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  1. Hostile work environment

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you work in a hostile work environment? Do you work around someone who is always negative and criticizes you? I have had this experience. I asked for help when I realized I didn't have the right...

  2. hesi exit help

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was wondering if anyone has followed suzanne's first tip for passing the exit hesi and did it work? I want to be able to pass this thing first time around. our test is october 22. I am currently...

  3. Being a new nurse is causing depression

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in December and started an internship in January. I had hope that it would be great, I knew I was going to have to work hard, but I also thought there was going to be support. My preceptor...

  4. Making corrections to a computerized medication record

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I took report from a nurse who reported to me that she gave prn pain medications, but when I went to give the pain medication, I noticed the prn medication was not documented ( was not scanned). I...

  5. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    tolerantgirl replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    1. Can we please have the supplies we need to do our job? 2. Can you please hire more help to answer the phones, instead of coming to the nurses as they are providing care and telling them to answer...

  6. Feeling So Defeated

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am coming here to vent because I really need to talk to someone. And I am crying as I sit here and type this. I really try hard to be a good nurse. I had a crashing patient when I walked in on...

  7. Feeling So Defeated

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I feel as though I am being set up to fail as well. I am constantly worried on my days off that I have made a mistake and that I am going to lose my license. It is really affecting my home life....

  8. med errors

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering what some of you would think regarding this matter. If someone made a med error and they were honest about and told the the person in charge and charge nurse and was told that they...

  9. med errors

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all of the advice. I am going to learn from this and move on. I am going to not look at this in a negative light. I did the right thing by being accountable for my mistake and I know now...

  10. med errors

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Not really. I told the charge nurse and supervisor and the supervisor said not to worry about it but then told charge nurse to write it up a week

  11. Scared to death I am going to lose my license

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is my 1st year in nursing, actually 1 year will be January. I am scared to death every day I go to work and on all the days I have off because I am terrified I have made an error. I have...

  12. Safety

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    If safe patient care is so important, then why does management rush to get patients transferred. Why is it always hurry, hurry, hurry. There are times when you don't even have time to assess the...

  13. Hostile work environment

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the helpful suggestions. I did take this person aside in private and tell them how I felt. They were very defensive and angry, but then changed and became very apologetic and overly...

  14. Hostile work environment

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am very competent in my abilities and skills as a new nurse. I am also still learning so when I ask a legitimate question, I expect an answer w/o the eye rolls or loud sighs. Because a new nurse who...

  15. One Year.... and I am still miserable

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's been one year and I am just as unsure of myself as I was in the beginning. I think I have made a mistake becoming a nurse. I love helping people, but I feel like I am not smart enough, no good...

  16. Saying No

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Learning to say no when asked to work overtime is hard. When I work extra my child suffers because I have no way for him to get home from school when he stays for sports or tutoring. He has even...

  17. Saying No

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am a people pleaser and I would have to say it is my biggest weakness. And then I am miserable that I said "yes" when I really wanted to say "no". I like my days off and I feel that when I am rested...

  18. Which phone pda or PDA are you using in the ER

    tolerantgirl replied to MOTOXRN2004's topic in Emergency

    We are also not allowed to have PDA's on our unit (Critical Care) and internet access is locked to nurses. This doesn't make

  19. Forgetting to write an order

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    We sometimes do procedures at the bedside and the physician will request pain meds/sedatives for the procedures so you pull the meds. What happened to me is that I forgot to write the order and I...

  20. Nurse practitioner

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is it uncommon for someone to have am interest in family nurse practitioner and psych nurse practitioner and also want to receive an MSN in education? Do you know of any nurses with FNP, Psych NP, MSN...

  21. Insensitive managers...

    tolerantgirl replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs. Why as nurses are we so insensetive towards one

  22. Forgetting to write an order

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all your words of wisdom. This has been a learning experience and I am going to make sure the doctors write their verbal orders if they are there. The idea about carrying an order on my...

  23. SIGH.....You know, it just never fails.

    tolerantgirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your story brought a smile to my face as I sit here considering whether I should quit nursing or not. I haven't even made it a whole year yet. And then I remembered that a patient's wife hugged me...

  24. Forgetting to write an order

    tolerantgirl replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I hate cleaning up after everyone else. I feel like I take care of everyone else more than I take care of the patient and that makes me sad and disappointed. Another thing I hate, is that doctors...

  25. Frustrated

    tolerantgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if other nurses are also eperiencing hospital changes that are driving them crazy and making it difficult for them to do their job. At the hospital I work at, we are not allowed to...