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I loved biology as a kid, and as I learned about human physiology, I was fascinated about disease and how it’s treated. I love the aspect of helping someone, and I wanted to be financially independent. I read Cherry Ames and thought it would be a cool job! After 32 years, despite the changes, the ups and downs, I still love it. Spent some time in med-surg, OR, GI. The last 23 in the ED. I’m fortunate to work in a facility with good management. Gonna try to make it 6 more years to retire with full benefits. I’m now the oldest nurse on the unit, which is kinda weird sometimes- I enjoy precepting the new nurses- I learn from them as well. Made it through Covid and found I’m more resilient than I thought. All in all, glad I made this choice!

We triage all of our ambulances as they come in, regardless of where they go-if it is deemed that they go to triage, then off they go. We triage them first before sending to the lobby

We are about to start a nurse practice committee in our ED-never had this before, but our management has suggested it. There is a chair, co chair and 9 members from the ED staff to discuss, handle, and decide on the nursing practice in the ED. This will give us a voice, and have staff very much involved in the ED. Our director is very open to staff involvement. If you have any questions, please feel free!