New grad In ED

[nursejess12]

Hello everyone!

So I am a new graduate who just got hired in the ED at a level 1 trauma center. I will be working in fast track and another area of the ED with less critical patients, but I am still pretty nervous. Any advice for me? What to do/not to do during orientation?

Oh and I will only be getting 80 hours of orientation along with ACLS certification and a 32 hour Dysrhythmias class.

Thanks!!

[brainkandy87]

From what I've heard from a friend that just transferred to our ED and started in the annex, brush up on your pelvic exams. She says at least half of her patients get one. Also practice keeping a straight face when an MD pulls an object out of an orifice that you never thought would fit up there, much less need to be there. :)

Psych skills are also a given...

Even the men?

[TheSquire, DNP, APRN, NP]

Even the men?

Depends on the culture of the ED. In some places, if the practitioner doing the spelunking is a woman, then the witness can be a guy. In other EDs, the witness has to be female. The place where I work has the latter rule.

Of course, in all cases where the doc/MLP is male, the witness has to be female.

[brainkandy87]

Depends on the culture of the ED. In some places, if the practitioner doing the spelunking is a woman, then the witness can be a guy. In other EDs, the witness has to be female. The place where I work has the latter rule.

Of course, in all cases where the doc/MLP is male, the witness has to be female.

I was being sarcastic and referring to the male patients even getting pelvics. /Badjoke