HippieChick_RN

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1. Any Peds ER nurses out there???

   HippieChick_RN replied to tabymac's topic in Emergency

   I had the same problem, I thought I would do adult ED right away, but I was put in Peds. Kids used to freak me out, so I was scared! I plan on working with adults in the near future. However, I'm grateful for my pedi experience first. Here's why: 1)...

2. Newbie ER nurse up to her eyeballs

   HippieChick_RN replied to HippieChick_RN's topic in Emergency

   Thank you so much for your input so far! It means a lot to me. And even if I had, say, 2 years in the pedi ED, I would still need orientation to adult emergency (we don't deal with MI's on a regular basis, among other things), so I don't think that ...

3. Newbie ER nurse up to her eyeballs

   HippieChick_RN posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone! I graduated last May, and took a position at a pediatric ER as my first job. I went to nursing school to become an ER nurse (I was an EMT first), and I wanted to start at a Level I trauma center. Unfortunately, the adult ED wasn't hirin...

4. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   HippieChick_RN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   This didn't happen to me, but it happened to a co-worker I was working with. I work in an ER, and a young woman was bundling up her newborn who she basically brought in for a well-baby exam. It was very cold out and she hands her keys to the RN and g...