Excepted a position in ED!

(TIA) transient ischemic attack ?!???

Good luck, change is good...

I am excited but nervous. I am coming from community health and am soooo needing a change. This is stepping out of my comfort zone a bit, but that excites me a little :) Any advice? TIA!!!

dust off your rollerblades!! Congratulations!

I started working in my ED about a month ago after working for 3 1/2 years on a cardiology stepdown floor. I love it. At times it's overwhelming and I am learning to deal with that by prioritizing and remembering that I can only do one thing at time. My advice to you is:

• Learn the processes the way they do it and never say, "but we do it like this." (I'm sure you wouldn't anyway, but the experienced ED nurses say that they hate that!)
  
• When you make a mistake, remember that it is a learning experience and you've just learned something new.
  
• If you have down time, walk around and see if anyone else needs help. It's a team environment and everyone helps everyone else.
  
• You will see things you never thought possible, people in situations that are unbelievable, and people do things that make you think that its amazing that they have survived this long. Don't judge, just do what needs to be done and move on to the next thing.
  
• You will have days where you feel like you can't do anything right, where you'll be behind all day and where everything goes wrong. That's normal and expected. Just go home and come back and try it again on your next shift.
  

I feel like making the move to the ED was one of the best decisions I ever made. It's a different kind of nursing, raw and untamed. Good luck to you.

Robin

Congrats... Get your brain ready for all the information you'll be needing to fit in!! :)

I do recommend you brush up on the difference between "except" and "accept," though.

:)

I am excited but nervous. I am coming from community health and am soooo needing a change. This is stepping out of my comfort zone a bit, but that excites me a little :) Any advice? TIA!!!

Congratulations

(TIA) transient ischemic attack ?!???

Or Thanks In Advance.

Congrats! You were ACCEPTED!

my bad on the accepted/excepted. I know better too!!!!

Sorry. I have this spelling thing. Shrugs shoulders. Very happy for you! Hope you love it!

Congratulations! your world is about to change:bugeyes:

What kind of orientation are you going to get? I've toyed with the idea of trying out the ED, but I worry a bit about how much training I would get.

As a nurse for two years (and NICU at that), I would be essentially at the new grad level (especially in terms of procedural things, less so for pharm and patho).

Still, something I think I would like to at least try at some point. Congrats on taking the leap!

I too am a NICU nurse, for about 2 years. I want to make the switch to the ER, but am afraid of if i would succeed or not due to my previous experience