icuuci replied to Bettycaroline's topic in Emergency
i would personally think its bs but what are you gong to go? Its management's decision. Be stoked you have a job. Do the best you can do, things will work out.
read this... http://www.son.washington.edu/students/cene/docs/Successful-IV-Starts.pdf also, I was sick of being terrible at IV so I practiced starting IV's on myself. Its hard but you start to get the feel, after several weeks of practice in my bat...
I got some of this when I first started too. I agree with previous suggestions...talk slowly, smile, sit-down when you can. If everyone is telling you this there is probably something there. If you have insurance consider seeing a therapist who mi...
got email notification that I suck... here is the letter if you care.... Dear New Graduate Applicant, On behalf of the Department of Nursing Education, I am emailing to thank you for your interest in a VA nursing career. This was an unprecedented yea...
icuuci replied to BellaRN2010's topic in Emergency
ED nurses at my hospital chill at an incomprehensible rate. perhaps cuz we are across the street from a trama center. But at my hospital ED nurses essentially work in a clinic.
i don't thinks its an advantage at all. I have dealt with a great deal of anti-male sentiment from nursing management. Sure some units & managers want males but I think it is at least balanced out by those who see us as trespassing on a female ...
Wow! I completely disagree!!! Your employer hired you as a new grad when nobody else would. From this you gain invaluable experience that likely helped you land your current job. If nothing else it gave you something to put on your resume, which t...