badphish

here in central florida; polk state college,valencia college, seminole state college

ER nurse here that started as new grad in ER. unfair to generalize about new grads and the ER. im doing well, must disclose im a paramedic and former army medic. but a coworker of mine came to ER fresh out of her nursing program with no medical experience what soever. she is excelling, and is moving on to level 1 trauma center after her year in our very busy ER. like military service the ER is either for you or it isnt. new nurses should be mentored and if they are unable to adapt then they should be allowed to find other work. and i think comparing med surg and ER is apples and oranges two different units and two different work sets.

i just took the course this last week. if you want to give your email, i can send you a couple of study guides that really helped me out. i was given great advice for the practical. there will be equipment next to the dummy for you to use. place everything you use on or next to the dummy, when the table is empty you have done all the interventions you can. My buddy is a burn unit girl and she did great on TNCC. for the written there are two distractors and one near miss. i found it for the most part straighforward. they gave plenty of hints in class. most important suck the knowledge out of those seasoned trauma bay nurses. we had a gal that could of taught the course herself. i learned some great stuff. i was a paramedic before becoming an ER nurse and i still learned a lot i started leafing through the book the morning of day 1 youll do great.

damn just had an off kinda topic thought, man if ipads had only come out 2 yrs earlier. id buy every book in digital format, load up them and the lecture slides into PDF expert and highlight and mark up the day away. only one thing to lug around. my school had a downloadable version of all the slides etc. sweet

i went thru a transition course LPN/PARAMEDIC to RN course that was a year long with mostly single moms that also worked full time, its hard but do-able. you need to find the right program for you. i suggest getting your 2 yr RN first then going on to the BSN while already working and getting paid as an RN. I worked fulltime and went to school. i did 24 hrs on 2 days off and my school was shift friendly they gave the exact same class on 2 different days so if i worked one day i could catch class on the other day. school, lab hours, clinicals and working was a b*tch, didnt see the wife much. i must say the sacrifices are worth it. shop around its do-able. PS my best buddy she was a single mom, working full time with two school age kids

flight nurse would benefit from current PARAMEDIC cert, not EMT-Basic. and a new Nurse is not going flight anytime soon. Our state requires dual cert for flight nurses. so unless you are volunteering at the local fire station i see no benefit. and yes I am keeping my Medic cert.

as all that know me know im a hetero male in touch with his feminine side...( im very proud of my pink sharpie-- no one has stole it , mission accomplished) as i told my medics back in the day. i dont care if you are straight gay or only love yourself, as long as you do your job i could care less. in the big picture only thing that matters is if you can perform.. being short and lacking a sport gene doesnt help with stereotypes but F it. who cares, it was this or stylist, i'm here for the great female to male ratio, and sharp objects peace out brett

i wear two. one on each hand. married 27 yrs, a nurse 6 months

probably has already been said i dont want to sift through the pages of this thread. but, i would definitely look not START a nursing career if i had chronic pain issues!! 1. your condiion will only worsen, way too much lifting pushing pulling etc. 2. you will be expected to be at work when scheduled, 3. school is a bear and does not allow for many absences, light duty etc. 4. if narcs go missing guess who they will look at first. 5. being in constant contact with narcotics may be too tempting. Again the ER is not for chronic pain issues, call your doc's service, and/or next visit ask for some meds for when you have break through pain, ( or you could just move down here to florida and visit one of our many many pain med mills,, :) ) ER staff are very callous sorry nature of the job, we see way too many drug seekers, and we dont like to get burned. so when we see red flags like : chronic pain, taking massive oxycodone, history of chronic kidney stones, chronic back pain, nueropathy, nuero myalgia, etc we see drug - seeker, and we do not give out dilaudid lightly. many ask for it by name. the many many many hours on your feet, 12 hour work days are probably not a good fit for you. peace out, brett sorry if i offended anyone, things lose their meaning in this medium

90 days to one year

The ER is a Bar and The ICU is a library, even turkeys die. GOMERS go to ground, (ERcentric). The floor Nurse and ER nurse have totally different thoughts on priorities and what is or isn't stable. The more annoying the family member, the longer they stay, sick patients complain less, the amount of complaining by patients about wait times is a complicated formula dealing with length of wait, severity of illness, number of total patients waiting, relative ranking in queue of said patient and number of family members with patient. In short. The ones that should complain least about wait complain the mist and have largest group of supporters, most most most importantly don't forget the pillow Peace out, ( this has been a feeble attempt at humor, all characters portrayed are fictitious and no orcas were harmed during this posting)

Lunah. Not sure the new Doo is army regulation.

The relaxation techniques of the Dali Lama, and how to get by on 3 hours of sleep a dag while keeping your employer and family happy. Been doing the ER night shift in busiest ER in town since October havnt used ABG values once. Better off taking a course on verbal judo. Or learning an awesome hobby My two cents Peace out

How did this become about short male nurses :). Although a few of us do have a Napoleon complex.

Yes it is normal Why an online nclex review course? Just take a bunch of those practice tests that come with your review books. Look at all those tables and charts in the review books u will be fine. I think people tend to overdue the nclex review. Get themselves all crazy.