I know the title makes me sound like I'm some altruistic crusade to be Greatest Tech Ever, haha, but I'm actually an NA II in the ED, graduating nursing school in May. I would like to continue to work in our ED as an RN once I pass my NCLEX.
I work with a lot of techs that are also in nursing school and have similar goals. However, our ED has a somewhat low turnover rate with the RNs and not everyone is guaranteed a job.
What are some ways I can make myself stand out? I've only been working there for 4 months so I am not the most skilled or quick tech, but I don't sit on my butt at the nurses station all night, I always try to be doing SOMETHING (not difficult in the ED but I also pull a lot of night shifts and it can be that "q" word) and I'm always willing to help out. There's a lot of camaraderie in the ED and a lot of the RNs and CNAs hang out outside of work, but I'm pretty shy around women my age so I feel that not being part of the "in" crowd puts me at a disadvantage.
Skills I can do - quick/straight caths, pt transfers, foleys, blood draws (with butterfly, none out of IV), bladder scans, EKGs, take out IVADs, normal ED tech stuff.
