https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/29122/newly-qualified-worried-about-making-mistakes Hi everyone, I am newly qualified and worried about making mistakes. Does anyone else feel like this or has anyone made any mistakes and it all been ok in the end? So not confident and ive got so much to learn!! Thanks :-) en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/162881?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:07:25 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:4b3fda53-1854-4b08-ab91-2beb96729c10Kim Rathbone<p>It is always nerve racking when you first qualify and you want to get everything right first time, but the best advice I can give you is to always ask for help and get other nurses to double check were calculations. I have made mistakes, but like everyone has said already be open and honest, tell someone and learn from it. also my little blue book that stays in pocket with calculations, dose rates etc..... Is my life saver, I use it all the time, even the vets like to use it as well.&nbsp;</p> <p>Just build your confidence up, don&#39;t rush things, take your time, get poeple to check and you will be fine.&nbsp;</p> <p>Congratulations on becoming qualified :-)&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/162879?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:12:47 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:191bcf6c-209f-496e-a338-69ac5453064dnikki.mits<p><p style="text-align:left;">Everyone makes mistakes, they are part of the job. As&nbsp;a newly qualified nurse I overdosed a dog 10x with insulin. We were heavily understaffed and run off our feet and I wasn&#39;t thinking, just trying to get all the morning treatments done. Once it dawned on me what I had done, admittedly I had a split second of &#39;should I just not tell anyone&#39; but obviously there was no way I could not say anything. I told the vet in charge, who ran to the dogs cage to find her lying on her side hardly breathing. But swift intervention, some intensive nursing care and me sitting with her giving her glucose boluses all through the night till 8am the NEXT day saved her. The point is if you are honest about your mistakes most things can be rectified pretty quickly.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Get a notebook. Its a life saver. Until you have managed to get comfortable with remembering all five hundred things you get asked to do&nbsp;in the day, write everything down and cross off as you go along.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">you will be fine.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Good luck.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/162877?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 18 Dec 2015 23:53:13 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5f34a071-9f9d-433f-bb85-b6e6ab4ed985Sal the 1st<p>every body makes mistakes sometimes ( don&#39;t believe anybody who tells you otherwise) - the most important things with mistakes - own up to them and learn from them and you won&#39;t go far wrong&nbsp;<img src="/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>