lucypear

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1. ED Triage Role

   lucypear posted a topic in Emergency

   Hey Team! I've been an RN for coming up 5 years now, the last 2 of them have been in ED. I love my job and this environment and my boss has told me today that in the next two months I am undertaking a triage course and will begin shifts in triage fol...

2. Newbie in ER, feeling hopeless

   lucypear replied to MsPebbles's topic in Emergency

   Hey MsPebbles. It takes a special kind of nurse to be an ER nurse and I believe you are one, please don't give up just yet! Can I suggest you go back to your boss and tell her that you've taken in to account the comment that your preceptor is best f...

3. New Zealanders in their last semester!

   lucypear replied to Icarus26's topic in Australia

   I'm not in my last semester but as I've just finished NETP I'm not too far ahead if you have any questions/need any advice etc :)

4. Scope of Practice in New Zealand and Australia

   lucypear replied to nocturnal10's topic in Australia

   i cant answer all your questions but I can tell you that nurses in NZ can start IVs! You do normally have to do a certification to do so depending on where you work though but it's normally a requirement to do so anyway :)

5. Nursing Graduate Program

   lucypear replied to bettytcl's topic in Australia

   Yeah I agree with this. It's SO hard to get a position anywhere that you can't afford to be picky! Apply everywhere you possibly can. Once you've got that first year or 2 of experience under your belt, then that's the time to start thinking about whe...

6. New grad nurse in hospital and feel like I won't make it through orientation.

   lucypear replied to krissyr's topic in New Nurse

   Is there a way you can ask to extend your orientation period? We only get 4 weeks orientation with a preceptor at my hospital and many of my peers have asked for an extension and been granted it. I'm halfway through my orientation period at the momen...

7. New Grad RN Angst

   lucypear replied to danigold's topic in New Nurse

   I feel the exact same way. Had my first "super crazy no time to breathe" shift last night. Got home and although exhausted, I lied awake for hours thinking "did I do everything right?" "Should I have done more?" "What did I miss?" etc.

8. Succeed as a New Med-Surg Nurse: Part 1

   lucypear replied to wooh's topic in New Nurse

   This is a great article! Going to be asking myself "whats the most important thing I can do today to increase the chances of a good outcome" every patient, every shift :) Such a great way to look at it!

9. Stressed New Graduate Nurse

   lucypear replied to nznurse12's topic in Australia

   Hey, I'm a new grad nurse too. Just been through my first round of ACE. Received one interview, went incredibly well (I thought). The CNM called my preceptor and told him that everything he said about me matched up to what he saw from me in the inter...