Originally Posted by cindyRN 2006
YEAH!!!! I have been accepted as an intern in our emergency department. I am so excited but of course nervous. I will be interning as a LPN under that license since I am still in school for my RN. My question is to all of you expierenced ER nurses. What one piece of advice would you give A new nurse starting out in the ER?
Any advice is great, Thank You.
Are you working as an LPN, or are you doing an intern as a nursing student (I see those as two totally different things). Just make sure you're not crossing boundaries within your scope of practice between the two!
Make sure you ask questions. Make sure they know you're there, charge RN, team leader, etc. If I know there is a student there, and I know there is something interesting/educational for them, I search them down and bring them in. Jump in on cases. Make sure to ask everyone questions, not just the nurses. RT's, CNA's, child life, residents- residents love to teach (they think they know something
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Talk to your unit educator. Try and make a list of your goals during the internship. What skills do you want to do/get really good at (def assessments and IV's). What sort of cases do you want to see?
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