thedon781978

Latest Activity

1. Lazy techs!!!!!

   thedon781978 replied to Wantoknow-rn's topic in Emergency

   In my ER its more lazy nurses. We call these nurses "tech hogs". We generally have one tech to two nurses. If you are paired with a tech hog, you can pretty much count on not having any help for the rest of the night.

2. Graduate nurse and ER?

   thedon781978 replied to aghols12's topic in Emergency

   As a new grad, i just got hired into the ED. Very nervous because it's a pretty busy trauma 2 center. I didn't get to do an externship or anything like that. I am almost through my first week of orientation and start on the floor with my preceptor mo...

3. 2nd Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

   thedon781978 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   "yay, i'm going to heaven. wait, why am i in my scrubs? where are my hands? oh no, (sigh)"

4. New grad ED nurse

   thedon781978 replied to thedon781978's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the input. our orientation is 10 weeks total, 2 weeks classroom, 1 week riding around with ems(which is kinda cool) and 7 weeks with a preceptor. I had planned on utilizing the entire time. I will look into the CEN stuff as i want to be as...

5. New grad ED nurse

   thedon781978 posted a topic in Emergency

   So my first job offer (and only one so far) is for a trauma II ED. The job was contingent on passing my boards which i did and now i start march 12th. As I get closer to starting, I'm starting to get a little nervous. I do have a year of nurse aide e...