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This is going to be a serious vent session... Well, needless to say, I got in trouble for staying 4 hours late at work consecutively for the past 3 days due to have terrible nights... I have struggled with time management a lot due to the fact I am n...

Ironically, just last week we had no techs at all.. No secretary.. NOTHING. We do the same thing. We put our charts together, order IV pumps if needed... Just this past week I had only 5 patient but a patient that was a MESS! Screaming and just actin...

My unit does not use telemetry.. We have 4 floors with 33 beds that do though.. Perhaps 5.. If they need telemetry, they are transferred. I don't know how well I would like telemetry either.. One of our biggest floors is 4T.. And there are code blue'...

Gosh I remember how nervous I used to be as a student.. Best tip is to be confident in yourself.. Maybe before you pass medications, go talk to the patient and tell them you are about to give them medications.. Maybe tell them then what you will be g...

I can't believe I made it through it. May of this year will be a year since I have graduated. I feel like it is definitely worth it if you love the patients and love what your role is as a nurse! Nursing itself isn't a bed of roses, but I like it bec...

I guess in my opinion, I think our specific techs are viewing their job as a task oriented job. I am not saying it isn't but I feel like they don't understand how imperative it is for vital signs to put in in at timely manner or the purpose for outpu...

Well, the past 5 days I have gotten out a 0830. I felt a like I've done a little better. I am seeing a lady in the hospital about time management and she will be helping me. She thinks I may have ADD because a lot of nurses who have ADD have a hard t...

Well, it wasn't every day it was wed morning. And the night before I left 2 hours late. I think what takes me longest to chart is on my care plans. I may have 10 care plans to chart on per patient and type it out. I was just really behind on medicine...

See I have never been told a tech could put on a colostomy bag.. I am timid when it comes to delegating.. I have done it but I get sour looks.. Next time, I am going to tell my secretary if she looks at me and tells me a patient wants a blanket or di...

And this past week has just been miserable.. Some days with 7 patients I leave at 0730.. BOOM perfect.. Just these past 3 days I have been leaving late because of chaos.. And we chart on EPIC.. The girl who preceptored me was very thorough on chartin...

I just am saying from my experience that they are... Hence my manager thinks this new nurse hired (very sweet girl, I have no problem with her) has caught on quicker than me with time management yet when I come on the shift.. This nurse missed 3 medi...

Well, I say that they don't care because they leave things for me constantly that in my opinion should have been done prior.. And all the nurses on my unit that report off to me on day shift have been a nurse either as long as I have or little longer...

Also, the patient I had to restrain was not oriented to place at all.. Hallucinating etc.... And the seasoned nurse told me you have to start on an IV on a disoriented pt regardless if they want it or not since they aren't in their right mind and don...

I was asked 2 days ago at my job if my school had stressed changing peripheral IVs every 96 hours.. I do not recall this being emphasized... What is the EBP about this? I mean of course I know if a patient is experiencing infiltration or phlebitis, I...

I was just curious because older nurse said something to me about it.. Said your a new grad, what did they teach you in school? He seemed quite appalled that it was not emphasized to change the IV every 96 hours which makes me look like I'm completel...

And the only reason why using heparin was a question was because the port wasn't drawing back on the next few days that I had the patient.. Needless to say that was a ROUGH weekend for me ha

Don't worry I had a similar issue with a chest port and I was taught to flush 10, waste in the flush also 10 mL.. Then get the amount of blood needed... Came back low levels of h and h.. We can access a heparin if needed.. But my patient was experien...

A. I don't know how any other hospital works, but as night shift, we draw all the blood on our patient's. I had a patient with a port. Wasted 10 cc. Drew my blood. Flushed with 10 cc. Put needle on my syringe, put the blood in the vacuum tube, and se...

I feel like I will never be good a time management. Only been on my own for two weeks with 10 weeks of preceptorship training, and 7 patients just kill me! I get mostly it all done, but I struggle with 6 am meds/getting my blood work all done before ...

Crazy at this may sound, I've had 6 patients this past week and admitted someone and charting was done and everything on time. I feel like I am getting better each time. I have just decided blood draws will have to be started earlier because I feel l...

Thanks for the encouragement! I just feel overwhelmed at times. It's nothing like nursing school that's for sure. We didn't have but 1 tech this weekend and honestly she doesn't like to do anything or isn't speedy about it at all if she does need to ...

Going on a month of being a med-surg nurse. I am still in the preceptor phase, but I have successfully taken on 6 patient's by myself at this point. I LOVE my job. I have cried once when I got home because I felt like I just wasn't fast enough at my ...

I am really looking for easy scholarships to apply for. I am taking out loans after loans which can be quite depressing at times!! Anyone have any suggestions? I have a 3.093 gpa in my nursing courses.. Hope y'all can help!! Thanks!!

I took NCLEX a week ago yesterday. It stopped at 88 questions, and I just knew I had failed. The questions were ridiculously hard!! I was like omg and freaked out because it did not shut of at 75. I passed though and now I have my license and just in...

FYI, got the call back Monday, and I accepted the med-surg position!!!! Excited! First day is July 14th!