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I was offered a day/night position, and I took it. It was in the area I felt is a good area for a new nurse, and being out of school for two years and licensed a year ago, I couldn't be too picky. I believe they do it in set weeks, so 2 weeks days, 2 weeks nights. It may not be ideal, but I have not had much luck in jobs at hospitals. This was the best opportunity I've been given, even if the schedule is not desired, but I believe the experience will be worth it. :) In your situation, I would say take the straight nights though.

Thanks for all your advice. I do see how us, as student nurses, become task oriented, instead of seeing the whole picture. I think we all want to impress and do so well, that sometimes a mistake just hits us hard. On a positive note, what did happen, even though I had reported the low BP later than desired, it did cause my co-assign to look at my client's pass vitals and say "Why has no one caught/reported this?" Thus, resulting in her calling the physician to lower a medication dose. So, it was not a TOTAL mistake or loss... If I had just continued on, the constant low BPs may have continued to be looked over. Thanks again for all your advice and encouraging words!

Hello, everyone. I am in my last semester of nursing school, and just finished my second day of critical care clinical. However, I left the floor feeling like a failure and stupid. My client had a low BP, and when I told my co-assign, she started worrying. We both entered the room to re-check the BP, and it was still low. She asked why I had not told her sooner. It was about 30 to 45minutes after I had taken it. I felt horrible, and was so busy trying to catch up on paperwork and things, that I spaced. My co-assign was working on other paperwork, and by the time I talked with her it was later than she would have preferred. I felt horrible! I am there to learn and just do not like being scorned. I take responsibility for my actions. I apologized, but left feeling like, wow, maybe I should not be doing this. I love the profession and caring for others, but times like these make be question if I am fit for it.