EllieBean13

I don't have much to add, but I just want to wish you (and all the others who are in tough situations) well. Big hug, and welcome to The AN Community :)

I just landed my dream Job as a New Grad RN!!!

At my nursing school, a med error of any kind meant removal from the program. Try to be humble with what your teacher has told you and learn from your mistake. No excuses, no arguing. Just learn and continue on.

*clears throat* I just want to learn Brand new to the nursing world Why you call me dumb? -Haiku by Elliebean

Thank you everyone for your kind words as well as your advice. I have definitely taken it to heart. A little update on the situation- the patient's 02 sat continued to trend down, he suffered a fall, and he ended up being transferred to the ICU that evening. I am not sure what happened to him, but I worked with the same nurse the following clinical day and she told me he was moved. Everything went much better the second clinical day I worked with her. I was very conscientious of WHEN I asked my questions, and HOW they were phrased. Thank you again!

Thank you everyone! I have definitely learned my lesson. This is why I love this site- such a great resource!

Well, without writing a novel about my patient, he was a young guy in his 40's, & he had come back from abdominal surgery very early in the morning. About 2 hours after I had first checked him out, his abdomen was significantly distended and he was complaining about how painful it was. His O2 sat was in the high 80's (how is this not a scary vital!?), deep breathing/coughing/repositioning him was not helping. So I relayed all this info to her immediately- and she DIDN'T seemed worried AT ALL. I was asking her what other measures she would like me to try, if she would like me to stay and monitor him, at what point should I be concerned and bring other issues to her attention, and since I cannot pass meds myself- I asked if she could discuss his options available to him about pain medication. I guess it was a lot of questions. Maybe it's because I am a student and everything seems very serious, I just don't want to miss anything.

ginaw623- thank you for your encouragement! I don't think the nurse was an idiot, just maybe not as receptive to my questions as other nurses have been in the past. not.done.yet- no, it wasn't anything about bed making LOL. In my opinion, they were questions that could absolutely not wait, just because they were based on such a dramatic change happening with my patient and my clinical instructor was no where to be found at the time. And I certainly wasn't asking questions in front of the patient, it was in the hallway outside of the room. Thank you for the suggestion of writing down my questions to look up later- I will certainly do that for the questions that I do not think need immediate attention.

As a student, I am still learning my boundaries. I got yelled at (I mean REALLY yelled at, in front of about 5 other staff members no less) by the nurse I was working with yesterday at my hospital. Myself, red faced and wanting to hide in a hole for a week, stood there and listened to my nurse tell me I ask too many questions. And you know what? She is right. I think I will allow myself mental "question coupons", three per clinical day. Unless something is REALLY pressing, of course. An embarrassing lesson learned- but very appreciated.

This thread makes me feel much less alone, and also a lot more grateful for how amazing most of my instructors have been thus far!:)

I'm not religious per say- nor should that matter, but if He gives you strength- then rock on!!! Congrats RN! (and forget the others who have bad things to say :) ):hug:

Congratulations Nurse!!:w00t:

As a fellow student, I am sorry you had this kind of situation happen to you. I've had it happen before too, and I was able to take a step back and think about how he may be feeling (NANDA time!) powerlessness related to his hospital stay and working on the hospitals schedule instead of his own. As much as it stinks, patients throw fits and cause a stink to try to gain some control of the situation. This has nothing to to with you, in fact you handled the situation well. You sound like a great nurse, vickymarie. Don't let it get you down too much:hug:

On the bright side... you will probably NEVER forget to sign out of a computer in the hospital ever again!

OP, you must have a lot of time on your hands. Shame on you for making a big deal out of nothing. Utilizing resources, including another persons access to databases one might not have them self, is not cheating. It's gathering information.