cattrn

I have dreams that I check and re-check my IV drips over and over and still make mistakes. Luckil that hasn't happened in real life yet!

I have found a lot of comfort in this thread. I am a new grad who graduated in may, passed boards in june, and started working in a moderately busy ICU at the end of june. I was an extern in this ICU before graduating and so I was a little more prepared than the average new grad and felt pretty confident throughout the first 2/3 of my orientation. I now have only 2 weeks left and my confidence is definitely shaken. I haven't made any mistakes with meds or patient care, but yesterday I made a mistake when putting in an order. They are put in electronically, and due to budget cuts our ICU and CCU share one secretary, which means we have to put in a lot of orders ourselves. I had all of a sudden become very busy with doctors wanting me to do a million things at one time and I entered a chest xray for the wrong patient. That patient had an xray ordered anyway so it didn't end up being a huge deal, but knowing how easy that mistake was to make and how big of a mistake it could have been scares the tar out of me. I have been nauseated since it happened, have barely eaten anything, and am terrified that I am going to make more simple mistakes that end up causing huge problems. I've only got two weeks left and the pressure I feel is huge!