americanlatina313

americanlatina313

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  1. OB nurse working Med/Surg

    americanlatina313 replied to lmjm4's topic in Medical-Surgical

    wow, sounds like the charge nurse just wanted to take advantage of the extra hands, and didn't care about the pt. there are plenty of resources to learn about peg tubes & such, especially on the...

  2. oops

    americanlatina313 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    asked a question, then found the answer pretty quickly.

  3. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I need some major encouragement. I'm a very new nurse (less than 6 mo experience). Within these last few weeks, I have missed key information for a couple of pts, that could have ended up...

  4. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    very true! "the trick is learning how to get further away from the near misses every day." thanks for the input! ps. what's

  5. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hehe, i loved that part, "when i went home, he didn't have any pvc's"!!! but it is true, we learn from our mistakes. thank the lord that it's not over with the first boo-boo. :wink2: and yes,...

  6. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you bet i won't make that mistake again!!! definitely a learning experience. my only problem is that i don't know when i'm overwhelmed... i keep telling myself that it's gonna get better in just a...

  7. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks for the input. that was really interesting about the h&h; maybe i'll start checking labs @ the beginning of my shifts too. :nuke: it is true that the learning really starts on the job. i...

  8. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    well, i'm not sure how much i can share, but i'll try to explain without being toooo detailed (hippa)... the first event was when i had a pt who was a gi bleeder... supposed to go for...

  9. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oh, believe me, these mistakes aren't ones i'll easily or soon forget, if ever. however, i think part of the problem is that since i was the cna on my floor for 2 years, i get the vibes of "shouldn't...

  10. New nurse feeling incompetent

    americanlatina313 replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    my problem is that i couldn't see the forest for all the trees with these 2 pts i was talking about. that's what's got me down, where i can't sleep well & i cry alot. it makes me feel like i...

  11. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    americanlatina313 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    so, where do you work? are they hiring? i'm getting to the point of desperation to feel the same

  12. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    americanlatina313 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, have I ever found the thread where I felt I fit. I now have a whole 5 months of experience as an RN, but I still feel so very incompetent. I've already posted another thread... I feel like...

  13. Let's introduce ourselves...

    americanlatina313 replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi, i'm deborah. just graduated may 2008, passed the nclex with 75 questions on june 28 (1st try). i work on an ob/gyn unit that i started on as a cna. it's also a med/surg overflow unit when...

  14. Resigned my job as new grad Nurse, NM called home.

    americanlatina313 replied to BethulieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i can only begin to imagine what you were feeling. i've had some nights that were bad, i got the bad pts because nobody else felt like dealing with them. but nothing ever that bad. keep your head...

  15. Can't find dorsal pedal pulses

    americanlatina313 replied to Tolle_lege's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I forget how long ago it's been, but my mom (who also happens to be a nurse) told me, make sure the pt has their foot relaxed. If the foot is not relaxed, the muscle fibers will come up & cover...

  16. Ever had an MD document things to make you look bad?

    americanlatina313 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    t-totally in agreement!!! that was unethical, illegal & bad all around. definitely, file the report & keep a copy. :typing cover your butt. you worked too hard for your license for some...

  17. Funny OB things people say

    americanlatina313 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    while i was a cna still, one of my pts came up to the nurse's station. she had a failed induction 2 days in a row, and was going to have a c-section the next day. anyways, she comes up & tells...

  18. The skinny on working nights

    americanlatina313 replied to UNC_nurseL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    as far as working nights, i love it! yes, it does take time to get (especially) family & friends to not call during the day... for me, it was a battle trying to even keep salesmen from calling me...

  19. The skinny on working nights

    americanlatina313 replied to UNC_nurseL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never had a baby, but one of my coworkers has been nursing for 2 years, all working nights. She just made sure she took time to pump. She doesn't pump @ work any more since her son only...

  20. Labor Nurses Floating to Med Surg.....

    americanlatina313 replied to crissyc03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    that would be really cool... unfortunately, where i work, it's an ob/gyn floor (prenatal, post-partum, gynecological, genitourinary) and med/surg overflow. in essence, on my unit we get anything...

  21. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    americanlatina313 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    there is nothing more gratifying than to be able to take someone from being scared & hurting, :imbar take care of the pain issue, :wink2: teach them what is going on (empower them and calm their...