One1 BSN, RN

List your clinical experience, especially if you had clinicals in the facility you applied to. Showcase any additional experience you have and emphasize skills and strengths that you had in a previous career that can be applied to the nursing environ...

BP cuffs are often taken off by transporters when pts go to CT scan, XRAY, MRI, and are not always put back on. Also, our monitors do not automatically drop VS into our computer charting system. The expectation in our ED is VS q1hr, and the recorded ...

You used bigger gages in L&D than in the ED?!

I guess there is a section in the ammendment that allows employers to decide if they will tolerate the consumption of marijuana (and other substances) by their employees, even if the use becomes legalized in the State. So you might be legally ok to s...

You and I work in some very different EDs...

Having multiple preceptors during your orientation is pretty common from what I see. You had a nice long orientation, MUCH longer than I had, that should hopefully prepare you enough to take on a full, or almost full, load of stable patients and to d...

We give phone report prior to pt transport but also run into the issue of the receiving nurse not always taking report when we call. We will note the time and number of report attempts in our documentation. If the floor will not call back or take rep...

I agree that you might be better off with an MA training versus nursing school, I believe you will get a much broader range of job opportunities than you would as an RN, if you don't mind the lower pay. As an RN, you might be able to get hired into c...

Agreeing with all the "nos". Also, nursing school is hard as it is, leave alone having to take care of the kids as a "temporary single mom".

We need BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC and ENPC to work in the ED. CEN at some point is desired but optional.

I think it is helpful. It gives you a small insight into hospital/facility environments and specific departments, looks good on your nursing school application, allows you to make connections to staff/management in the hospital departments/facilities...

Haha, it works when you have the nice, easy sticks with the gardenhose veins that are visible from across the room. If I have a harder stick, I sometimes feel first, then put a second set on, and if it is a challenging stick, I might have to skip the...

I double glove when I start IVs or foleys (sterile gloves on top for foleys). With IVs, once the site is secured with Tegaderm, I will pull off the first set of usually somewhat bloody gloves and I will still be gloved (cleanly) to label and package ...

Starting IVs is just a matter of practice, and you will get plenty practice in the ED, so don't let that hold you back from applying

Here it is 24 hours for a pre-hospital stick, and 72 hours for ED sticks. I agree, an ED IV start should be as good as a start from any floor.. However, we also label our pre-hospital IV starts both at the site and in the documentation as field start...

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I did not mean to say that you are a quitter. It can take a while to find a good fit. Your plan sounds fine - this way you will have a year on your resume and enough time to really know if the ED is for you.

Were you only on Tele for 8 months? Did you work somewhere else before that? If ED and tele are your only experience I would wait it out a bit longer in the ED to at least get a year in on your resume. If you jumped ship on the tele floor after 8 mon...

Cheapo $12 Target watch with analog, easy to read face and a smooth plastic exterior that nothing sticks on and that I can wipe off with a sanitizing cloth. I would not wear an expensive watch at work seeing what kind of crud can end up on it.

There is nothing wrong with applying for positions in the areas you are interested in while you continue to work on your current floor. If you signed a money/time commitment then you need to decide if you can afford/are ok with breaking the contract ...

Also, Concorde is not accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Here is a link of accredited schools: The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association Accreditation by the HLC is an academic accreditation and is not nursing-specifi...

Yes, I worked PRN while in an ABSN program, usually one shift per week, and I had young children as well. Your grades don't matter for your job but they matter in having a choice of desirable nursing schools that would accept you. Research the nursin...

It all depends on where you are, what school you go to, how your grades are, your impressions in clinicals, your healthcare experience, etc. My advice would be to keep your grades as stellar as possible, choose a nursing school with a very good reput...

No, I don't think that you should "try things on your own" first if it affects patient safety .. it sounds like you are not getting support and you did not get an adequate orientation. I'd say look for a new job before something bad happens at work t...