what would attract you to be a nurse in the ER?

*Blessed2BaNRS* · Jul 3, 2007

Hi there. Sorry, I'm not gonna try to type out your user name!!

Anyway, I don't start nursing school until August, so I don't know anything about ER nursing except from personal experience, either being there with my children or for myself!! (Won't go into why I had to go to the ER. Let's just say that it involved a bike and White Russians!! )

Based upon that, I would say that I would like to work in the ER simply for the fast pace, and the fact that you never know what is coming in. I have always been facinated with "surgical" type shows, and as a matter of fact, it is 2:45 in the morning, and I am up watching "Impact" on TV!!! Just being in the ER, helping those that come in due to various traumas, is a dream of mine. That is not to say that it will still be after NS, but for now, that is actually what I would like to do when I graduate and get some experience.

Hope that helps! Good luck on writing your paper~

ZooMommyRN, ADN, RN · Jul 3, 2007

That would have to be a personal question, what might attract me to the ER might not be what attracts you, so for you to write your paper on what attracts others is not doing it properly and honestly in my honest opinion, sorry (dang teacher side of me creeping out again :roll)

stpauligirl · Jul 3, 2007

I am writing a paper on Emergency Room Nursing. Can you help me out by answering my question?
What would attract you to be a nurse in the ER?
Thanks alot.
nursing student

I have an "ants in the pants" personality. I can't stand a desk job.

I am very active and work out a lot and enjoy being on my feet. I can imagine to NEVER being bored in the ER.

Growing up I learned how to deal with crisis and difficult people...I am an expert when it comes to craziness and managed to stay calm in many many stressful situations throughout my life

I hope this helps and good luck with your paper.

madampomfrey · Jul 3, 2007

Hi, I am currently a nurse tech in an ER, although I dont plan to work in the ER post-graduation, I understand the draw. I think the appeal is the sheer variety. On other floors just about all of their patients have the same issues, but in ER that is never the case. Also, when you are in the ER you are seeing a wide spectrum of people, I have only been working in the ER for a week and I have already met some interesting characters and seen some interesting conditions.

:typing Good luck with your paper

kaety · Jul 3, 2007

I am not a nurse as of yet, but I am an EMT. I know the EMT's I personally know went onto being ER nurses cause they want to continue their adrenaline rush. Being in the heart of emergencies can really make you be at the height of everything. You have a various amount of different types of pts that come to see you, there is always "something" going on. You are not stuck with an everyday issue, like you would in certain depts, same old, same old, I guess is the way to put it.

As I said this is just how ones I know see being an ER nurse.

I hope this helps you.

Jilaweez, BSN, MSN, RN · Jul 4, 2007

I think the idea of variety and fast paced environment are attractive qualities to working in the ER.

loricatus · Jul 4, 2007

The autonomy, the teamwork, the rapport with physicians, the diversity & unpredictability, the occassional adrenaline rush...

Sorry. I didn't initailly see that you only wanted students to answer it. These were some of the things that attracted me to do ED nursing

S.T.A.C.E.Y, LPN · Jul 4, 2007

This might be a good question to ask in the ER nurses forum....actually, there may already be a few threads there on this topic. I'm sure a search would turn up some.

I'm with Loricatus: "The autonomy, the teamwork, the rapport with physicians, the diversity & unpredictability, the occassional adrenaline rush..."

ER nursing will be able to open up many doors for me, as I hope to enter a pre-hospital environment eventually, as well as do some more international development programs.

I like the fact that I get to see SO many different things at work, and its usually for no more than one shift...not many holdovers here. Few cranky repeat families that you have to deal with on an ongoing basis. No patients taking months to recover, get to use alot of skills that nurses in other areas aren't allowed to do. Plus, the docs here don't mind at all if you ask them about treatment plans, or disease processes. Really good relationships with the docs.

I love the diverse population I see too. From the cough/cold/flu, to the critically ill multi-system trauma; from the neonate to the geriatric patient......we see 'em all, and have to learn to treat them all appropriately.

I'm still new in the ER, so of course I don't know all my stuff, but I know I'll be there one day. SO much to learn, but its so much fun, I'm really looking forward to learning it.