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I just passed Tuesday for the first time!! Same amount of experience as you! Went to a review class by Mark Boswell in January and also watched Jeff Solheim's review on MedEd (which is where you...

Uslfyre give me a freakin' break *eye roll* sigh

Very entertaining, and some ppl reading this need to take a chill pill! Lol

Had that the other day^^

"Needs excuse for work" popped up on our tracker board today....true story!!! Lol

The trolls on this forum are just as unbearable as our ER pts. Deleting AN off my iPhone. Take it away!

Yes, all the time

You just don't get it, do you? You think that since you're not that sick it shouldn't take that long. No, honey, that's not how it works. It's called the emergency room, not the clinic room.

TNCC and ATCN are both great and I learned a lot in both! Not sure if one is harder than the other, but you should prob take TNCC first IMO. I take NRP next month for the first time so I can't...

Agree with other posters. Sounds like you can forget it. :-/ Are there any other hospitals closer than 2 1/2 hrs to you?

^^omg....just got it!! ;-P

You really shouldn't give rocephin ivp anyway. You should give it ivpb diluted in 50 mL NS. And give it over 15-30 mins.

That's a very strict rule at my ER. It's a JCAHO thing. In my opinion, it leads to dehydration among nursing staff, which is very dangerous. Not trying to give TMI, but there have been dozens of...

It seems to me that enpc would be invaluable preparation for cpen?? I haven't taken either yet, so maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't think it would be "one or the other."

With the current, increasing emphasis on pt satisfaction scores, we nurses are little more than glorified waiters. At some hospitals, I sometimes think they'd be ok with us overdosing a pt and...

My ER hires almost exclusively new grads!

How is a FAST exam done if not with US?

Acls, pals. Tncc, enpc, atcn, nrp

I am an introvert, as are many of my coworkers. I've been in the ER for 14 months and do just fine. The type A personality of every ER nurse is a stereotype. You will have to be assertive at...

You are correct, Altra, about the ENA's recommendation. Mine was only 12 weeks, which is the standard length of orientation in my area (pediatric ERs are usually longer here, 16-18 wks). Wish mine...

^^I see your point and agree, but find that this is more often a problem in a large ED. I am FT at a large, busy ED and often the room is so full you can barely move (1 doc, 2 RTs, 3-6 RNs,...

It's not that bad, honestly! I took it while in nsg school and passed easily w/o really studying for it beforehand.

And just in case anyone was wondering, it was great!! And definitely worth driving out of town for! As far as tips, really don't have any...having had TNCC really helped with ATCN, though. But there...

Medscape says amiodarone is compatible in NS for 24 hrs.