ENicuRN

I am in Cincinnati and I know we have jobs down here! They are by no means easy to get, but better than what I am been told about the Columbus RN positions.

We are all human and Mistakes happen, but thank goodness your patient was not harmed. Just be sure to: 1) Always know AND practice within your scope of practice! 2) if you don't know about a certain device, procedure, medication, please please please don't use it or give the med without looking it up and consulting another nurse. It is really scary when people just assume " it's okay" when it is far from it. 3) Acknowledge your mistake, be honest about it, and learn from it!

I am a new nurse as well and I was told it would also be a year before I would be expected to float. I think you did the right thing in COA and your license. You need to solidify your nursing practice before they send you all over the place!

Ohio- NICU and offer in SICU and MICU too

That is beautiful!! Thank you for writing that and reminding us all how important it is to care for not only our NICU babies, but there families as well... Without our judgments! :-)

mL/hour= (250mL/400mg) X (1mg/1,000 mcg) X (250mcg / 1minute) X (60minutes / 1 hour) = 9.375mL/hour Look through the question and always start with whatever you are looking for. This question is asking for mL per hour so you start with the mL part at the first numerator. Then you just cancel out each fraction by making sure if there is a mg on the denominator there is a mg in a numerator somewhere in the equation ( it doesn't have to be directly next to each other, as long as it is in the equation)

I did see a lot of websites saying a grain was anywhere from 60-65mg so it definitely depends on who you are referencing. I'm glad another person was able to double check that.:-) Good luck tomorrow!

Here is my fine print: I'm a new graduate RN and have done maybe only 5 grain to grams/mg medication calculation questions. So please have another person double check this!! Ok so this is what I got: a few websites said 1grain= 60mg And I am assuming that the sq at the end of the atropine is implying that it is 1/200 grain per mL So with these assumptions: 60mg X 1/200grain= 0.3mg Then do your standard calculations: (1mL/ 0.4mg) X ( 0.3mg/1dose)= 0.75mL per dose

I completely agree!!!!! If this is your dream job then go for it and work your butt off! When you are presented with something new to do/learn simply say " I have never done this before, can I talk through it and then you correct me while I do it?" You have to remember that as a nurse you will NEVER know how to do everything. So your preceptor is trying to see what kind of nurse you are deciding to become. Would you tell the doctor " um I have never done that before, so can you prescribe something else?" OR are you going to be the nurse that looks up the hospital policy on a new procedure, look it up in your text reference, and then find another nurse that can be at the bedside to make sure you're doing it right? Seek opportunities and show them this is your dream job!!

" Well you see Batman it was really me, Robin, who has been running the show the entire time. I just wanted you to believe that it was your idea for me to be your side-kick."

"Well you see batman it was really me, Robin, who has been running the show the entire time. I just wanted you to think me being your side-kick was your idea."

Thank you! I look forward to all the NICU world is going to teach me! For my nursing management/role transition for nursing school I was in the NICU. I have not started orientation for my job yet, it starts on Aug 13th. The experiences I had while in the role transition were everything from feeder-growers to babies ventilated while on 3-4 drips and with an ICP. So I learned a lot in the short time but I also realize that it was minimal exposure to the specialized NICU.

Those are all great tips, but I am nervous about the whole " you don't know anything" note because I know I have SOO much to learn but I also don't want them to think I'm an idiot. I purchased a NICU text that my preceptor suggested when I was in my role transition and I have read alot and used it as a reference.... What im trying to say is that I am very eager to learn ANYTHING anyone has to teach me and I try to go above and beyond to research stuff on my own too. What I am worried about it that other nurses will treat me like I am an idiot because I am new. That will be the worst! I just want someone to not look at me or talk to me like I'm an idiot; but to just teach me!

I used NCSBN as my primary resource for their question banks. I used SO many resources and felt that NCSBN questions were JUST like what I had seen on nclex. But you also need to remember that you could do 5 million questions and it won't really help you unless you legitimately do a through content review. So stick with it, brush off any doubt, and believe in yourself!!! You can do it!! :-)

That is HILARIOUS!!!! I was dying laughing, I had to show my husband ( who LOVES Bojangles) lol