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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

thank you. hope i can remember enough about my base knowledge and critically think

but do you really feel like school prepared you. like all these things we learn in school, do you remmeber it in the hospital

so i recently went on an interview at a hospital where i did an internship and where my mom used to work. i know i should be jumping up and down but i can't help to think that i got called because i worked there. i feel as if i didn't " work for it persay". i'm crazy right? but anyways friday i went to go take the pharm test and the floor that i will be on is med surg. i havent gotten an official letter with when training starts but i am nervous as can be. i wish i was still in school LOL. i Just got my license 2 months ago and im like did they make a mistake? the other day i couldnt even remember the workd for " fast breathing" i had to look it up. omg that is sad.i'm worried that things that i learned from school i'm not going to remmeber it to apply it to the shoptail. i mean we learned so much. i'm also worrying that i'm not going to be able to know which questions to ask, or when to react, call physician, do a good physical assessment, advocate. Having clinicals 2 days a week and doing skills in school which not all of us barely get to do in clinical is definitely not the same as the real world. and when i see students who just graduated and they are into their 6 months in and working i'm like i want to be like them. are they that smart that they can apply things from school. Sigh i dont know people say i'm smart but the fact that i couldnt even to give you a lengthy explanation about something makes me feel like i'm not so smart after all. so please can anyone give me some advice i really want to do my best. another thing i'm not a in your face type person which people might take as "mean" so i know im gonna have to put myself out there and talk to people and i'm the type to respond to when i feel disrespected and i know i need to learn how to just brush things off and just smile with ok

Omg you just put a smile on my face. Im always freaking myself out but i gess thats good

so i passed my nclex. license came in. i'm happy of whta i accomplished but now i'm scared to start into the real world.i never thought about what i wanted to be at least i dont remember from when i was younger. i came to the U.S when i was 10 with no english. mom worked hard put me through public school to learn English then i went on to catholic school for the remainder of my time.i've always excelled in school because i made school my priority. coming from a haitian background education is very important..it is before anything so i was always consumed into my school. no socializing friends or anything. went on to highschool and still didnt know what i wanted to be but once again i worked hard and was bringing home the good grades. when it came time to applying to college i was new to the whole process and didnt know much about colleges so i was relying on what the guidance counselors said. but for some reason i always said i wanted to be a psychologist because of i liked to talk to people and give advice i guess. i told my mom this and she said she wasnt going to pay for my school and told me to go to nursing. i never thought about nursing or even thought about the school i went to which was molloy college. one of the best for nursing. i got accepted after my first semester in 2008 and the rest is history. went through A7P so many classes i thought i would failed but God guided me through the whole program and excelled with a 3.5 for 5 years. didnt even graduate with the people i started nursing with..eitherr they failed out, got left back or left school for another major. sometimes i ask myself am i really smart ( people tell me i am) or do i just have a good memory. i know nursing is not easy and i worked hard.i eat and breathe nursing monday - sunday no social life just school. now that i graduated and passed i am nervous to start the real world. i feel like i dont know enough or what if i what i learn in school i cant apply. what if im too slow with the skills, i dont pick up on things, not observant, dont know how to give report.all these things going through my head. like i said i never though about nursing but from doing intern i have worked with med/surg and met a lot of geriatric and i feel comfortable with them and a lot of nurses and patients have told me im gonna be great but i worry because i never dreamnt of being a nurse or whatever. im like how am i going to advocate, form relationship with patients. i really dont want to be those people who's in it for the benefit. i really want to be true and really care about my patients and so on...i know i ramble alot but any tips would be helpful. thank you

so i passed my nclex. license came in. i'm happy of whta i accomplished but now i'm scared to start into the real world.i never thought about what i wanted to be at least i dont remember from when i was younger. i came to the U.S when i was 10 with no english. mom worked hard put me through public school to learn English then i went on to catholic school for the remainder of my time.i've always excelled in school because i made school my priority. coming from a haitian background education is very important..it is before anything so i was always consumed into my school. no socializing friends or anything. went on to highschool and still didnt know what i wanted to be but once again i worked hard and was bringing home the good grades. when it came time to applying to college i was new to the whole process and didnt know much about colleges so i was relying on what the guidance counselors said. but for some reason i always said i wanted to be a psychologist because of i liked to talk to people and give advice i guess. i told my mom this and she said she wasnt going to pay for my school and told me to go to nursing. i never thought about nursing or even thought about the school i went to which was molloy college. one of the best for nursing. i got accepted after my first semester in 2008 and the rest is history. went through A7P so many classes i thought i would failed but God guided me through the whole program and excelled with a 3.5 for 5 years. didnt even graduate with the people i started nursing with..eitherr they failed out, got left back or left school for another major. sometimes i ask myself am i really smart ( people tell me i am) or do i just have a good memory. i know nursing is not easy and i worked hard.i eat and breathe nursing monday - sunday no social life just school. now that i graduated and passed i am nervous to start the real world. i feel like i dont know enough or what if i what i learn in school i cant apply. what if im too slow with the skills, i dont pick up on things, not observant, dont know how to give report.all these things going through my head. like i said i never though about nursing but from doing intern i have worked with med/surg and met a lot of geriatric and i feel comfortable with them and a lot of nurses and patients have told me im gonna be great but i worry because i never dreamnt of being a nurse or whatever. im like how am i going to advocate, form relationship with patients. i really dont want to be those people who's in it for the benefit. i really want to be true and really care about my patients and so on...i know i ramble alot but any tips would be helpful. thank you

can someone explain the different gaits because i am i getting confused. i read it and still doesnt make sense. or any good videos to view

omg maybe i'm slow. im trying to refresh my memory about iv solutions and as to why different ones are given. difference between hyper/hypotonic and also albumin and how it relate to fluid shift. when i learned it, you have intracellelular, extracellular and vascular. now with hypertonic there is a lot of solutes( i just say salt) and not enough water so i dont understand why water would move out of the cell unless it goes from a high concretration of solute to low. someone help me please. i saw a question on kaplan regarding albumin and fluid overload. i just graduated and i feel like i dont remember crap * covers face*

i know kaplan doesnt give books.you can only download it or pay 40. i already paid lots of money but anyways it's downloaded on my pc. i started watching the content videos and taking notes. i have read here that people read the book along with videos but are the videos and book different? i really don't want to confuse myself with a lot of materials. also what do you guys suggest with remembering immunization and developmental stage and everything that it's about. i can't seem to remember them for nothing *sigh*. my paln is to finish the videos, read over them and do questions. so far i'm at 50's and got a 43 in my q3

i just have to get use to reading these long questions.also i have been doing the content videos and writing notes. is there anyway to remember the developmental stages and milestones and immunization. i hate those. idk how im going to remember them