When you graduated from a nursing school this is only the start of your real journey as a nurse. After graduating you will be open to the real world and you will be separated by the guidance of your clinical instructor. The first step that you need to do is to take the board exam of nursing. Once you passed the exam you will now have your own licensed. Every step that you will take in the hospital will not be under the accountability of your instructor anymore. It is your own licensed that is at stake if you made some errors.
Once you have set your first day in the hospital as a working staff you will realized that the things that you have learned in the school is just half of the things that you need to know in the hospital. This is also different with your on the job training when you are still studying. When you are a student nurse you are only assigning to a single or two patients. You are also given patient that is easy to take care. The work of a registered nurse compare when you are a student nurse can be overwhelming.
You should also be familiar to admitting and discharging a patient. This is one of the important tasks in the hospital. Being familiar with the important medicine is also important. You will administer the medication that is order by the doctor by your own. You will need to adjust as you will be doing this by your own.
It is also important that you learned to value the skill of time management. A good nurse knows how to prioritize. You need to budget your time and be able to met all the needs of your patient within your shift. There are also instances that you should perform the same task at the same time. Multi tasking can be done in nursing as long as you are good in instructing your patient.
Some of the things that you will encounter in the hospital are not all taught in the hospital. You need to be observant and able to adjust with the kind of environment that you are in. After graduating in a nursing school you need to learn the skill of time management, multi tasking, able to know your priorities and you should be a keen observer as well.