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  1. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm pretty new here. I just started posting since I had a problem at my last job. Here's the basic rundown: I am a new grad: Graduated May 08: got a job immediately, completed my 12 weeks of...

  2. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Update: I got an offer yesterday from a SICU..I accepted of course, AND it was one of the interviews that I did where I was telling the truth. Thanks all for your

  3. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I won't even touch the tread that said I don't want to be a nurse. Ok, Maybe I will, LOL. I am in my second career, my first being teaching. I LOVE nursing. I would have done nursing from day one...

  4. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    So how do I approach it, now that I've been honest with all of the 'preferred' jobs (for me preferred,

  5. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    I had a person call to try to get information, when they called my unit, the boss wasn't there and all they got was voice mail, so she called back and called HR who refused to give her any info other...

  6. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been telling them that I was fired, I've said that I made a med error (explained the details) and then said that it was mutual between me and my director that I didn't work there anymore...

  7. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    You know, now that I'm thinking of it, I'd been complimented by my ADON that I was doing great on my charting (multiple times) and my ability to handle the pressures of my patients (very high acuity...

  8. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    I had called in 1 time during the 5 months I was there, never asked for days off, never been in an arguement with anyone, seemed to get along with all employees/charge nurses, had passed all 'classes'...

  9. Help Me Please

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    No, I had minor little issues of time management etc while on orientation where my preceptor would help and then talk to me about it but I was NEVER written up, never given a verbal warning or...

  10. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have 4 interviews tomorrow which is great BUT the problem is that I got fired from my last job for a medication error (see my post for specific details in first year of nursing)...It was my...

  11. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all, Keep your fingers crossed!! The four interviews tomorrow...ugh! I hope at least one of them offers me a

  12. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much. My family has been real supportive and they keep saying to just lie but I didn't want to but I really NEED a job, it's been almost a month now and I've been job hunting

  13. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hi, I'm new here, I'm also a new graduate. I've been working in a NICU for 5 months and last night made a medication error. I gave hydralazine to INCREASE BP, I somehow got it confused in my head that...

  14. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I had 3 PRN medications ordered to keep her SBP between 160 and 200...neosynephrine, labetelol and hydralazine. I knew that the gtt was prefered to NOT be started because it is hard to wean off, I...

  15. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Yeah, I'm a new grad, I've worked on this floor. Finished my orientation 2 months ago. NEVER made a med mistake on orientation, this is my FIRST med mistake. I know I should always look up medications...

  16. Mistake made 3rd time in a row almost lost job already!

    ICURNIAM replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Feel very lucky that you still have a job. I made one mistake at my 5 month after graduation (not on orientation anymore) limit and got fired. One mistake only.. I had never made another med mistake,...

  17. Help: Medication error

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

    Since I'm a new graduate, if I don't use them as a reference, I won't have any nursing work experience. Won't prospective employers be worried about this too? All throughout the 5 months I worked...

  18. Help: Medication error

    ICURNIAM posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm new here, I'm also a new graduate. I've been working in a NICU for 5 months and last night made a medication error. I gave hydralazine to INCREASE BP, I somehow got it confused in my head that...

  19. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Thank you so much.. Just a regular lawyer or someone who specializes in nursing law? If so where do I find someone, the board? If this is too much legal advice for the rules, just ignore me and again...

  20. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I got the lecture about professional nurses don't make those types of mistakes. They provide medication books, have it on the computer etc. He expects us to know every medication that we are giving....

  21. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Legal advice because of the medication I gave (as in pt suing me) or legal advice because I lost my job or legal advice because I won't be able to get another