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  1. Dream job in my hospital only offers night shift position should I do it?

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for almost two years as a med surg/tele nurse. I started on nights for my first year, and I had a lot of trouble with sleeping and my general well being etc. I am starting to plan...

  2. Always sick!

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A little background.. Im 24 and have been a nurse for about a year and a half. I am a float, med surg floors as well as ED on day shift. I’m in the ED a lot. This fall- winter I have been sick 4...

  3. Forgot to restart my patients fluids

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I gave an IV push med to one of my patients today and had to unhook them from the continuous lactated ringers infusion to do so. After I was done I forgot to hook them back up to the infusion. It was...

  4. Forgot to restart my patients fluids

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. The fluid was LR for pancreatitis. However, for those saying that I'm covering up a mistake/ hoping no one notices isn't true. I should've said in my original post that I...

  5. Gave medications too early is this an error?

    daniela095 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Patient I had just admitted was ordered heparin subcutaneous every 12 hours. I gave the first dose upon admission and then the next morning ended up giving the next dose 6 hours after that first dose...

  6. Gave medications too early is this an error?

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in Patient Medications

    My preceptor was the charge nurse the night I told her. She pretty much just said to be careful next time and didn't write a

  7. Gave medications too early is this an error?

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in Patient Medications

    But is this something that should have been an incident report? I realized this days later actually when I looked back since I was taking care of the patient for a few days in a row. My preceptor...

  8. New grad anxiety

    daniela095 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just started orientation a couple weeks ago. I am training on days and next week will be switching to nights. I am actually float pool. A lot of new grad nurses at this hospital have done float pool...

  9. Giving insulin late patient request

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Humalog insulin sliding scale ordered for patient before meals however it is to be given regardless of whether or not they eat. The patient requested not to have insulin at 8. She got the insulin at...

  10. Giving insulin late patient request

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Here are more details; I would like some more opinions please: My patient had an order for sliding scale humalog 3 times a day before meals REGARDLESS of PO status. Meaning they can still get the...

  11. Sunrise clinical manager overriding meds

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone use sunrise clinical manager in their hospitals? My hospital is cracking down on overridden meds that we're not used with bar code administration. Technically this is done in emergencies....

  12. Forgetting to document one of my every four hour neuro check

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This happened yesterday late in the afternoon. Woke up earlier and realized I didn't document my last neuro check after I did it. I remember getting pushed into doing something else and never...

  13. Forgetting to document one of my every four hour neuro check

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you makes sense. I am confident that the patient had no change when I assessed her so hopefully it stayed that way and no one will give me a problem for the documentation. I am new and still...

  14. Forgetting to document one of my every four hour neuro check

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I know there is someone in the hospital who looks at the neuro checks I just hope it isn't a big deal if they see I

  15. Giving insulin late patient request

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Humalog insulin ordered for patient before meals however it is to be given regardless of whether or not they eat. The patient requested not to have insulin at 8. She got the insulin at 10. Next dose...

  16. Giving insulin late patient request

    daniela095 replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, patient didn't eat yet when I gave it late she was just starting to eat. However it said to give anyway even if patient doesn't eat after the insulin. She was just a difficult patient and wanted...

  17. Question regarding mistakes in documentation

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse on orientation. Today I had a patient in which I put some wrong things on the chart by accident from just pure not realizing at the time. I put that the diet was regular in my...

  18. Central line dislodging?

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When transferring a patient onto a stretcher, the right internal jugular central line was tugged on the side because the lines attached to the ports got caught. Can the central line dislodge from...

  19. Non sterile suctioning and infection?

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient with a tracheostomy. Secretions were coming out of the inner cannula. I took the Yankeur suction device used to suction the mouth to try to suction the secretions without touching the...

  20. What are quality improvement projects in hospitals?

    daniela095 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am doing an assignment for a nursing leadership course in school. One of the questions on my assignment is what are quality improvement projects and how are they initiated in hospitals? I am having...

  21. molloy college math screening

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Students

    I took the math screening test at molloy college and did not pass it. Now in order to start my nursing classes I have to take math 060. My question is what do they consider "passing" do I have to get...

  22. molloy college math 060?

    daniela095 posted a topic in General Students

    So I was accepted into molloy this spring as a transfer. Unfortunately I did not achieve a 90 percent on the math screening test. I have to take math 060 in the winter if I want to start my nursing...

  23. nassau community college teas exam

    daniela095 posted a topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions regarding the teas. First off has anyone taken the teas at Nassau community college and know if it is computer based..also how long doesn't it take to get the...