erin01

erin01

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  1. day 2! and i left sobbing!!!!!

    THANK
  2. ok, so i have now completed 12w of orientation. I did 6 weeks on med surg and 6 weeks on the floor i was hired for. I have now finished my orientation on nights...and tonight is my first night on my...
  3. i have had a total of 12weeks orientation 6weeks on med-surg and 6weeks on my tele step down unit. i have had the last 2 weeks orienting to nights. I feel like i have learned a lot but...so scared to...
  4. Hi, I just started nights and have to say i have mixed feelings. I love the flow of the night, and think its great place for me to get my feet wet as a nurse vs days. But i have a son who loves to...
  5. first night on nights=(

    I am on nights now and i still have 2 weeks of orientation left. I did my first night sunday night! IT was really weird, much more quiet and less stress than during the day! But i felt so stupid! it...
  6. picc lines????

    hi, i have been on a med-surg floor for 4 weeks now. I been posting on here a lot as i am sooo overwhelmed with all the info! But i am still showing up and trying to get through my day and realize...
  7. so friday will be my last day on days and i have 2 more weeks left till i am on my own! I am freaking out, i have had 6weeks of medsurg and now i am on my floor which is a cardiac/tele step down. i...
  8. i am almost done on my orientation. I had 6 weeks on med-surg and another 4weeks on the unit i was hired for which is tele step down. I have two weeks on nights before i go on my own. I am freaking...
  9. hi, i just started working a community hospital in NY. I am a new nurse to the acute care setting, and have been thinking about getting insurance for myself. Every time i go to do it i wonder should...
  10. so I finished 6 weeks medsurg and had an amazing preceptor. At first i wasnt sure about her! she made me so crazy, always after me about time management and what was expected of me, she was more of a...
  11. well i am on a med sug unit and this is my last day on this floor till i go to my floor ccu step down. Well i made another mistake yesterday! I forgot to check a ptt for a pt on a heprin drip and then...
  12. time managament ..sniff~

    So i am now on the start of week 6 on a really busy med/surg oncology floor. I then have 6 more week on the unit i was hired for. Well i thought i was doing really well yesterday but i ended up being...
  13. my brain sheet!

    so i have down loaded a few sheets from here to try to help my day. But i seem to have a total mess by the end of the shift. I am scribbling all over the paper with things to do or vs or labs. And by...
  14. time managament ..sniff~

    lunch? lol I got about 30mins! i usually cut my lunch down to 20-30 mins just enough to take a breath and
  15. time managament ..sniff~

    well its my last week on this floor so i think she was let me go on my own, and she does tell me have you done this? are you doing that?
  16. time managament ..sniff~

    does it get better...i have heard people say oh i go in do this this and that and am done by such and such time,and it sounds amazing! but i just cant seem to get there myself. I did ask someone to...
  17. i quit my old job of ten years to pursue what i went to school for for so long and i started on a med-surg floor last week. I am going to ccu after 6 weeks to do more orentation for another 6weeks. it...
  18. i start orentation next week and i have been trying to read up on cardiac stuff. I read about most common heart failure, ecg, and now was wondering what are the most common drugs you see on this type...
  19. picc lines????

    no i by no means mean for this to be my only resource i just wanted to hear what they were. I was planning on asking my preceptor on tuesday when i am working again but thought to ask here to see how...
  20. ok i went from having a really bad day on week three of making some mistakes and wanting to quit ...till realizing i feel this way every morning i work. I feel like i am never gonna get all this done!...
  21. well i just finished week 4!!!!!!!! i feel much better, i am still overwhelmed but am able to navigate a little better. I worked 3 strait days in a row and i feel like it helped. Because i knew my...
  22. Thanks everyone! I am working this morning and hope i will be better. I take it so personal when she starts barking orders at me. I need to remind myself that it only been 4 weeks! Today is the start...
  23. how am i gonna make? newbie

    ok i went from having a really bad day on week three of making some mistakes and wanting to quit ...till realizing i feel this way every morning i work. I feel like i am never gonna get all this done!...
  24. hi, so i have been out of school for 2 years but quit my job in a private office working with a md because its not where i thought i wanted to be! So accepted a job in a ccu step down and i am on...
  25. Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You all have made me feel like a weight has been lifted. Tomorrow is d day again, lets see what happens. I really do care about these people and want to be a...