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I've been a nurse for about 2 years now, I was working in hospital ambulatory care (spent a lot of time doing vaccines) but now I do allergy. I had taken some 6 months off in between just because the pandemic was getting to me.
I started learnin...
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I recently chatted with a soon-to-be nursing school graduate. She asked many questions about my nursing journey. She was interested in the type of unit that provides the best experience for a nurse grad, and she even wanted to hear about the differen...
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New nurses will appreciate these methods to help minimize the eye-rolling and engender trust in veteran colleagues who have forgotten what it was like to be new, clueless, and sometimes downright terrified.
I learned to swim at a local city pool...
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Nurses have ups and downs during their shifts, many times feeling the downs outweigh the ups. Isn't it great to be recognized for our successes - no matter how small?
Share your feel good (or bad) moments...
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Warning this rant is long and likely something you hear too much about but here it goes...
I am a displaced automotive engineer, passed my state boards 03/2013 and started last April on a step down cardiac unit. I was let go after being told rep...
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Hello fellow nurses,
I am a new nurse and I made a big mistake last night... my DNR CC patient who I have (probably had) an awesome rapport with her and her family.. had some labs that I just forgot to check.. well she had hgb of 6.1... 6.1! how...
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I am a new grad (graduated in May of 2020) & I have been working on a med surg floor for 3 months. Since before starting nursing school I wanted to do L&D but in my area not a single hospital was hiring in any L&D departments. My hospital...
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I got an order to give insulin IV. Dextrose and calcium Gluconate due to a critical K . This order was so odd to me. I never heard anything like it.
I asked the charge and I said insulin and dextrose are apposite is this order correct? She sai...
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I'm scheduled as a medication aide and I am falling apart, literally. This not eating thing for more than half of my shifts has caused mouth sores and skin peeling around my nails. I am also getting more frequent headaches. And now, I can't focus wor...
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I started as a new grad nurse on an orthopedic floor this September, a floor that I have worked on as a CNA for about a year. I got three weeks of orientation and I felt comfortable in my position, especially since the majority of our patients are me...
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I am a relatively new nurse. I have a patient who is in the process of dying and is experiencing a low grade fever. I was getting a tylenol suppository for the patient and someone stated to me that the fever was just part of the process of dying and ...
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I graduated in December 2018 from an ADN program in Virginia. The commencement speaker said a few things that impacted me when I graduated. She stated that there would come a time in your nursing career where you will feel like you are not learning...
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When you became a Nurse, it was indeed a monumental day, wasn't it? All the years in school, then passing your licensing boards ... it doesn't matter how long ago it was, you still remember the profound feeling of accomplishment. Do you remember that...
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Hello all. I am a newish nurse. I was a LVN for 2.5 years and RN for 3 months now. I've only worked in direct patient care in clinics and currently work in the OR as a circulator. I have yet to find my passion though. I enjoy talking to people/ patie...
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I've only been a nurse for a little over a year and I have hated it since day 1. People told me it would get better. It did get better once I got used to things, but I still genuinely hate this job. I don't think acute care is for me.
The thing ...
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The law requires that all meds be given within one hour before or after the medicines are due, and this often creates a lot of stress for busy nurses. For instance, the 8 a.m. meds can be started at 7 a.m., and the med pass, for however many patients...
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Hello all, I am a new nurse who had two months of orientation at a hospital, and I have been off for about a month now. Someone mentioned to me the other day that I ask a lot of questions. I am curious if I am asking too many questions to other nur...
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New grad two weeks into orientation desperate for any advice or encouragement. Please be gentle.
I've started orientation in a level one trauma center ER. I'm the newest of my unit's new grads, and I just finished the last day of a six day stret...
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Hello, I'm a new grad nurse of 3 months and my handoff reports I feel suck. I work Night Shift so you would think I have plenty of time to relax and look up more info on my patients.
Something always happens to where my plans to sit down and loo...
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For newly minted nurses, the first year of independent practice can be nerve-wracking and overwhelming. New nurses are suddenly responsible for patient safety and well-being while being without a clinical instructor or preceptor present to check thei...
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Hi Nurse Beth, I got my nursing license in June and I have worked in a skilled nursing/rehab facility for the past 2 months. Up until 2 weeks ago I was on orientation. The past two weeks, in which I have been on my own, things have been rough. I have...
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New RN here since the beginning of this year. I started in LTC where I continue to work contract since I have started my new med surg position at a local hospital that I have been at for all of 2 weeks so far. So here’s my question, HOW do I stop bei...
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I have been a nurse since August 2021. I graduated in May 2021. I landed my first job on a Med Surg/COVID unit and have been there about 5 months now. However, I seriously cannot take it any longer. The whole floor is COVID (we no longer get med surg...
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Hey, guys so this is my dilemma.
I got a job in a medsurg unit on nights. I’ve been training there for a couple of months and will be on my own soon. I like my coworkers but we are always short staffed (6-8 patients) and the night schedule is t...
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While I do enjoy being a Nurse, its just the fact that everyone introduces me as a nurse. Like when we were still able to gather pre covid I would go to parties and my friends / family would introduce me to other people saying "heres my friend/nephew...