greenchloe47

i started on an ortho floor in ontario and we only had 2 weeks in class and 6 shifts on the floor as well. it wasn't enough. all i do is ask questions constantly and i've been working solo now for almost 2 months it was terrifying (and still is of course as a new grad) and my first day alone i wanted to cry before my first break. i managed to hold off my balling until i got home but was so stressed out, i left almost an hour late and they even took one of patients away after 8 hours because it was obvious i was so stressed. 6 shifts is certainly not enough.

soffy, i had to double check to see that i hadn't written that post. i'm also a new grad on ortho and have been on the floor now for almost 2 months. we only had 6 oreintation shifts on the floor and were assigned a "buddy" with whom we are supposed to go to and ask questions. (i tend to usually just ask whoever's closest to me at the time). i'm completely overwhelmed half the time and just feel like i'm barely staying afloat.

at the hospital i just started at, we had six shifts of orientation to the floor. it was definitely not enough

I'm a new RN and i keep making mistakes. everyday i'm coming home fretting, thinking "i should have done..." or "i forgot to tell someone about..." I did ok in school but even when i was in school i could tell that the way we were being taught would not be the most beneficial to actual practice. I feel like my program brushed off all the practical useful things and we were told "you'll learn that once you get a job" and instead school focussed on books, not actually what to do in situations that come up. now that i have a job, and theoretically should be able to understand and know what to do in simple situations, i feel completely incompetent and feel like i'm making all these stupid mistakes. i just don't know how long i can keep doing this either before i get fired for stupid little mistakes, or before i quit because i can't handle the stress which never leaves, because i come home worrying about the things i should have done. this sucks. i wish nursing schools were more like they used to be where you learned more hands on practical knowledge.

ugh! i wasn't even worried until people from other provinces that i work with found out weeks ago! damn CNO! now i'm all stressed out! i just don't want t be at work and have to be sent home if i failed, that would not be fun i would rather find out at home and now i'm going be at work another 4 days with the possibiliyt of getting sent home each and every one

hi, i've also been working as a new grad now for about a month and a half, and am terrified every day i go in. we had 2 weeks of classroom stuff about the hospital's policies and equipment, but only 6 "buddy shifts" to actually orientate us to the unit. and for me it was not enough. on my last shift a made a med error and gave fragmin to pt. with a fractured femur who was going for surgery the next day (he had received it the night before and was on the OR list for the day i gave it, but his OR was cancelled prior to my giving it the next night). i called the doc immediately who laughed and gave me an order for it. and my "buddy" said that if i got an order i didn't need to fill out a report. i haven't been in since, and don't know what happened, if anything. i've been feeling terrible and beating myself up about it. i know i messed up and from now on am going to be ridiculously anal about checking my meds 3 times like i was taught. but i still feel like crap. there are also other minor mistakes that i'm making, and its all just making me question if i'm cut out for this