BackpackingRN

Congratulations! :)

I am a new grad in the ED as my first position too! It is going well, I have 2 weeks left of a 3 month residency program with two phenomenal preceptors. In addition to the full time work in the ED with a preceptor who guides you then supervises your ...

bahaha, This is ridiculous. Hopefully you showed her how to use a manual cuff... I am all for education over writing up, I think it does more good for the majority of the people in the long run. If she refuses to learn or even try to learn, thats whe...

That is the only way anyone in my graduating class from December got Residencies or Jobs.... I got a Residency in the ER in part because I was willing to call and not harass but make my presence know to a few people... They are people too so be poli...

When we do wound irrigation in the ER we use gown, gloves and a mask with eye shield.... don't mess around! I would imagine with irrigation NCLEX would require the same!

haha, thats when the real works begins.

Im a 75 question passer too, I did Kaplan before but still was literally dripping sweat I was so nervous before, during and after... I agree, you never feel ready but honestly if you know how to prioritize the answers like kaplan teaches you and you...

yea I have only ever seen that scale used on all of the floors. I would have said 3-4 are not exactly high acuity but perhaps there are different scales, I would be interested to know.

:/ I guess OP has hw answers now. I am sure a few of my classmates must have done this too but it doesn't seem that effective as a learning method.

Hi ED nurses! I have been reading through the posts on here for the last few days waiting to hear back from the job I desperately wanted... Well, I got it! so not I am a new ED resident and solemnly promise not to act as a know it all crazy resident ...

In that case yes, I did misunderstand you. I was also saying though that it stinks to have a student thrust upon you and that I saw a lot of that and felt fortunate to have an assigned nurse (who was also getting paid more). I do agree though that ...

guys don't fight on my thread!

Caroladybelle, I would agree. Luckily my school set us up with a preceptor for the semester. We worked with the same person every single shift and we got the assignment with them as they got it. A lot of the time from what I saw the people who wer...

I work 12s, Mon Tues, Fri, Sat Sun..... but then I have an entire week off..... Good and Bad I suppose. Works well for the summer because I can take long trips, In the winter I teach skiing as well so its kind of like I live two lives....! Good l...

AH! I am jealous. I am doing a residency in the ED on nights and I would love days. For me it would also mean a pretty big paycut though. Is that an issue for you? is it that bad doing nights...? If not, why not just stick it out, you seem to hav...

As a new grad, nurse preceptors are still working with me in my residency and the ones from school are very fresh in my mind. My best preceptors were honestly the ones who were the hardest on me. They were amazing teacher and expected me to perfor...

Hey OP, I am a new grad too. It sounds like you had a lousy day! I am an ED resident and some days I go in and feel like I can handle it. Other days I feel completely inadequate. I'm proud of you for admitting your mistakes and trying to move on. ...

hey Bea, I called around to different HR departments after I looked online at the websites for different hospitals. A lot of hospitals have information about residencies etc right on the website, then you can call the HR dept to see if there is anyt...

Congrats new grads! :)

It seems to be picking up right now. I got an ED residency and in the past week have been offered 9 interviews....? Where were all these people in the 4 months it took me to get a job after graduation!?

ED residency holder here, posted a long reply originally but am thinking none of it really matters.... Don't make other nurses angry :/ it never goes well.... I have seen nurses make the lives of some overconfident/rude/impertinent new grad or stude...

hkrntobe - the latest was at UC Davis Med Center in the ED...

Im in Seattle, its the same, I actually had a few classmates get job in CA so we all thought it must be better down there....

hmm. well I wish you luck! It seems to be it is all who you know. You need to know someone to even get in these days.

what area are you in newgrad9?