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  1. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I had an incident that I was reported for at work. I am a new grad, 3rd week in and was left to my own devices last week with 4-5 patients on a post-op ward-my preceptor nowhere to be seen. So a...

  2. Another mistake..new grad.

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah, I will make sure from now on to check the Dr's orders for previous day as-well as day of. No harm done, pt is fine, just nags at the guilt and over thinking in my

  3. Another mistake..new grad.

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah, they do, as I said I printed them all off onto my clipboard for each specific Dr (10-11). It was only this Dr's one whose name I had not come across yet. I guess I just assumed all IDC's are...

  4. Anxious wreck of a new grad

    regerterb posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am 3.5 weeks into my new grad in a busy post-op ward. I had a preceptor supernumerary time for one week. She is still supposed to be my preceptor however she only works casually, so the days she's...

  5. Anxious wreck of a new grad

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in General Nursing

    That was by far the best thing I needed to read. Thankyou very much. I get told that a lot. I am by far the biggest perfectionist and harshest critic of myself, I just hate not being good and...

  6. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Check, and check and re-check and ask for others to check and check

  7. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks everyone. Have actually photocopied each specific Dr's orders now so I know for next time!

  8. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks everyone for the input. There is a communication book on the ward that had stated from the nursing manager for everyone to please check dr so and so's orders on return to the ward as the...

  9. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you! í

  10. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you for all your replies! I have asked a few of the other nurses who all seem to agree that it was just a flow on effect and not one person is to blame. They said it is just unfortunate I was...

  11. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry I dont know if I mentioned that there was NO order, nothing on the med chart whatsoever. It was simply scribbled on a piece of post-op paper (with the theatre notes at the back of the patients...

  12. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It was prophylactic. So over several

  13. Am I in the Wrong??

    regerterb replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have no idea if it was supposed to be given Post-Op, nothing was written on the piece of paper, nor times, nor signed, nor was anything handed over from theatre. I am at a facility where the Dr's...