AMEN!!! Like others have said: Daily Census, Average acuity of those patients (it makes a huge difference if you're seeing 100 lvl 1's or 10 lvl 1's and 40 lvl 5's), will you be asked to float to...
360jRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC
In my opinion, it has to do more with physician preference and comfort level with said med than effectiveness, route, etc. I work with a physician in our ER who comes from a surgical background and...
Another avenue you could look into would be working as a Ward Clerk. While in nursing school I worked as a clerk first on a Med/Surg floor then transferring down into the ER. The experience I gained...
I worked as an ER Tech/ Ward Clerk while in nursing school. GREAT EXPERIENCE as well as giving you that needed exposure. See if you can get hired on at a hospital you are interested in working at, not...