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karen this a great post and has been just what i needed to read. i am a new nurse still a little over 2 years and straight to er out of school. i got all the certs out of the way and then just seemed to be on my way...then i moved from a small level 2 36k/year to big level 2 60k/year. after 3 months of working there i go in one night and they tell me that i'm in charge. at first i didn't believe it but it was true so i did it. the night was hell we had codes, truama's, mi's you name it i had all the call nurses there all night but i made it through. the next morning i gave the room brief to the next charge and went home and crashed. then three days later i was back in charge and i found out that the nurse that morning was bad mouthing me about how the room looked when i left. i was pissed off here they throw me into this spot with no training or warning and then the next charge complains that the rooms were not stocked. it has been 2 weeks now and i have finally got some formal training on charge but still feel a little shaky with the deal. i'm only 24 and male and i'm directing a room and a group of nurses with more experience than me. it is hard and i really don't like the position that i have been put in. i will only have to do it 1-2 a week and for now that is enough. so with this i asked the clinical leader why me when others are far more qualified and she said one that no one else wants to do it or can and two you seem like you will be good at it. thats fair and helps me a lot at this point. i can do it and at this point sort of want to i have been bored with my job and now this seems like the next challenge. there is just so much to take in at first and untill you do it a few times you never really see how much it involves. so as a new charge i would to hear any advice that helps to get over the first few months of doing it.

karen this a great post and has been just what i needed to read. i am a new nurse still a little over 2 years and straight to er out of school. i got all the certs out of the way and then just seemed to be on my way...then i moved from a small level 2 36k/year to big level 2 60k/year. after 3 months of working there i go in one night and they tell me that i'm in charge. at first i didn't believe it but it was true so i did it. the night was hell we had codes, truama's, mi's you name it i had all the call nurses there all night but i made it through. the next morning i gave the room brief to the next charge and went home and crashed. then three days later i was back in charge and i found out that the nurse that morning was bad mouthing me about how the room looked when i left. i was pissed off here they throw me into this spot with no training or warning and then the next charge complains that the rooms were not stocked. it has been 2 weeks now and i have finally got some formal training on charge but still feel a little shaky with the deal. i'm only 24 and male and i'm directing a room and a group of nurses with more experience than me. it is hard and i really don't like the position that i have been put in. i will only have to do it 1-2 a week and for now that is enough. so with this i asked the clinical leader why me when others are far more qualified and she said one that no one else wants to do it or can and two you seem like you will be good at it. thats fair and helps me a lot at this point. i can do it and at this point sort of want to i have been bored with my job and now this seems like the next challenge. there is just so much to take in at first and untill you do it a few times you never really see how much it involves. so as a new charge i would to hear any advice that helps to get over the first few months of doing it.

karen this a great post and has been just what i needed to read. i am a new nurse still a little over 2 years and straight to er out of school. i got all the certs out of the way and then just seemed to be on my way...then i moved from a small level 2 36k/year to big level 2 60k/year. after 3 months of working there i go in one night and they tell me that i'm in charge. at first i didn't believe it but it was true so i did it. the night was hell we had codes, truama's, mi's you name it i had all the call nurses there all night but i made it through. the next morning i gave the room brief to the next charge and went home and crashed. then three days later i was back in charge and i found out that the nurse that morning was bad mouthing me about how the room looked when i left. i was pissed off here they throw me into this spot with no training or warning and then the next charge complains that the rooms were not stocked. it has been 2 weeks now and i have finally got some formal training on charge but still feel a little shaky with the deal. i'm only 24 and male and i'm directing a room and a group of nurses with more experience than me. it is hard and i really don't like the position that i have been put in. i will only have to do it 1-2 a week and for now that is enough. so with this i asked the clinical leader why me when others are far more qualified and she said one that no one else wants to do it or can and two you seem like you will be good at it. thats fair and helps me a lot at this point. i can do it and at this point sort of want to i have been bored with my job and now this seems like the next challenge. there is just so much to take in at first and untill you do it a few times you never really see how much it involves. so as a new charge i would to hear any advice that helps to get over the first few months of doing it.