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1. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

   I don't think I am shooting myself in the foot by accepting responsibility and perhaps inspiring increased awareness about a policy that isn't well advertised to new nurses on the floor like myself....

2. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

   To been there done that, I do know my meds. Labetalol (trandate), not lopressor. Both beta blockers, however one is approved and the other is not. And yes, in response to boomer, it seems like a silly...

3. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

   That is something I needed to hear. The anxious side of me feels wholly responsible, though the logical side of me knows it is a failure not just on my part, but on the part of the doctor who...

4. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

   I'm good friends with a nurse who has worked there much longer and I sent him a message today asking about the medication. When I am at work I will access our policies to find out more but he did...

5. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

   tired_panda posted a topic in Patient Medications

   This morning I had admission that came up from the ED. Her blood pressure was high with SBP in the 190s and the pulse was hanging around the high 90s/low 100s. The doctor saw her and put in a STAT...

6. Stopped a heparin drip too early, feeling awful

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in First Year After Licensure

   She had afib and was taking a po anticoagulant at

7. Stopped a heparin drip too early, feeling awful

   tired_panda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   After a crazy and frazzling night during a week that ended up being very emotionally trying for me outside of work, I had a patient who developed a really severe sinus headache, began dry heaving from...

8. Off orientation, feeling lost

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you! I'm glad to know it gets better. I'm working with my clinical educator to get connected with a mentor--just so I feel a little bit better about

9. Off orientation, feeling lost

   tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello! I do work nights, so I did end up asking advice from others, but I ended up getting a lot of different answers. The doctor approved of all the interventions I'd done (stopping drip,...

10. Off orientation, feeling lost

    tired_panda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are a lot of other posts like this, and though I know that there are so many other new nurses feeling just as lost as me, I feel so alone. I finished my 7 weeks of orientation on a cardiac floor...

11. Can I be terminated for an injury?

    tired_panda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm orienting as a nurse on a floor that I love. Naturally, 2 weeks before I was set to finish my orientation, I fell at home and fractured my fifth metatarsal pretty significantly. My doctor told me...

12. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you so much

13. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Nope, I was still too afraid! I checked for my name on my state's board this morning and my status switched from pending exam to

14. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you everyone for helping me get my sanity back! I woke up this morning still prepared for the worst, and I

15. Just took my NCLEX...

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi, thank you so much! This made me feel a lot