Mattsgrl83

I'm a first year new grad. Friday night I was working at my job as an RN in a TCU. I had a patient who was put on IV ABX. I haven't had a patient on IV's since nursing school. In the nursing home we use vaccum filled balls called acu flo for IV's. They hold 100ml of ABX and flow at a rate of 100ml per hour. The tubing is much smaller than a regular IV, maybe hold 3-5cc. I flushed the line with saline. Hooked the patient up to the IV and unclamped the tubing. OH no then I realized I forgot to prime the line and what seemed like immediately clamped the line and unhooked the tubing...too late the tubing was now full of liquid. I turned the patient to her left side. Notified the supervisor and called the on call MD. The On call told me he did not anticipate there being any problems but to monitor the patient for signs and symptoms of respiratory distress or SOB. I wrote up an incident report on the situation. Patients vitals were stable and when I left my shift 2 1/2 hours later she was still fine. I called back 5 hours later and night nurse reported patient was 100% ok. I am so nervous about this and know I wont find anything out until Monday. Ahhh I wonder if I will loose my job for this awful error.

I work in LTC. Last night I noticed that on Friday night I gave a PRN narc that was Q12H only 9 hours after it was given last. At first I thought I charted under the wrong date and then realized that it was the correct date. The only reason I can think of why I gave it was because the person who gave it before me wrote 115 as the time and no am or pm was specified I must have looked fast and thought it was 115 am, but it was 115pm and I gave the med at 10:30pm. Today is my day off and I wonder if I should call my nurse manager and inform her of my mistake, wait until someone else notices, or hope no one sees? I have only been working here for 2 months and I am so scared of loosing my job as my husband is laid off.

Well I began applying for jobs last month as I graduate in 3 weeks. I have applied to 13 hospitals and over 20 positions and haven't heard from anyone. I am getting frustrated. I keep hearing of hiring freezes and budget cuts and I am beginning to wonder if I will be able to find a job any time soon.....ugh I thought finding a nursing position was going to be easy!

I think you should go. Its seems as though you are completely unsure as to what to do, which tells me you are not ready to make this decision yet. Why don't you go to your first clinicals and see what it is all about. Discuss this with your classmates and find out if they are feeling the same way and if there is anyway you can speak to someone higher up than your clinical instructor such as the DON. If you give up now I promise there will come a time when you will regret it. Nursing school is only temporary and is very much worth the high cost and sacrifice that it causes every nursing student. We have all felt overwhelmed and ready to throw in the towel at one point or another, I promise.

Can you tell me where you ended up finding a position and how long it to you? THanks!

Hello I recieved word that my husbands job is being relocated to Park Rapids in January. I graduate with my ADN in December. I am hoping someone could tell me what the job outlook is for RN's up there, so I can make an informed decision about whether we should move up or not. I am currently dirving over 40 miles in traffic in the twin cities to get to work, so I would be willing to drive to surrounding areas such as wadena, detroit lakes, and bemidji. Do you think I could find a job easily?

Why would a patient have difficulty using their R. arm after a RML and RLL lobectomy? Is this normal or should I be looking for other problems?