Thank you for letting me know I am not alone in how I feel. The other night nurses I work with seem fine, so I feel like I am just being weak, but I see from everyone's posts that this can happen to some people who work nights. I am so sorry to hea...
I have been a nurse a little over half a year. I started working night shifts in the ER (7p-7a) in mid December (I worked in the ER prior to that so I knew what I was getting into). Since then, I have gained 25 lbs, I sleep up to 18-20 hours a day wh...
ok, so i'm a new nurse in the er. i am in my 5th week after finishing a 12 wk emergency nurse internship program which consisted of classroom time and clinicals. yesterday, my preceptor and i met with our nurse educator. the good news was that she...
cousx2 replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in Emergency
as an undergrad, i volunteered for a suicide hotline and in our training, we were always taught that a person on the verge of suicide would have a plan--a method, a time, a place. i always wondered though, and i am not being facetious, what if this p...
I don't think you would be seen as a poser if you brought in a stethoscope. I know most techs don't carry them, but it's a tool of the trade. There are many times when you need to take a manual bp--machines don't always pick up everyone's bp. And ...
I had to check to see your location to make sure you weren't working in my ED! Your experience is so similar to mine. I'm a new nurse in the ED too dealing with similar situations. I'm sorry I don't have any advice to give since I haven't figured ...
Thanks for saying that cmo421--you're right. I should clarify that I personally don't think you or any PCT is the lowest on the "totem pole" either, not in the least. What I should have written is that unfortunately you are perceived as that by som...
I am a recent grad who was an ER PCT prior to becoming an ER nurse so I can understand where you're coming from. As a PCT, I truly didn't realize just how busy the nurses are even though I was a nursing student myself. Your perspective will totally c...
I have to defend my old hometown. NYers aren't the only ones who complain down south about having to wait or having someone else going before them, not realizing that a stroke gets priority over a toothache no matter how long they've waited. I get ...
Anyone from NYC who says the wait to get into an ER isn't 8 hours on a good night is a liar. My dad still lives in NYC, and I was born and raised there, and a 24 hour waiting room wait is not unheard of. Now I know why. I had no idea the ratio of ...
the way my preceptor with 35 years of experience put it was: "med-surg floors make med-surg nurses. the er makes er nurses." i do not subscribe to the old school thinking that med-surg nursing is the only way to learn how to be a nurse and it sounds ...
cousx2 replied to <3Nursing07's topic in New Nurse
The fact that you are nervous, while uncomfortable for you, is actually comforting to observers. If you were going into this after a few weeks or months of orientation 100% confident and sure of yourself, then *I* would be seriously worried for your...
I always knew I wanted to work in an ED. I get bored easily, I like the adrenaline, and I like seeing different things--ED suited me. HOWEVER.... I spent 120 hours in the ICU last semester of nursing school. Before I started I thought I would be ...
Aprilequinox, I knew you passed as soon as I read your first post. Your experience sounded IDENTICAL to mine--the type of questions you got, the # of questions you got, even the having to go pee so bad but waiting till 75 questions to take a break--...