brandnewbie

Looking for some support here, I suppose. I am a new nurse and I've been working on a surgical/cardiac floor on the night shift for almost 6 months. My average patient load is 9 (acute) patients per night. Everyday I am amazed at the stress this job ...

It can be very scary at times. I frequently get calls from telemetry that my patient has converted into a rhythm that I only read about in my med-surg nursing school books. And when pushing heavy cardiac drugs becomes as common as giving a daily vita...