Originally Posted by
ninja-nurse
Thank you both. The other nurses gripe, but they're so easy going about it that I was worried I was freaking over nothing.
I do watch my patients with the pain meds (though I've been laughed at for it) and try to start with the low dose - fortunately, the patients I've seen coded weren't mine. Not that that makes it any better, but still...
It was mostly the MD's and the peds things that worry me - and Ricu? No peds unit. We're mostly Adult Med/Surg, they just send us peds sometimes. And I'm not the only nurse who has to dig out my little book to make sure that I remember the right vitals for the age group when they do! I haven't quite gotten over the initial "oh, s*(&" reaction when I've had adult med/surg for 5 weeks, then ER tells me they're sending me a 4 month old with resp distress...
But it's really good to hear unbiased opinions, from someone who I know isn't just griping about THEIR workplace. So thank you again.