New to ER

ilovenursing2015 · Feb 24, 2016

try to relax and be prepared to learn on the floor. I'm a new grad with no experience who started In the ER. and I've learned more from being on the floor than reading from any textbook. congratulations and good luck! ER is the best choice I could've made and am very excited for your new journey

CraigB-RN, MSN, RN · Feb 24, 2016

Welcome to the world of emergency medicine. Good references, either online or in paper are necessary, but like the previous poster suggested. Just relax for now.. You want to have a plan and a goal and make sure you learn something new every day.

Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition

Emergency Nursing: The Profession, The Pathway, The Practice by Jeff Solheim (Author)

These are good reference material. Above and beyond that there are plenty of online resources available. Depending on the sixe of your facility you may have online access to journals. Check with your hospital librarian. Obviously the bigger teaching facilities will have more resources.

Join Emergency Nurses Association. and if you've got the $ (less than $100) join AACN, ,the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

PM me and I'll get you hooked up with other online resources, Blogs and Podcasts.

Google ERNursePro, they have both a podcast and blog.

Ryan RN · Mar 4, 2016

i remember when i first started in the ER, i wanted the senior staff to take me serious and not as a new nurse

i passed my CEN in the first year and they congratulated me.

i passed by CCRN in the 2nd year and they looked up to me

i act like a idiot at work but everybody knows i know what im doing

gospa · Mar 4, 2016

It is good that you want to read and learn. Too many nurses I've seen are cocky and figure they know it all or will remember it all without writing anything down. A brilliant resident I work with takes notes every shift for things he did not know or wanted to increase his knowledge base about. He reviews the notes and researches at home and is stronger for the next shift.

Go to amazon and look up Emergency RN books, there are several good ones. Look for the highest rated ones. You will need to know why we give what we do for allergic reactions, MI, kidney stones, etc. Some of these books explain they physiological background and treatments for conditions we commonly see in the ED.

Also, I make notes in the note program of smart phone. I have notes on drips, unusual medication preparations, important things I've learned and want to store in my long-term memory (including some that resident taught me!).

Best of luck mate.