ER(notso)n00b ASN, RN

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About ER(notso)n00b

ER(notso)n00b has 2 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in ER.


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  1. ER(notso)n00b

    What is the drug of choice in your area?

    Meth, alcohol, and MJ. 99% test positive for MJ and I've seen several accidental peds overdoses in the past few years thanks to edibles. We had a lot of spice coming through last year, but I haven't seen many recently. Heroin is on the upswing but ...
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    Low census/flex time

    In our dept, OT goes home first, followed by registry. Then volunteers, and if that doesn't get us there they force based on lowest seniority. I've only seen that happen a couple of times. Usually people are more than happy to leave a couple of ho...
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    Highest temp

    108.9 rectal. She was frying on some rave drug cocktail. Lowest was 89.3. Septic SNF pt.
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    ER nurses - what stethoscope do you use?

    I just got a brand new Cardiology III after my Master Classic II and back-up Lightweight both walked away in the span of 3 weeks. The new one is engraved in 2 places and has a dog tag hanging off of it as well. I am guarding this sucker with my lif...
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    Crashing pt

    Usually the primary RN documents, since they are ultimately responsible for the patient. In a pinch anybody can do it, although when I'm the primary I prefer to document on my own patient.
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    7 months in and I'm finally feeling good

    Awesome! isn't it a great feeling? Glad to hear things are going well for others too. :)
  7. ER(notso)n00b

    Overwhelmed New Nurse

    Sounds normal. Give it time, you will learn a lot of new things and start to feel more competent after a few more months. I'm on month 7 in a high volume ER and I felt the way you are describing for quite a while. Things are starting to get better...
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    7 months in and I'm finally feeling good

    Thanks for the replies! That's what I love about this forum, that we all understand what it's like starting out and can support one another. Best of luck to you both, scaredsilly (awesome name btw!) and wayfinder! Here's to many more years of imp...
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    7 months in and I'm finally feeling good

    I started as new grad in a very busy inner city Emergency Department in July. It's a 24 bed ER with a daily census of over 200, if that gives you any clue. Large homeless and impoverished population. Total madness. Ratio is 4:1, and they can be 4...
  10. ER(notso)n00b

    **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    1) Southern California 2) $38.60/hr with 10-15% night diff and an amazing benefit package (free medical! pension!) 3) New Grad 4) ER
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    New ED job 2:30p-3a! Advice..

    I work mids (3-3:30) in a high volume ER. I am switching to nights in a few weeks because I hate this shift. Me and the other mid-shifters discuss this a lot - we usually end up with the worst assignments, and we run our butts off for the entire sh...
  12. ER(notso)n00b

    Mothers: How hard was nursing school with kids?

    It was hard, but doable. I was in a 2 year ADN program. When I started, my kids were 2, 4, and 6. My husband is a nurse who was working 4-5 twelve-hour shifts each week. Honestly, sometimes I don't know how we made it through. I was just super d...
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    wanting to become a Emergency Nurse

    I got hired into an ER as a new grad after doing my preceptorship there. I discovered ER during second semester and I was hooked. I worked my tail off in nursing school and requested to precept in the ED, and was lucky enough to be the only student...
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    What does this pop up mean? Please HELP..

    Just a fyi, it took mine almost 2 weeks to post on BreEZe. But that seems to be on the long (and frustrating) side. Congrats!
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    Got the "good" pop up and failed. #PVT

    That's the same pop up I got, and I found out today I passed! Congrats!!!