Dear journal today was my first day as a nurse on the job.
First day on the floor as a nurse.
Get report check orders while waiting check meds and labs.
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First day as a nurse on the job.
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On my first day as a nurse i worked the covid 19 floor of a busy bronx hospital.
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April 28 2020.
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Introduce yourself to the experienced nurse you ll be shadowing that day.
On that same first night there was a fellow who.
I worked one whole shift as an rn.
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Vital signs done w aid beginning with most criticalâ and those leaving the floor.
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First day on the floor.
Very first day on the floor as a new nurse.
My first day on the floor i spent the entire morning panicking that i had made a terrible terrible mistake and the entire afternoon and evening telling myself that it s perfectly fine to quit and become a waitress.
1300 to end of clinical day.
Seeing patients connected to multiple tubes and machines not to mention all of those beeping sounds.
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I m so tired but here s how my first day as a nurse on the job went i slept terribly all night.
Chart as you go.
On my first day i was assigned to a helpful nurse we ll call her nurse c who had been in icu for 27 years.
Get to know your floor s education specialist.
Try to observe as much nursing care as possible even if it isn t your patient.
Rotate to other departments that impact your own to get a feel for the other side.
First year jun 19 2005 2 927 views 10 replies by happynurse2005 rn.
I woke up several times at 0100 03 30 but then was sound asleep at 0530 when the alarm went off.
Admittedly i was a little intimidated at first because telemetry is not my forte.
Let your preceptor look over your charting to ensure you are doing it right.
Glad to know that not everybody spends their first day as an rn shitting their pants.
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