Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
allnurses

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Discussion

from ER to Peds

Hello all,

It's been a little while since I've posted. I am what I consider to still be a "new" nurse. I graduated May 2007 and have been working in a local hospital in the ER for a little over a year. I have always wanted to be involved in mother/baby, but wound up in the Ed simply because the manager was more flexible with my schedule. So I've been in the ED, saw and learned a lot, both clinical hands-on skills, how to think fast, how you sometimes need to purposely slow down and see the obvious. It has been a wild ride. I can actually say I finally feel a wee bit comfortable, lol, and of course, I now have a chance to go to peds with the hopes of eventually cross-training on the mother-baby unit. Still not sure if I want to go mom or baby route, but that will come I'm sure.

I'm just wondering how in the world I will be able to use my crazy and sometimes chaotic ER skills and experiences on the peds unit. Our peds floor is small, I think 10 beds, as most of the really sick kids are flown out to local children's hospitals. So, I'm worried I won't get to see really good cases, not that I'm chasing, but you know, as for the experience and such.

Any tips on how to prepare much appreciated.

Thanks

Featured Replies

  • Experts

Your ED experience will come in more than you realize, and you will probably be able to teach the staff a lot as well. While the smaller peds units don't always see the really sick kids, they usually see a variety of kids. I work at a stand-alone peds facility, so each floor has it's specialty. Usually, you only see a certain type of patient because that's what your floor specializes in. Whereas with the smaller one-unit ped floors, everything gets thrown onto that floor so you can see a good variety of things.

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
Go to topic listing

Currently Reading 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications
Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.