crashcartqueen BSN, RN

ER/trauma, IV, CEN

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About crashcartqueen

crashcartqueen has 4 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ER/trauma, IV, CEN.


Emergency department (CEN) and IV infusion nurse. 1st year medical student.

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    I'm Shocked

    Being a medical student myself, I can assure you that having the booksmarts and social aptitude to get into medical school does not equal common sense. Some of my classmates will have an interesting experience when we get to clinical rotations in thi...
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    Medsurg to ED

    I live on the east coast, so I don't know how relevant my advice is for CA. It can be difficult to get into ER sometimes without ER experience. However, I have had many coworkers at my hospital transfer from med-surg to the ER. Maybe if you can get y...
  3. Med school ? working a couple of ER shifts this week on our block break to keep my sanity ?
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    Is it possible for a nurse to become a doctor?

    So I have been an RN for 3 years now and start med school on Monday. It has not been an easy journey, but I knew where I wanted my career to go so I decided that becoming a physician was the better option for me instead of the quicker NP route. Some...
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    Accepted my first position!

    :up:That is awesome, good luck to you!
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    Nursing nightmares.

    Okay, mine is a bit dark. I once dreamt there was a kid coding and I couldn't find any other staff to help. I tried my best to save them and couldn't. Where it gets extra weird and unsettling is I kept dreaming it over and over, and I had a sense of ...
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    Was I wrong?

    I hope your coworker is never my nurse...
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    Fox News calls CNA a nurse

    I became a nurse at 20, but I realize that is not the usual timeframe. I must agree with others that there are bigger fish to fry out there than getting upset over them calling a CNA a nurse in this instance. I even look at it as a complement, they l...
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    Med/Surg to ER?

    OP, if you want to be an ER nurse, you will do codes. Some patients are brought in coding, or will shortly after being brought in before we have the chance to act. You don't always have the chance to address the problem before hand with true emergenc...
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    Anything else I can do besides bedside nursing?

    If you enjoy patient interactions, a job in a physician practice is usually a great job for LPN's. You have lots of specialties to chose from, OB, peds, family practice, etc. Unfortunately all jobs can have their stressors, however acute care and SNF...
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    New Night Nurse in an Assisted Living

    As an ER nurse, I often get patients from skilled facilities who did not need to come to the ER. However, I understand that the nurse responsible for sending them may have limitations on resources. Do you have an in-house physician on-call to advise ...
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    First job in the nursing home, need help!

    I would definitely wear scrubs for orientation if it is at the facility. As far as preparation, there isn't much you can do at home. They should provide you with some employee handbooks and what not so start with familiarizing yourself with those. Pr...
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    Just got my acceptance email! What should I do now?

    Congrats on the acceptance! For a planner, I purchased one at Barnes and Noble that has weekly entries and it keeps my straight. A laptop is not necessary, however I found my iPad to be essential in school. I used it to make notes on the powerpoints ...
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    Ditching NP school for MD?

    Thank you so much! Thankfully I had not taken ANY of my pre-reqs yet so I didn't have to worry about that. But if he goes straight into the post-bacc he won't have to redo anything and his GPA is acceptable for it as is. It is a wonderful "second-cha...
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    How many hours did you work taking 7-8 credits?

    I have taken up to 18 hours of BSN coursework and was still able to manage full-time work as well, but it ultimately just depends on your program and the demand of the courses you are in and what your home life requires. Good luck to you!