Dacia

Hey, I hope you are starting to understand you are not alone. I too feel this way. I work in a mental health facility. My first job as a lpn. I would not recommend that for anyone. but i took what i could get. I work days, luckily. Weekend option. It seems like it is getting harder not easier. Like if i ask a question now, they think i am retarded and can't do anything by myself. I have yet to go to nursing orientation for the hospital so i can't even use the glucometer without someone else's badge number. They have 3 more months to get me into it. have been working there for 3 months. for the 17 of this month and it is just retarded. aleast 3 times every two weeks i get EO'd which is Extra Off. or cost contained. I barely get enough money to live on and can not find a new job.

See I dont really care, they knew i was fresh out of school when i was hired on. they gave me three days of orientation and i was working alone. and trying to orientate others. It doesn't seem fair to me that me and another person who has been a nurse for about 11 years started on the same day on my 12 day i was orienting her. she got more orientation than i did, i did everything i knew to do.

Okay, so I have been a nurse for two months, work in a mental health facility. I get a phone call this morning, my day off, Saying to watch my back because something was not given on Thursday, I work Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And they are trying to pin it not being given on me. ***.. How is it my fault if i wasn't even there. I am about to say screw being a nurse and go work in a freaking factory. This is stupid. Yesterday we had a patient get a lithium order BID, by the time it come through on the computer and pixis machine, it was almost 1 pm. From what i have been told is that if it is getting close to the second dose, do not give the first dose, because it might cause problems. So now they are gripping about that. I did not want to give 300 mg of lithium at 1 o'clock and then night shift give the same dosage at 7pm. I didn't know i was supposed to give it at 1 pm and chart that i gave it when the order was written. Evidently i do not know enough to be a nurse. The order wasn't written until 11am. How can i give a dose of medication, if i could not pull it from the pixis or know that it was there until 1 pm. Are nurses supposed to be mind readers and go oh the doctor is going to order lithium on so and so today. Was I in the wrong by not giving the first dose, even though it was only 6 hours until the second dose was to be given??

I graduated on July 1st, 2008. i took my nclex on August 4th, got my results August 6th, got a job on August 17th. Loving every minute of it.

I am a new nurse. took boards on august 4th. i am working at a mental health/behavioral health facillity and i have to do a nursing education group. it can be about anything involving mental problems ie stress depression. i need help getting good information to use for this group. i stressed out the last time i ran it talking about how to relieve stress because my material wasn't good. anyone know any good online resources?

it depends on your testing facillity. you will be video and voice recorded. and if it looks or sounds as if you are cheating then you will be asked to leave. that is what i was told yesterday when i took mine. i like reading my stuff out loud as well but i didn't because i was afraid to.

Hey i understand how you feel. I took my nclex pn yesterday. it cut me off at 90. i am freaking out. why can't my state participate in the quick results. it may be thursday before i know if i passed or failed. and i didn't sleep last night because i am afraid i failed. prolly wont sleep tonight either. good luck. and hopefully we all passed.