Nugget

Hello! I have not visited this forum in awhile, and I have missed it! I live in Canada, and have a ethical dilemma/question: I work for an assertive community treatment team (outpatient/community psychiatry). We currently have a patient who has not b...

It is true, this answer and other answers on this thread, are unwarranted. Is this the type of bad-itude we want to display as RN's, to those who want to join our awesome crew of intelligent people? No question is a silly question, and this is not at...

Hi everyone! It has been a couple of years since I posted on this awesome forum, probably since before I graduated nursing school. Just curious to get some ideas about areas of work. I currently work casually for a nursing resource team (was my first...

Mine happened just last night! Hence the reason I searched "mistakes" on here as soon as I came home, crying. These happened with the same patient: 1. Patient had order for lorazepam 1-2 mg IV for seizures. I read the order as IM and gave as such. Re...

Everyone here has given you some great advice and as a newbie myself, I do not know what I could offer in the way of wisdom - but you got through the night. You did no harm and that is the most important thing. I would have bawled in your situation a...

I am a new grad and just started working a few weeks ago as a float nurse as well! I just finished my first rotation on a medicine floor and let me tell you - it IS hard. I've posted a couple of times on the boards in the past couple of weeks because...

Don't beat yourself up.

Thank you all so much for your amazing comments, guidance and support! I have to say, I am particularly hard on myself (everyone who knows me has told me at some point in time!), so I am sure much of my grief stems from my own lack of self confidence...

Hi, guys! I have to say, most of my posts to this site have been pretty negative. I dislike posting so many negative things, but what can I say, I'm a new nurse and incredibly unsure. So last week was my 7th shift on a very heavy medicine unit. The d...

Good for you!! I am happy to hear you are confident as a new RN :)

Hi all, This is a rant-y e-mail, so be forewarned! I guess I am in need of some coddling/reassurance from fellow nurses on the internet I just graduated in April (yay!), passed my RN exam (yay!) and have a job in a teaching hospital, in Toronto, Can...

Thank you all for your kind words, encouragement, and advice! I will be fine, I just need to get into the swing of things and study on my days off. Sauconyrunner - I agree with you about being a floater as a new RN! I am preceptored for the first 14 ...

Pneumothorax is right on the button. Mention the TV shows they're watching or if they have photos around, ask them about that. I always try to find something in their room that I can relate to personally (say, a photo of a person's dog - I grew up in...

Hi y'all: I am a pre-grad nursing student (wahoo! Only 2 months to go!), doing my consolidation on a surgical floor (mostly ortho, but a lot of gen surg too). I've been there since January 20th. Last night I worked my first night shift and I think it...

Thanks, Ashley! Your response is encouraging and much appreciated. Hopefully toorrow will be a better shift! Here is hoping. P.S., your dogs are adorable :) ~Nugget

Thank you so much, Ashley!

Hi there, As stated in the title, I am a 4h year RN student, going into my last semester (wahoo)! I just received my placement notice today - I am to be placed on an "acute/general/orthopaedic surgical" unit. As my placement last term was in long ter...

Ooh, mental health. My favourite! Suggestions: 1. Dual diagnosis patients/comorbitities 2. Violence against people with severe mental illness 3. Mental illness and street drug use. 4. The effects of alternative therapies on QOL in patients with menta...

Ooh, mental health. My favourite! Suggestions: 1. Dual diagnosis patients/comorbitities 2. Violence against people with severe mental illness 3. Mental illness and street drug use. 4. The effects of alternative therapies on QOL in patients with menta...