barlowjb

barlowjb

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About barlowjb

barlowjb specializes in Med Surg.


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  1. Is this the wrong field for me?

    WORD OF ADVICE: When I first started my nursing career, I met another new nurse who was only one month into her nursing career. She told me and practically everyone else that she knew she was in the...
  2. I hate my supervisor

    Once I had a pt who for three consecutive days at dinner time had BS between 60 and 70 and had and order for both scheduled and sliding scale Humulin. The first two days I called the MD she said hold...
  3. Being Sued / Losing License

    I never before thought that this could be an issue. The facility that I work at doesn't have the policy of checking placement of patches, and there have been several times when I have had an order to...
  4. When 2 New Grads are hired on the same unit

    it was great having another new nurse around, we both shared similar fears and concerns and ended up supporting each
  5. MY 1st ORIENTATION!!1

    Not sure of your situation, but my first week of four days of orientation was in a class room no where close to my unit and half of my 5th day was spent touring the facility and my assigned unit and...
  6. need advice on starting ivs...

    I agree. so far 98% of the time when I ask more experienced nurses to start IVs on "hard stick" patients, they can't do it either, plus there are times when they ask me for help with their IV starts -...
  7. what should i do?

    Try hanging in there a little longer maybe say an additional month and see how you feel. When I first started (ortho/neuro and general medical) I felt unsure of a lot of things and documentation took...
  8. SOOOO SAD

    Don't be too hard on yourself, just keep on trying. I wish you all the
  9. What would you do?

    well
  10. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    When i mentioned "taking on slack" I didn't say "always take on slack", slack was probably not the right word choice for me, what I was trying to say is when it comes to team work - and lets look...
  11. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    i smiled when i read the op's above statement because it reminded me of a quote from the literature book in high school written by author george orwell's titled: animal farm which says "all animals...
  12. Oh MY GOD!!! I WANT TO WORK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This is the reason why I love the allnurses website: u see and hear stuff you probably you would not know of elsewhere - it is such a cool
  13. Unsupportive Family

    I already have a bachelors and masters in Biology and most people expected me to either attend medical school or pursue a PHD. I was told by family and friends that doing nursing was like going...
  14. Ahh, that definitely
  15. I got fired.

    :smackingf OMG, Sorry for the long post above, I am working on being shorter and to the point in the things I want to say, but sometimes when I am writing in the moment I don't realize how long the...