MillennialNurse

MillennialNurse has 2 years experience and specializes in ED, TNCC.

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1. Nightmare on Night Shift

   MillennialNurse replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, honey! I'm so sorry you've had a rough go of it. I went directly into an ED as a new grad too. Granted, it was a small, critical access ED, but still. I understand the stress and the "Oh my God, what if I can't do this?" feeling. As awful as many...

2. Changing the Culture - Pipe Dream, or Possibility?

   MillennialNurse posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi All! I work at a large ER with a pretty big culture problem. Bullying and hazing runs rampant. (E.g.: Giving heavy, over-the-top assignments to nurses who aren't in the "in crowd," drawing resources away or flat out denying them to "drowning" nurs...

3. I know this gets posted often...

   MillennialNurse replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in New Nurse

   Forgot to mention: enrolling in a professional organization allows you to network. Go to meetings, classes, conferences, and workshops. You never know who you're going to run into, or who's going to say, "Hey, I think there's a position opening up he...

4. I know this gets posted often...

   MillennialNurse replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in New Nurse

   I hear you, OP. I'm a new nurse with almost 2 years of experience. I live in the Northeast, where the job market is pretty heavily saturated, and there are a lot of BSN nurses to compete with. I seriously must have put out over 100 applications over ...

5. Eaten Alive in the ED

   MillennialNurse replied to MillennialNurse's topic in Emergency

   @Buyer Beware, I'm afraid that disclosing my city would reveal my identity, and if any coworkers saw this, I'm afraid of the repercussions. Suffice it to say that I work at a large New England city. If you want to know more, feel free to PM me. í ½í¸...

6. Eaten Alive in the ED

   MillennialNurse posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi there! A little background about me to start--I'm a new nurse (2 years of experience), and I've been in EMS for 6 years. My first job as a nurse was at a smaller community ER, and I was so lucky to have nothing but wonderful, supportive, loving co...