Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
Social platforms like r/nursing are now dense repositories of real, granular clinical and interpersonal incidents that new nurses face—medication mix-ups, unsafe preceptors, sepsis catches, family complaint scenarios—creating a rich and largely untapped curriculum source. Meanwhile, hospital nurse residency programs are under pressure to accelerate new nurse competency as staffing shortages force units to rely heavily on new grads in high-acuity settings.
New graduate nurses consistently report that nursing school fails to prepare them for the practical, non-textbook realities of the job—charting burden, workplace dynamics, medication error recognition, managing unsafe staffing, handling patient and family conflict, and clinical decision-making under pressure. This gap leads to dangerous early-career errors and accelerated burnout.
New graduate RNs (0-18 months experience) and the hospitals and residency programs that onboard them
A simulation-and-scenario platform delivering short, high-fidelity case modules built from anonymized real nurse-reported incidents (medication near-misses, sepsis recognition at shift change, difficult family dynamics, staffing conflicts, ethical dilemmas) that nursing school never covers. The platform uses spaced repetition and reflection prompts to build clinical judgment and professional resilience, integrating with hospital residency programs as a structured supplement to preceptorship. A community layer lets new nurses anonymously discuss real situations they encountered and get annotated responses from experienced nurses.
The real-world evidence the pipeline drew on to generate this idea.
Nurses am I overthinking this after an IV magnesium infusion? I’m an RPN on a med surge floor and I’m spiralling a little about something from my shift and would really appreciate some perspective. My patient needed IV magnesium and had poor access. Her existing LEFT forearm IV had infiltrated, so I removed it. I then attempted a new IV in her RIGHT forearm (her veins were tiny elsewhere and the hand veins were very squiggly/not straight) I got into the vein but it blew, so I abandoned that attempt. I eventually got a patent IV in her RIGHT hand below where I had attempted the forearm. I didn’t really have any another option (87 year olds do not have great veins) In hindsight I wish I had first attempted more proximal in the hand because now I’m worried about complications that could arise from this. The patient was only getting a one time dose of IV mag nothing else no continuous infusions. The hand IV flushed well and the patient had no pain or complaints. I ran the magnesium through
Hey guys so we recently had a new nurse join our ER and when we did change of shift the narc book didn’t match the medications that were ordered they were charted under the wrong patient and one dose of a narcotic was missing. Apart from this half the charts were not completed and then this nurse texted me asking if I could meet with him to give her gabapentin and Xanax, I was so confused he then realized that he got the wrong number and he claimed that he was texting her brother who picked up his prescription to add to this one of the ER techs that works with us told me that he asked her if she sells street drugs? I ended up reporting this to the director of nursing and the medical director. I feel horrible about reporting him I’ve never been in a situation like this before but I really feel that it was needed to report this. What do yall think? What would you have done in this situation? Did I went overboard for report this? submitted by /u/Sudden_Edge8761 [link] [comments]
So last night I had to get a stool sample. Three different labels printed, i collected my sample and butterfly the labels and walked it down to lab. The tech told me it was unacceptable that way the labels was on, i said I did it before with no issues. He said it needed to be redone at bedside i said fine, give me the sample and I will go redo it. He then said nope and took the sample. I told my charge nurse who then went down and got my sample back, he had some words with the lab tech. My charge nurse said this guy is always on a power trip. Now I feel bad because I dont want my charge nurse to get in trouble for defending me. No matter what happens it always the nurse fault. He told me not to worry about it but I still dont want him getting in trouble for helping me. submitted by /u/ScarOk7288 [link] [comments]
I’ve been a LPN for 8 years and in December I obtained my RN. I was hired for a new grad residency in an ICU. I was excited so excited , but it’s turned into a nightmare. My first day (also the entire week) I was precepted by a young nurse that in my opinion shouldn’t have been a preceptor. My first day I introduced myself and I let her know my experience, and I also identified what I thought were my weaker areas. I feel like they were weaponized against me, and I was purposefully put in situations that would make me look incompetent/ stupid. One of the areas was vents. I was doing something for a patient when she said that she would be right back. I didn’t think much of it until she wasn’t right back. The patient needed to be suctioned frequently, and I had to grab her I was inexperienced with intubated patients. The family was upset and after they left the room, we went to give the patient a bath. She smirked as she was exiting the room and said “Start the bath. You think you can han
Nursing school covers a lot of the clinical side but almost every nurse I have talked to says the real lessons came later, usually the hard way. For me it was realizing charting takes way longer than school ever let on and it eats into time you thought you had for patients. Wondering what it was for you, could be something clinical, a time management issue, or just getting through a rough shift. What is the one thing you wish someone had told you before you learned it on your own. submitted by /u/Diligent_Bridge_1674 [link] [comments]
I’ve been an ICU nurse for 4 years and assisted with ~3 codes in which I was either the recorder, compressor, or the one pushing meds. But last night, it finally happened to my own patient. Internally, I kept saying, “what the fuck… what the fuck… no way this is happening,” while simultaneously seeing the monitor alarm asystole, seeing the A-line go flat, and feeling no pulse. I yelled for a crash cart, then remembered I’m in a negative-pressure room with the doors closed, so no one could hear me. I ran to press the Code Blue button and then started compressions. It felt like forever waiting for the team to come in with the crash cart and Zoll. My coworker took over compressions, and I helped put pads on the patient. After two minutes of CPR, the patient had ROSC. The patient is still very sick, but alive. And for the first time, I can say I’ve actually had to code my own patient. It was such a surreal experience. What was your first code experience like? submitted by /u/Beautiful-Viol
TLDR at the bottom. Context: least paid ER in my city, level 1 trauma, 80% floor staff is travel RNs, department is in the middle of a mass exit We have a union & I'm core staff, and we have safe harbor. They are using the excuse of "orientees are extra hands" Trauma has frequently had 15:3, and we're lucky if we have a 50:2 for our lobby. We're in the middle of the eye of the storm situation where this is our lower census time of month and we're going to hit a HEAVY upswing with past trends of 90+ in the lobby holding well into the 30s for admits. Our quick turn area has frequently been used to 'stablize' resus patients who have the potential for a room vs going back to resus. Keep in mind we have ONE cardiac monitor for this area. Of course we've been breaching our protocol for patient treatment vs what our management wants. Recently we had someone die in our lobby and just a couple days ago and orientee who was being used as a functional floor staff medicated the wrong patient with
These 3 capsules came out of these 2 packages, somehow. I peeled them and dumped them into a pill cup. As I was handing the cup to the patient I looked inside and there were 3 capsules instead of the expected 2. I was so confused, I took them out in the hallway to get my phone and take a picture to confirm I was not hallucinating. It was 2am when this happened. I tried to fit 2 of them in the blister pack and they really had to be squished to fit so it makes NO sense to me how this could have happened! Anyone ever experienced this? submitted by /u/Beginning_Fun_3913 [link] [comments]
Yes, they sent me the hush money (chocolates). And i encouraged them to lightly haze their coworker for that almost big whoopsie. Anyone else have a good whoopsy story. Please share! submitted by /u/OneSmallTrauma [link] [comments]
For me it was removing bugs from ears. I have never had to do this, but I feel like we spent a considerable amount of time on this. At least it’s a cool party trick up my sleeve should the opportunity present itself submitted by /u/miss-swait [link] [comments]
Caught a patient going into severe sepsis territory right before shift change and informed the docs, got a whole bunch of orders and people to come into the room right at shift change. Handed off the patient in stable condition to night shift only for patient's daughter to start yelling at me saying I was being rude and rough with her dad all day and that she was gonna report me to my manager. The reason? Because earlier in the shift one his IV started leaking so I removed it but I had to apply extra pressure because it was bleeding a lot. He screamed. He was also the type to jump and scream anytime you flushed any lines, i.e. I'm torturing him. When I was starting to sepsis bolus I couldn't find his IV for a minute so I was turning his wrists around and telling him to keep them straight. An absolute lunatic. Why I gotta do that? When I left, there was another angry family member in another room wanting to speak to the CEO because the patient's BKA touched the edge of the CT scanner an
Hey guys (idk if this is even the right place to post this), I am a new grad RN who just got a position in the OR. I've been in this position for about 2 months, and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get more acclimated to an environment like this because I honestly feel pretty lost. I've been talking to my preceptors and know that "things will just come with time" and "that because I'm so new it's ok to make mistakes and not know everything" and "not to be too hard on yourself", but I just feel lost and a beat behind everyone. I enjoy where I am and what I'm doing and know that progress isn't linear, but I feel like I'm just making too many easy mistakes and nothing feels like it's sticking even though I'm trying my hardest. Idk I'm sorry if this just has some cliché answer but I just feel super lost and unsure about everything I'm doing to the point where I'm just anxious about going to work every day. Thank you in advance for any help! submitted by /u/lol_44_ [
New RN — is this normal urgent care chaos? I’m a new RN working in urgent care in Maine. I actually like it for the most part, but I’m trying to figure out what’s normal vs. what might be a problem with the practice. We see a surprising amount of high-acuity patients because the closest ED is 20 miles away, but our resources are limited. For example; The other day we had a patient actively seizing and didn’t have lorazepam available. I’m also one of the only RNs, so there’s very little I can delegate because there’s no support staff and often all other nurses are tied up. I end up doing labs, autoclaving, IVs, meds, procedures, etc., while also managing my own patients. There’s also a general lack of urgency, things get done, but I often feel like I’m the only one thinking about what needs to happen next and seeing patients based upon acuity, and I cannot delegate because I’m new and no one takes me seriously (rightfully so….) but I’m the only RN and it is my responsibility to make sur