important questions in English, and then translate them into specific languages. This way nurses can use these cards if information is needed quickly. I was going to put them on a notcard, laminate them, and attach them to the nurses charting station (in the room). Usually an Interpreter would be called, but sometimes things cannot wait. I wanted to get suggestions on what would be beneficial (specific to OB) on these note cards that nurses would use. Please help, I need ideas for the end of this week………..thanks.