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shuzbert

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Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:09 pm

Have just started enrolled nursing and realising that whether I am classified as a good nurse or not seems to depend on how much I can remember. Whether I can remember what is happening to all the patients, who needs what next and when - enough to give a great handover report at the end of the day. I feel that I am very good with patients, counselling, caring - but it's not what is being asked for, nor what will take me further in my career. It all depends on how much I can hold in my brain at one time and how quickly I can put up a drip and dress a wound. Are there any areas of nursing that have a set formula where my (deteriorating) memory won't be the end of my career?

MissyA

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Sep 27, 2014, 07:41 am

Ha! I have the attention span of a goldfish and a dodgy memory but still competently and safely work as a nurse! That's what handover sheets are for! Whoever classifies you as a 'good nurse' based on memory needs to relax - after all, it is only their opinion not a fact and I have never heard anyone say that in my career. If anything, nurses are humans too; NOBODY is perfect! Prioritising tasks and completing them in a timely manner is understandable with clinical care. Take your time and think before you reply to any questions; sometimes being put on the spot with somebody demanding an immediate answer makes you go blank. If memory lapses are happening more than normal or impacting your care or teamwork then that would need addressing but there are always strategies out there to compensate for this. Don't give up!

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