Eldrad

Eldrad has 8 years experience and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Hourly rounding notes

   Eldrad replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

   I only write notes on unstable er patients. Everything else is covered in the assessments that we do. Most patients are only there for a few hours.

2. Are there any miscellaneous classes you suggest taking to help with nursing school?

   Eldrad replied to tmurph704's topic in General Students

   Medical terminology!

3. Local Taveling Housing Stipend

   Eldrad posted a topic in Travel

   I am looking into starting my first travel assignment. I have asked some friends about things to watch out for and feel that I have everything I need in my contract. My only concern is that I am being offered $X a week broken down as... $X an hour Me...

4. ER vs Trauma Nurse

   Eldrad replied to al3x117's topic in Emergency

   All ER Nurses can get trauma patients. The difference is if you work at a trauma center you will see much more of it and usually keep the patient there instead of shipping them out.

5. Network or Die!

   Eldrad replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

   Very interesting take on networking! I like it.

6. Nursing Informatics OR Healthcare informatics????

   Eldrad replied to concientiousdee's topic in Informatics

   I was looking a little more around the internet and it looks like nusing informatics is a nursing degree (which I assumes means its more valuable) and healthcare informatics is not a nursing degree. You can go into it with any bachelors. Someone plea...

7. Nursing Informatics OR Healthcare informatics????

   Eldrad replied to concientiousdee's topic in Informatics

   I can't be too much help as I am looking for the same information as you are. My best advice is to read through all the old posts here and if you are currently employed talk to your HR department/nurse recruiter about job opportunities/salary for bo...

8. What Else Is There?

   Eldrad replied to gemmi999's topic in Emergency

   Have you tried applying to the hospitals close to where you are from? I had to leave the small community ED after 6 months of er experience (3 was orientation) and was offered jobs at all 3 ers I applied to closer to home.

9. "VIPs" in the ER

   Eldrad replied to innercityedrn's topic in Emergency

   Yes it does happen. It is complete BS in my opinion, but it is the way of the world unfortunately.

10. Getting bored. Recommedations?

    Eldrad replied to Yitong_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The great thing about being a nurse is you have all these different options to choose from. If you decide to change positions and dont like it you can always change again. I would recommend ED or ICU because once you have done that you will have th...

11. Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    Eldrad replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men

    gotta be when 95 year old ladies hit on me

12. New Grad desires to work in ED

    Eldrad replied to healing touch's topic in Emergency

    I've heard of it happening and have worked with people who have done it and are amazing er nurses. Ive worked at 3 different hospitals and they would not hire new grads to the ed. Depending on where you live and what hospitals are around you may hav...

13. Anyone on a block schedule?

    Eldrad replied to amarilla's topic in Emergency

    Theres good and bad things about it. You can schedule further in advance since you know when youre working 4-5-6 months from now. It all depends who you work with. If there good people theyll switch with you and you can make anything work. It sti...

14. Survey about med administration for a class

    Eldrad replied to Casey, RN's topic in General Nursing

    There should be a write in box to explain. Depending on what type of floor you work on effects a lot of questions. When i worked on a tele floor i absolutely did all those almost 100%. In an ER you take a lot more verbal orders. You know what the...

15. Is LTC really a kiss of death for new grads?

    Eldrad replied to studentchar's topic in New Nurse

    I worked in dialysis for a year after school and when I applied to hospitals they counted me as a "new grad" as I had no hospital experience. It was a great learning experience for me but hospitals only care about hospital experience.