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alright sorry for beating a dead horse, but if vesicants are administered in a 'safer way' via central lines--blood diluting the vesicant, and phenergan is a vesicant that can cause necrosis to subcutaneous tissue, then it would seem contrary to be a...

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study, practice strips and be flexible. as a new nurse, many little things can throw a wrench into your night, things that a seasoned nurse wouldn't sweat. and on a cardiac floor add that patients are pretty ill and anxious. its very fast paced and o...

ditto to the remarks about having to spend time trying to 'find' ancillary staff. i end up doing most of my toileting, cleaning and changing myself. its not that i mind the primary nursing model but on 8 pts with more than half being total care its a...

hey all just looking for some pespective. first and foremost thank you to all on this site that provide real world perspective and encouraging feedback. basically my story is the same. have been a new nurse on my own for about two months now and i a...

PL I too would fare much better in a more zen-like environment, but for now i will settle for 'less crazy'. as a newbie, i find it odd that the job becomes more difficult with each passing shift. i am thinking of switching units from where i am at n...

hello OP-i feel your pain. being a newbie here myself. i personally think that being present, getting that bp regardless and following through and finishing the shift are all examples of great and solid performance for the beginner.and we create sol...

Pink Lotus that is exactly why i became a nurse! your post took the words right out of my head onto the page. i thought oh i wont make enough and 'maybe i can get a solid foundation in 'western health-care' first. anyhow--i had reservations about bec...

:idea:i have 7 or 8 pts on a busy, heavy tele floor. if you took one pt. from each nurse on the floor, you could hire one more nurse and give that nurse a decent patient load, and unburden the rest of the staff. who knows maybe this would reduce the ...

are a bad case of the nerves gettin in your way? you said that you call the doc when a pt is going bad and you forget to take vs and 02 sats--but you just put it out there--so now, next time you know what to do when you have a pt going bad. it was un...

being a new nurse too, i can relate to how you feel. even though you had a year in you are still NEW to this particular hospital's routine and equipment. from my first hand experience, it is very difficult to think critically and clearly when learnin...

thank you both very much for the feedback. i never realized how difficult 'self evaluation' would be in the world of med-surg nursing as a new nurse. i have been told to 'give myself some slack' but i feel that if i do that i may forget things! i hop...

hi all, new nurse here with literally a few shifts on my own. what i feel is very frustrating is that i have no idea how i am doing? i have gotten a few 'great job tonight' from my charge RN's when i feel like i have barely kept afloat. i feel like ...

NancyNurse I am chiming in late here, but i just read this post and it is as if you plucked the thoughts I have about being a new nurse in acute care, right from my head onto this post! I have no different advice to offer, but a very big thank you is...

were you a Paramedic or EMT-I?

hi, just FYI many 'big name' hospitals in nyc will not hire nurses that have yet to take the NCLEX exam and pass. just double check the hospitals you are looking into. some may hire before you are licensed, some will not, some will allow you to work ...

thank you erika for this post. as a future nurse, i am concerned that, because i do not see groveling or 'sucking it up' as attributes to my career self, that i may not be long for this profession. some of what i have read hear sounds like being a nu...

I am experiencing similar problems at my clinical site and it is frustrating beyond belief. As SN's we understand how overworked and underappreciated nurses can be in some hospitals, however this entire experience has soured me on the profession some...

i have one semester left and i am considering working in med/surg--but my clinicals thus far have been horrendous. the nurses are too overworked and busy to be burdened with showing us anything and our clinical instructor really hasnt helped at all. ...

hi, for endocrine here are some suggestions that have worked for me: know your hormones! where they originate from, mechanism of action--from there you can think your way through signs/symptoms of 'too much' or too little. it can be overwhelming a bi...

I am still trying to figure out why this is such a contentious topic. Driven by ego would be my guess? For a profession that promotes "non-judgement" and "teamwork" and the greater good, why do ADN's BSN's students, experienced nurses all go for the ...

To all the wonderful nurses out there doing your job and hanging in there I salute you. I hope when you require nursing care some day in your twilight years that the new generation will do well by you. For those who went into nursing soley for the 's...

I took my RN, then worked and got my BSN at the same time. I didn't get any clinical skills from the BSN, but I can write a mean paper on most anything, have it mean nothing, and still get a B. Essential knowledge for a manager, but if you plan on be...

Hi Lena--I am just curious what did the nurse mgr mean by good qualifications? nursing school is very time consuming. im not sure what else i could do during school that would put me at the forefront of the application process? appreciate your feedb...

hi there--Is it really that difficult to find a nursing job at a boston area hospital? I am considering moving back to MA after school, but not if the jobs are scant. has anybody else had such a difficult time finding a nursing job in boston? if the...