traumaRNmelissa

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1. Calling all Nurse Mamas... Please help me!!

   traumaRNmelissa replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have a crock pot that cooks for 4, 6, 8 or 10 hours and THEN switches to "keep warm" setting. Cost me a pretty penny but totally worth it! I also have a teenage son who has started cooking simple meals: frozen casseroles and such. I dont know h...

2. If you were my preceptor......what should I know?!

   traumaRNmelissa replied to FLancaster11's topic in Critical

   I have precepted a few new grads and the MOST important thing for them to know is when to ask for help, or admit they dont know something. That is very hard to do as a new grad as you dont want to appear "dumb". A good preceptor will never harass y...

3. ER good place to start?

   traumaRNmelissa replied to nursingfordummies's topic in Critical

   I started in the ED 5 years ago and have never looked back. I love it and could not imagine working anywhere else. I worked as a tech in ICU as a student and really had my heart set on doing that but an instructor had other plans for me. It is VER...

4. Not out of Orientation yet and...

   traumaRNmelissa replied to a.w.n.'s topic in New Nurse

   The first half of orintation I left every day in tears. I was so frazzled, my preceptor would frequently leave me in a room alone with patients I was not ready to handle independently. I also about 1/2 way through orientation had a complaint by a f...

5. New grad in ED

   traumaRNmelissa replied to alison99's topic in New Nurse

   I am also a new grad in the ED. I graduated in December 2006. I absolutly love the ED and could not imagine myself anywhere else. There is plenty of BS patient complaints, but the first time you are in on a full arrest and get them back...there is...

6. Any advice for new grads?

   traumaRNmelissa replied to Trollmama's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in December 2006 and took a job in a large innercity ER which is also a level II trauma center (60 beds just in the ED). Do not let anyone tell you that you need to do a year of med surg. If you like med surg, by all means, do it. You ...