pumpkinspice555

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1. Stupid New Grad mistake, Can I get fired? Please help!

   pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Doctor didn't write an order to hold. So one nurse told me, even though I gave it, it's their fault too technically for not having an order tol hold. It's ok though, I got an update and they said the...

2. Stupid New Grad mistake, Can I get fired? Please help!

   pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Absolutely!! It's just frustrating that I'm learning when I do the mistakes, and not before the mistakes. Like for example, one time I didn't put the clave on the PICC line and I didn't clamp it, and...

3. Stupid New Grad mistake, Can I get fired? Please help!

   pumpkinspice555 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   One of my patients was scheduled for surgery in the morning and I completely forgot to hold the AM heparin dose. I gave the AM Heparin. Luckily, i realized that I should have held it right before I...

4. Feeling lousy

   pumpkinspice555 replied to loveRNlove's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm on the same boat as you. I'm a new nurse, done with orientation in a few weeks. Work is so stressful for me. I made a med error too a few weeks ago, and gave a BP med too soon than I was suppose...

5. Already burned out?

   pumpkinspice555 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I've only been working for about a month and a half, a few more weeks of orientation and then i'm on my own, but I feel already burned out and tired.... Is this normal? I think it's bc I'm new and I...

6. New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

   pumpkinspice555 replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

   That's just sad how some nurses go out of their way to put others down in order to feel good about themselves. Because of the many different personalities (a lot ugly, but not all) is the very reason...

7. New Grad Med Surg Nurse Freaking Out!

   pumpkinspice555 replied to shakedwnst924's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you so much for this great great advise

8. New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

   pumpkinspice555 replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I agree with Not a Hat. I am a new grad myself, and starting a new job. I feel unprepared and I don't feel like my school has prepared me at all for the real world of nursing. It's incredibly tough...

9. Sending thank you email after interview (I was a student there)

   pumpkinspice555 replied to max1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Honestly, I would just say thank you for interviewing with me and I hope to work with you. I made it two to three sentences when I wrote my thank you emails. Just a sincere thank you would suffice. By...

10. New RN Job Probation Period:

    pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much for your support! I start orientation tomorrow. Orientetion week is intro to working in the hospital: general employee benefits, safety, etc. and computer classes as well. Although...

11. New RN Job Probation Period:

    pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh ok. My orientation is 10 weeks about. And the director said if I need more time getting comfortable on my own, I can still work with a preceptor for a few more

12. neuro ICU for a newbie

    pumpkinspice555 replied to stiglitz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    How exciting! I'm a new grad myself, and I'm starting on Neuro Trauma Intermediate Care. If all goes well on this unit, in about a year, I"m thinking of trying to float into ICU trauma. I don't wanna...

13. New RN Job Probation Period:

    pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for the awesome advise! I start next

14. New RN Job Probation Period:

    pumpkinspice555 replied to pumpkinspice555's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, Thanks. I hope and pray it all works out. It would absolutely be terrible to be sacked after only 90 days on the first

15. New RN Job Probation Period:

    pumpkinspice555 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I am a new RN and I am starting my first RN job very soon. People keep telling me that in every hospital there is a probation period, meaning if they don't like your work after X amount of days,...