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  1. 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...

  2. 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....

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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

  8. 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...

  9. 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

  10. 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,...

  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 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I promised myself I wouldn't make a post for this, but naturally, I am too panicked to keep that promise. I just took my NCLEX this morning. I told myself to go slow and take my time, and I truly felt...

  13. Just took my NCLEX...

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

    Thank you so much

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. The state lost my application to take the nclex?

    tired_panda posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have been anxiously waiting for my ATT for nearly 2 weeks, and watching as all my classmates reviewed theirs. I called the my state board, and they said they were all caught up on applications and...

  18. The state lost my application to take the nclex?

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

    Oh boy that's rough! This whole process is complicated and scary enough, so it's frustrating that we have to go through these hoops as well. The worst part is definitely watching my friends and...

  19. ATT Help!!

    tired_panda replied to tired_panda's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just nervous because the state board of nursing told me they were looking at applications that arrived the 27th and mine was before

  20. ATT Help!!

    tired_panda posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I have been patiently been awaiting my ATT since I graduated on the 21st. Lately, I have heard of a lot of my classmates receiving theirs, and so naturally I have been checking my email every hour...