RaeT,RN

Ok, so they've "cut the cord" from my preceptor (though she is still my resource person over the next several days, until I go to nights Mon after Thanksgiving.) I am scared out of my mind.:uhoh21: Yesterday, I was "kind of" on my own (busy, so I had my pts and my preceptor had hers) and got an active multip. They scare me (not much doesn't scare me right now). I actually did great! Everything went very smoothly and I felt pretty good, like "check me out! I can do this!" And then, after my delivery, another nurse asked me to "listen out" for her pt. Now, to me that means listen out if the call bell goes off and see what she needs, you know, help her to the BR if she needs it or something. She gave me no report. I asked another nurse after a little while to keep an ear out for her call bell and I took my multip to the floor. I got back and then the primary nurse for that pt pulled me into an empty pt room and blasted me for not doing hourly strip charting because I had assumed care of the pt and I was remiss in not charting on her and assessing and if the doctor called, it would be up to me to answer questions about her. I apologized, said that I misunderstood her and the time frame she expected me to "listen out" for her. I just felt lousy and so embarrassed because I had not done what I was supposed to do. So I go back in to chart for the hour that I was "listening out" for her and I see in the nurse's notes that she has documented that she gave me report and I had assumed care of the pt. THIS WAS A FLAT OUT LIE!!!!:angryfire I never got ANY report on her - I knew nothing about her!!!!!!!!!! I am still mad about it and went to my charge nurse in tears over it. Lesson learned: always ask the next time I am "listening out" for a pt if I am actually listening out or assuming care. She can't just give me her pt without the charge nurse involved anyways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that was yesterday. Today I thought I was going to throw up in getting report. Today I had a VBAC who came in last night with bleeding, both the pt and her husband are physicians, already on one milliunit of Pitocin and oh, by the way, her platelets are 87. Needless to say, (her friend) the OB insisted on a repeat c/s. I have never breathed a bigger sigh of relief than when that decision was made. I am absolutely worn out. But at the end of the day, I still love my job and am so happy to be where I am:rolleyes: I think I have a rough year or two ahead. . . Thanks for reading.