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TJRN, I personally think that it is normal to feel like school did not prepare you for the real world. It did though, you are probably just not aware of how much you change as a nurse each day you are working. It will get easier and real life and...

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I am not new but I will NEVER forget how I felt. If you feel like you need more orientation you can always ask for more. Just know that you are not expected to know everything and there is always going to be someone who will help you if you ask for...

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That is interesting, then if she does not want to take phone orders and write them herself she needs to tell the doctor to hold while she gets someone who can do it. Because no matter what the NPA says the person who hears the order should be the ...

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Congrats!!!!

Sorry, I guess I was confusing. Basically what I am trying to say is this does not have to be about RN or LPN. This is basic nursing knowledge, you write your own verbal orders, you do not ask anyone else to write what you heard, nor do you writ...

Just a thought so you might avoid a big RN vs LPN thing.... I will not write orders that another RN takes either. If someone is comfortable taking the phone order they need to write it themselves. Otherwise it just gets into a he said she said etc...

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This is a great thread!!! I just have to add my two stories. I got report from the ER RN, she said I would be receiving Dr. so and so... She gave me report and I waited for the patient. When the patient arrived she was this sweet elderly lady. ...

Congratulations!!!! How does it feel to write RN behind your name????!!!! WooooHOooooo!

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35 min one way. That is if there are no traffic issues.

Even in larger units self scheduling seems to work. And it is something that is usually a huge morale boost for staff nurses. Our nurses, PCTs, and Secretaries all do self scheduling. There is a calendar in the back so you can request days off up ...

I really think that EVERY nursing job is hard. There is no easy nursing job. There are so many different areas in nursing. Each person needs to find where they are happy and go there. I have trained several floor nurses coming into ICU. Sometime...

Jetsetter, I loved your post!!! You did such a great job seeing both sides. I think report is just another way we as nurses take the opportunity to be hostile or act superior, rather than trying to understand that the nurse on the other end of the...

I am an ICU nurse. We are definately from different planets. I agree with you all though. I here all the time from other nurses about how little info they get from the ER. It makes me laugh. I think many times it is an experience level. They do...

I guess my opinion is very different from the others here. I think patients get overwhelmed and stressed especially when intubated when visitors keep waking them and talking to them. I have to wake my patient so many times for patient care that it ...

I would love to join all of you! I have gained 40 lbs in nine mo. It is time to start taking care of myself and reducing the unneeded stress! What a great thread.

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