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    how much experience prior to CEN?

    Armygirl7 replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    I took it after 3 years exp. Maybe I could have passed it after 2 yrs but the studying was more interesting and comprehension much deeper after 3 yrs when I had really experienced (almost!) at least...
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    Any grads of Lehman College RN to BSN program?

    Armygirl7 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hi everybody- Anyone out there graduate from Lehman's RN-BSN program? I am a soon to be QCC grad and I'm considering Lehman and would love to hear something good about this program! People...
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    ED nurse advice

    Armygirl7 replied to Altra1992's topic in Emergency

    I started as a new grad in ER. Loved it! I stayed on orientation as long as possible, I cultivated relationships with EVERYONE including the nasty mean nurses because even they had something to teach...
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    Help.. Need advice, planning to take CEN on June

    Armygirl7 replied to msunday16's topic in Emergency

    I hate tests! I passed CEN a few months ago. It was hard but not crazy. I did practice questions every day for approx 8 weeks prior to the test. Some days I did 25 questions - some days I did 5...
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    Am I not cut out for this?

    Armygirl7 replied to Atownshend's topic in Emergency

    Well if you can commit to working 2 days X next 6 weeks then do it! More will be revealed after that and you and the manager may feel differently with the information gleaned over the next 6 week....
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    What are your pet peeves?

    Armygirl7 replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    OMG yes, and MEN with rotten smelling feet and who haven't showered in God knows how long so they just smell like a** all over!!! That just grosses me
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    What are your pet peeves?

    Armygirl7 replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    Yes this. The kind of patients who refuse everything or argue about routine tests and exams where you are just thinking in your mind "So why did you come here, to an emergency
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    The Elephant in the Room

    Armygirl7 replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    "As long as health care is profit driven, this will ever be the case. " If only we could change the compensation scheme! Like higher compensation for holistic care that includes counseling, nutrition...
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    Looking for emergency nursing documentation

    Armygirl7 replied to serena.pelissetti's topic in Emergency

    Hi Serena- We are a busy urban ED and we document assessments, initial finger sticks, I+O's and vital signs on the paper chart and all meds in the computer. If the patient is admitted but still under...
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    ACLS - Nursing Student

    Armygirl7 replied to thelittledoe's topic in Emergency

    I took my first ACLS class my senior semester of nursing school. Altra is right in that when I renewed this year after working 2 years in the ER I was much more invested and competent as a team...
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    How long did it take you to master inserting an IV?

    Armygirl7 replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency

    :laugh: So true! Ditto all the good advice here. You'll improve with each stick Runaway. There's no getting around experience! Keep at it! And as ezgreazin said you learn more from the failures than...
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    WANTED: Tidbits of info for a "new" ED nurse

    Armygirl7 replied to BelleKRN's topic in Emergency

    Belle, the great thing about the ER is you will do so many IV sticks in one shift that you will become an expert by doing. Your resource for tough sticks is the go-to RN who just has a knack (there's...
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    WANTED: Tidbits of info for a "new" ED nurse

    Armygirl7 replied to BelleKRN's topic in Emergency

    Yes Sheehy's manual of ER Care. Get to know your critical care drugs and drips - you probably already have a good handle on the cardiac drugs, but soon you will meet tPA, insulin drips, levophed,...
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    A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

    Armygirl7 replied to AZER's topic in Emergency

    Debrief with the team that was involved. After what I consider my worst failed code I asked the attending if we could debrief and discovered that yes I'm important and what I do makes a difference,...
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    GIVING REPORT!!!!!

    Armygirl7 replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency

    This is pretty much verbatim how I give report: Hi it's Armygirl from the ER to give report on Pt Smith- who am I speaking to? Hi Suzanne - how's it going up there tonight? Cuckoo? Yeah here too,...
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    Sometimes Feeling lost in the ER

    Armygirl7 replied to Ikikaeru's topic in Emergency

    I'd be lost without my fellow RNs in the ER! How are you doing in alone! maybe in 10 years I could handle that but I'm not sure I'd want to - it's very stressful just getting your ER rhythm down -...
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    When did you realize that "newbie" wouldn't cut it in the ER?

    Armygirl7 replied to lvnlrn's topic in Emergency

    My top tips (and although I am a couple years into being an ER RN I still think of myself as a newbie!) 1. Follow directions. 2. Move fast, but don't panic. 3. Be humble, and appreciative. 4. Create...
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    Something funny

    Armygirl7 replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency

    Ha ha ha I wish I could just hold on to my stable admitted patients! As soon as my Pt is admitted they are out in the hallway and that room is refilled with the next new Pt. If the admitted Pt doesn't...
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    Some tips that might help

    Armygirl7 replied to Scarlettz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Great suggestions! I had a similar experience of having all me prepared questions already answered in an interview - so when she asked me do you have any questions I said "Well I have to admit you...
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    Attention ER nurses and managers

    Armygirl7 replied to RNReadyManc's topic in Emergency

    I say just take the best job you can get. ERs will always be here - going and getting 2 yrs experience anywhere else will give you that experience they are asking for. I started as a new grad in the...
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    Just Interviewed for an ER job and have a question

    Armygirl7 replied to daisyfleur70's topic in Emergency

    Wow I don't really see how rapidly "reading" a question and responding rapidly "in writing" at all corresponds with a capacity for the kind of quick-thinking you need in the ER. Nursing, especially...
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    Theme song to your Nursing career?

    Armygirl7 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Commodores "Nightshift" and Chic "Good Times" Singing these always makes me giggle inside - esp. "Good Times" when the sh*t is really hitting the fan! Whatever gets you through the night! (wait,...
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    omg! Bad day! Failed my AcLS recert....

    Armygirl7 replied to jalws's topic in Emergency

    Don't beat yourself up! Prepare yourself for many more "fails" in nursing! Humble yourself - as previous posters said it's better to legitimately fail than be passed ahead and potentially hurt...
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    CDU

    Armygirl7 replied to porkey2's topic in Emergency

    I haven't worked in CDU but work closely with those nurses (I am in the ER). I would say one thing to be sure of is when follow up tests are due- like repeat cardiac enzymes...if the first set was...
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    My HIPAA mistake.

    Armygirl7 replied to somenurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Thank you for this story and reminder of how hard HIPAA can bite you! I work in the ER and I had the grandfather of one of my son's best friends as a patient one night. He knows me, knows my son,...