soFLRN

Hi. I transferred to the ER (oops...ED) 2 weeks ago. I have been an RN for 8 years, spending those years as a PCU/Tele RN and as a charge nurse for the past 3 years. For various reasons I started thinking a change was due, so several months ago I started picking up shifts in the ER (basically as floating help). I got familiar with the charting and flow and decided that this is something I like. Here's my question... My manager, whom I've known for some time now, gave me only three shifts of official orientation with a preceptor (and those shifts were so busy I ended up working on my own anyway). When asked about the short orientation period, she told me that, in review, my documentation was good and that those things that I'm unfamiliar with (trauma and peds come to mind......(we are not a trauma center)), that I would pick up that knowledge as I go. I work with a great group of nurses that are more than willing to answer any questions and lend a hand. The physicians are also, so far, very helpful to the newbie. But I can't shake this fear that there's going to come a time when I'm in over my head and my resources are going to be swamped elsewhere and I'm gonna be standing there like a dimwit. I know, it's probably my imagination running away.....I've handled worse up on the floor over and over. Can anyone recommend a cert course for an ER nurse. I have ACLS, doing PALS next week. Thanks for letting me blather on here....guess I was just wondering if I am being thrown to the wolves or what. On the upside, despite my current uneasiness, I'm confident that I'm going to succeed in the ER....I mean ED.