TriniMa

Thanks guys. I went in to work today and put my foot down with the RN i was shadowing that I wouldn't sign off on the things she was doing (ie giving her 9pm meds at the start of our 3pm shift and skipping on insulin injections until the end of the shift). I want to learn and I'm eager to learn but only the right way for my patient and I'm not putting my license at risk because she wants to take a shortcut (but in nicer terms). I got a bunch of attitude after that from the staff but I didn't care. I want to do things the right way. She admitted to me that she isnt the best nurse and one day I will learn and do it same things she does. But that's not the reason why I went into nursing. I want to help people. Not hurt them or prevent giving them care. I will take this as a learning experience. And you guys are right....once i get on my own and not having someone breathing down my back that I'm taking too long on med pass it should get easier, because i will be doing things MY WAY. It's just sad that these nurses looked down on me because I want to do things the way it's supposed to be. But I guess that's life.

Hello, I am a new grad and just recently got hired on at a LTC/Rehab facility. The patient ration is 1:20 but the orientation and training has me nervous. For example, everything is disorganized and RN's are constantly coming in late for their shift and causing the previous nurse to stay and wait for them for up to an hour I've seen just all due to the fact that the other nurse is running late because "they stayed late the shift before". Everyone seems to be for themselves only and not look out for other people. Apparently there have been several different DONs being hired and fired over the last year as well. I even had a nurse tell me to throw out medications for the patients because I was taking too long for the med pass. I'm still in my "training on the floor" phase (3 days orientation about hep C, etc and 5 days on the floor) and haven't started working yet by myself and I'm already feeling miserable to go in everday. Am I wrong for this? I'm not sure because this is my first nursing job, but my intuition is saying that this job is wrong. I'm afraid that I'm going to lose this license that I worked tooth and nail (and many many tears) to get. So should I leave and find something else or stick with this for my "experience" to go to the field I really want?

The PVT really works. I took my NCLEX yesterday morning at 8. It stopped at 75 questions and my heart sank because I guessed on most of those questions and a lot of SATA (That i personally hate). I walked out of there almost in tears...I wanted more questions! I for sure thought I failed. By the time I got home I think I already went through my 5 stages of grief and excepted the fact that I failed then I checked the PVT and got a good "pop up"... I was still a little skeptical until I check my BON this morning (24 hrs later) and got my official PASS... So I'm recommending it to everyone who's taking the NCLEX to try it for some peace of mind.

no unfortunately... I would love to get to know my fellow classmates before the semester starts. I took all my pre-reqs at SCC so this is my first time actually being at Valencia for classes. U?

Yes...Im starting Valencia RN program jan 2010! CONGRATS!