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Background: Im an ER nurse with almost 6 years in the ER plus a little over a year on a Tele floor and a year of Med/Surg experience. I just started (1week) at a new hospital, only having worked at 2 other hospitals in my career. For the first tim...

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I keep our orders protocols for reference.

We have a packet of resources to give them but more often than not it gets thrown back in our faces. They are usually not ready the moment they find out they are not going to get the dilauded they have been waiting for several hours to get, sometime...

I don't know about Mayo clinic but I know in my hospital when we are really busy or most of the beds are filled with 'holds' the triage nurse orders labs and diagnostics and sometimes the doctor sees them in the phlebotomy/EKG room just off of the wa...

I'm not sure if you would get your 'thrill' fix in the ER, but in my opinion its definitely less tedious than floor nursing. Sure, you get your occasional exciting cases or codes but percentage-wise your dealing with mostly primary care issues, drun...

I just moved from Tele to the ED myself 6 weeks ago and LOVE IT! Hope you do, too!

Those are mistakes you'll never make again...hang in there, it does get better.

Its called an assessment but it really just asks you about your experience...no need to study. There may be a written test later in the process but that isn't it.

There are plenty of State Universities that have online RN to BSN programs...University of Wisconsin,Arizizona State, and California State University Dominguez Hills are a few I can think of off the top of my head if you are that concerned about it ...

All of the community college programs are comparably good and they have all done away with wait lists. The new admission system is based solely on points so you could get in right away. I would just choose the one closest to where you live. i.e. E...

I did both ATI and NCLEX practice questions since ATI produces the NCLEX as well. Read all the rationales, even on questions you get right and you should do fine. For me reading the book wasn't as helpful in retaining the information.

Until they pass gas; they can't eat until their GI system is working again.

Depends on how you learn. I, personally do better on ATI's when I do NCLEX practice questions. I have an app on my phone, my computer and my Ipad and I always get a Level 3 on my ATI's. Remeber ATI also writes the NCLEX so the questions are pretty...

I agree that she was fortunate to have some company for her final hours of her life. I'm a student as well and I would have cried if any of my patients in my first clinical died on me.

I would totally appreciate the opportunity to show up having at least one competency to my name, I'm sure she did, too.

The state schools are the cheapest and are easily recognized as fully accredited. I'm sure there is a CSU close to you, I know CSU Dominguez Hills has a good program. All the private schools are going to cost a lot more.

I'm currently on a Peds rotation and I get so depressed about my patients I go home crying. I see that my instructor and the nurses are able to detach themselves from the situation but I can't even fathom being able to do so. When I see a sick baby...

I have recently noticed that my classmates get to learn and do many more things in clinicals than I do; even though I've been paired with the same nurses as them on many occasions. This leads me to believe that the problem is how I communicate with ...

I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I know it's no consolation but maybe it's a chance for you to have some personal time to cope with all you've been going through. Best of luck to you.

Congratulations!

Good for you!

You guys are great, when I went to clinicals yesterday I told my nurse that I would love to learn anything she was willing to teach me and it was an entirely different experience. What a difference the right words can make, she had me stick with her...

Thanks for all the advice. I definitely will make sure to check in with my nurse frequently. Sometimes I can go for a couple of hours without even speaking to them beyond a cursory all is stable and I see that I need to make myself much more accessib...

Oops ... forgot to mention it under the "specialties" category