North Carolina New Grad Er Programs

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Hi everyone! I'm a Canadain BScN student who will (fingers crossed) graduate next spring (2007) and am very interested in moving to NC. I am also very interested in the ED. Anyone know of good programs for new grads in that state? thanks for any info!

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Pitt County (Greenville NC) Memorial

I started out directly into the ED from school...and there are a TON of canadians. I believe the ED RN manager is canadian.

FYI - super busy, lots of stress, first 3 months almost killed me

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well i have heard that the first year of nursing after graduation seems ridiculously stressfull no matter where you are, i can only just begin to imagine the stress of a specialty like ED!! lol. May i ask you what the orientation is like at pitt? our big job fair is this sept and they came to the one last year, so i'm hoping they'll be coming again. also, how common are major weather disturbances there? (nervous of hurricanes...we've only had one where i'm from) thanks so much for the info though!

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.
well i have heard that the first year of nursing after graduation seems ridiculously stressfull no matter where you are, i can only just begin to imagine the stress of a specialty like ED!! lol. May i ask you what the orientation is like at pitt? our big job fair is this sept and they came to the one last year, so i'm hoping they'll be coming again. also, how common are major weather disturbances there? (nervous of hurricanes...we've only had one where i'm from) thanks so much for the info though!

Hurricanes depend year to year. Gville is about an hour and a half inland, so we don't the the brunt of the storm like the coast. We get high winds, some flooding, but *usually* not as bad as the coast (except when Floyd hit). Cool thing about hurricanes though- we get warning that it's going to hit!

As a new grad at that hospital, I had a 14wk orientation. However, help was always (and still is) available for things I am not familiar with.

You may also want to try posting in the NC forum, to see if anyone else has suggestions.

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Aneroo: thanks for your response(s) i really appreciate the info! so how do you find life generally working at pitt and living in/near greenville?

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Specializes in Emergency.

Both hospitals in WinstonSalem did have ER nursing intenship programs. My hospitals was six months long. The first month or two involved alot of class room time and then the last four months was in the department with exp nurses.

RJ

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