ED_Chris_RN
has 1 years experience and specializes in ED.
I am a second career RN. My former career was in both the military and civilian sectors and consisted of management and electronics, with a little bit of marketing.
ED_Chris_RN replied to FreckledCoffeeRN's topic in New Nurse
I see all sides to this as I have seen both sides at work. I think that you do in a way owe something to your new company for hiring you as a new grad but in reality I think you should follow your heart. If push came to shove a company would drop you...
Well I had to marry my college for 2 years. Now I am out of school and getting a divorce. I am happy about it though, long time coming and being a nurse affords me the ability to take care of myself.
ED_Chris_RN replied to cheryl2365's topic in Emergency
I have been using it for a year in two different hospitals. I LOVE it. One hospital has a much better setup, but both are easy to navigate and make my life so much easier!
ED_Chris_RN replied to KLBatchelor's topic in Emergency
I work in the ED and I find it is very easy for me to separate myself from death and children. I feel empathy for them but I am able to stay detached from situations enough to not take my work home or get depressed. I never would have thought I was c...
ED_Chris_RN replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency
Thank you! I see what you are saying. I found that my first few times on the floor I was nervous but I really found my rhythm in a short amount of time. If you really feel like it is where you want to be shadow at the hospital you want to work at to ...
ED_Chris_RN replied to TheGirl07's topic in Emergency
I started at my local hospital while in nursing school as a NCP (CNA). I floated to every unit but I excelled in the ED so they decided to make me a tech. I worked as a tech until I graduated. I remember my first day in the ED as a NCP, I went home a...
ED_Chris_RN replied to armyemtbsn's topic in Emergency
I am sorry for what you are going through. When I was in nursing school I had two former Army medics in my class and a bunch of Navy Corpsman (Military Area). I learned a lot of valuable things from these people, especially when it came to triage and...
ED_Chris_RN replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency
I am a new grad and I work in a Level 2. I love my experience thus far! I think it is all about getting paired with the right preceptor for you, some people just do not mesh. I saw a bunch of my coworkers struggle because their preceptor/preceptee re...
ED_Chris_RN replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency
I treat all my patients the same no matter what. But I will say that our doc's tend to check and see what type and how many narcotic prescriptions people have gotten, if they appear to be "drug seeking". In a few cases I have seen patients who have g...
ED_Chris_RN replied to Johnny1414's topic in Emergency
As an ED nurse and a former ED Tech I am very insulted by this comment. Sure we don't handle ADL's on the same patients all day long but we do CPR for hours on end, deal with people at their worst as far as mental status goes and we make split second...