AngelofSeduction

It also sprayed on my when i took it out smh. Thank God i knew well enough to not force the air in

Omg! Same thing happen to me today.we use a 3 cc syringe for hep and after i withdrew i said to myself should i pull it up all the way to 1 ml since there was big gap but i gave it and as im doing it i realize the syringe was blowing up i quickly took it out and got another heparin and pushed it all the way to the top. Omg i need to listen to myself and always ask for clarification. I'm new andfeel sooo slow

so today a nurse im following on orientation had to do an IVPB for antibiotic. there was already a primary bag and she had to set up an antibiotic. the order said to run it over 6o min and there was 250ml in the bag, she put 150 as the rate and i was trying to figure out why she put it. i'm not fast with math off the top of my head i'm a pen and paper person. in school i'm used to " desired over have" and setting the calculation up but in real world it's not written as MD ordered and so on. i don't see no nurses doing math. i'm here feeling slow and everything above and on top of top i'm suppose to be doing med pass coming this thursday. i was starting to feel a lil confident until an orientee came to follow my nurse and she completely took over like she knows it all, she wants to do everything. i felt overshadowed. i'm feeling it right now.i'm not a fast person what someone might get in 2 sec i have to really think about it. *sigh*

I do know how to listen to lung sounds . Im just saying sometimes it's hard to hear and trying to block out other noises. People who have been doing it for a long time might not have that problem. Im just starting but thank you for your tips

Of course i did. And it took forever because we had to do it on 6 pts along with thorough h2t. Im just trying to figure out how people manage their time

so today we the orientees were on our floor and i have to say the nurses are really supportive.they keep telling us we are going to be fine once we learn the routine. we shadowed nurses today and did vitals but i cant help to think omg am i going to get this. me and another classmate did vitals together and it took us forever to do it on 6 patients and on top they expect us to do a complete head to toe. As if that wasnt bad, me and the other orientee was changing a patient because he urinated and for the life of me i couldnt position the chuck under the patient with the pad correctly. we fumbled around and couldnt figure it lol. good thing the patient didnt speak english. we were laughing so hard cause we felt pathetic. i see cnas and pcas do these things 1 2 3 like it's nothing. the patient even asked me what was wrong with my head? and he even asked an LPN to come help lol smh. smh i can't be a nurse and be that slow it's like i fumble with everything. but fast forward i am still in classroom orientation learning about different procedures ( it's like nursing school) but how my concern is how am i suppose to remember the policies and all these books they give us to read. i really need some tips for when i start preceptorship. 1) how can i prepare myself? 2) what is a preceptor looking for? 3) how do i make myself proactive? i know people keep saying be proactive in your learning. what can i do? 4) how can i figure a better way to do a quick head to toe assessment. sometimes i find it hard to hear lung sounds ( i hear other noises through the stethoscope) 5) i am a writer so i need to write things down in order to do things so seeing all these tasks, orders and such how do nurses remember what to do? 6) i want to grow and learn and want to learn something new everyday because i hear everyday you learn something new so how can i approach this experience and learn everything i can and make the best of it and apply what i have learned in school? 7) it seems like there is no time to " think critically" with all these tasks. i know it comes with practice but when will i have time to look into the patient chart to put it all together. some patients have a lot of history. or do nurse focus on what the patient is there for and what they got during report?

i bet you make a great preceptor!! im soon to start unit specific orientation and im here to look for some advice. graduated last december and honestly feel like i dont know anything( not true) really because if i hear something i can talk about it but for me to give full details thats a NO NO. so my thing is what should new grads do when they get on the floor

how weird. today in lecture, i saw that self fulfilling prophecy. i have never heard of it until i read your comment and saw it today

great tips.thank you and you right on about the trust.kinda sAD

There are but a few and only for one to one . I hear thry in the process of hiring more aides

i forgot to add that i'm going to be on a medsurg/ortho/neuro floor.it's a mix of everything and it's 6 patients with total care

ok so im gonna make this as short as i can. thank be to God i started orientation last monday at elmhurst hospital. so far i like it. i just got this feeling like it's a good hospital everyone seems nice. now on to orientation it's been classroom going over policies and certain topics. during the course i feel ok because as topics come up i feel as though i remember things although i feel like i dont know anything since graduating last year and taking my boards. i have been asking the nurses there for advice on orientation and they say we will be fine and just listen and be on time but i can't help but be scared when i hear some people have been let go during orientation. i would hate to be that person because i tend to be slow in the clinical setting and it takes me a while to process things. i dont want people thinking like " where did she go to school"? so thats what im worried about when i get on the flood that i wont remember things i learned in school or that i wont have time to critically think or think things through since there's so many tasks to do or that im gonna be that nurse that won't notice when something is wrong with my patient. i honestly dont want to be doing just tasks, i want to be able to question doctors and advocate for patients thats my goal but i know it's not going to happen in one day. so what are some tips to survive on the floor with my preceptor and to get the hang of things... thank you.all suggestions are welcomed

haha i know the other usernames were taken. but thank you for your advice specially on the listening part because i'm guilty of listening to think about what i'm going to say and not really listen the way i should

hi i'm due to start ortientation soon at elmhurst hospital and may i add i am nervous as hell. afraid that i don't know enough or that i don't remember basic knowledge or skills learned in school. i know everyone keeo saying it's normal but i can't stop feeling like i'm not gonna make it. and i don't want that. when i see students who just graduated a year ago and i see how confident they look that's where i want to be. i wonder how do they apply school to the hospital, they just graduate and look so confident. i'm a little on the slow side with learning new things and i'm afraid i'm gonna let my neres get to me and not do things right. i feel like i forgot little things like how to tie a restraint. what if i can't pick out abnormalities and do a good assessment skills. so many what ifs. what are some tips for me to make the best of orientation? to take initiative, learn how to talk to the staff,advocate, etc. i really want to give it my all! a lot of patients and people ive worked with said im going to be great but why dont i feel it. is it really gonna come together and how can it i don't even remember certain things in depth? sigh* and also what are some tips to deal with different personalities. i'm a strong person and can come off strong being that i'm a Leo which people can perceive as ****** or mean but that's not the case. also i hear people say ask a lot of questions but i'm a quiet person what if i dont the know right questions to ask. just need some advice it would help to know someone felt exactly like me and survived

any tips you have. i got a call for an interview and they offer me postion but dont know when orientation starts. it's going to be a med surg floor so now im just waiting and nervous at the same time worrying if i know enough or will i remember things. i don't even think i remember how to make a bed or tie restraint lol. it's been so long since i done that in clinicals. just nervous but i want to do my best. and i'm also not a in your face type personality kind of to myself unless im comfortable with you so i know i need to get out of my comfort zone i dont want people thinking im mean or whatever