mozartthebear

I'm from Vancouver, BC. I went to Trinity Western University and graduated in 2000. Welcome Nurse Jules....I just found this site too....isn't it great? How are you enjoying nursing thus far?? PS. My nick name is Jules too:)

Thank you for your encouragment, ladies. I look forward to sharing with you all and learing from you too. :)

sounds like a stressful situation. I'm not sure that I can really offer much concrete advice. The only TPN I worked with had a filter attached already to the tubing. It is important to have a filter just to make sure there is no way that any air can get into the line....but I pretty much can gauruntee you that if the patient is fine, then you wont get in to too much trouble. Being a student can be so frustrating, especially when you have to work with nurses that are hostile. Here are a few thoughts for you. One: we all make mistakes. I remember as a student, I ran an entire 1000 ml bag of IV fluid into my patient in about an hour (his iv was positional and when he turned in his sleep, the entire bag of fluids were delivered). When he woke up in to morning he was wondering why his arm tingled. I also hung an antibiotic but forgot to start the piggyback, so the dose was missed. At the time we feel like we are the worst nurse ever, but it's not true. We all make mistakes at some point. All you can do is learn from it and forgive yourself. You will be a great nurse. I can tell because you care (unlike some other nurses you've experienced). secondly.....it is so much easier afer you finish school. Nursing school is not nursing. Take care and God bless.

Hello everyone. I have been searching the internet FOREVER to find a site like this. My husband finally told me that the key word was "forum" and not "support group"...bless his heart. Anyway, I'm a pediatric palliative care nurse in the community. It was about a year ago that I experienced the loss of one of the kids that I worked with. It was such a hard time. Being a community nurse I really didn't have anyone to talk to about it. I have learned that palliative care is a job that I hate and love at the same time. I hate that the kids are dying. I hate that they hurt sometimes. I hate that their families have to watch them die. But at the same time I love to watch the miracles that come out of the suffering....families bonding together like you could never imagine, the amazing inner strength and happiness that flow from these kids, the lessons of life that we learn from them (like what is really important and what isnt). I really appreciate my job, but I often find it really isolating.....so that's why I'm here. It was good to read some of the other posts. It's nice to know that there are other nurses out there that are experiencing some of the same things I am. I would love to hear from you. :)