BrooklynRN11201

You'll never be bored in the ED but you could get jaded from the type of patients you see over and over and of course the workload is pretty insane. But orientation will walk you through everything step by step as long as you're a relatively fast lea...

I have an ASN, was pinned in June, did an externship in July/August, got licensed in September and was offered a job from the hospital I externed at in October in the ER. Yes, hospitals do hire ASNs but you really need to either get in from the insid...

A GOOD CALENDAR/PLANNER (which was my bible - kept me organized, scheduled every hour of my days), exercise every single day and a very supportive husband :)

I feel that there are certain things you want to say ASAP and then there are others that you probably want to keep under your hat.... Infection control is one I would speak up about, but putting in your two cents about how the nurse is placing the BP...

So I'm a new nurse - graduated in June. I had an externship in an ED of a local city hospital over the summer and they hired me for the unit and I started on 12/2. Very exciting - I dreamed of starting my career in a fast paced unit (ED or ICU) and...

I totally agree - it's more frustrating being kept in the dark because everyone is so busy taking care of other patients instead of you. Even if it's going to be several hours, I try to be honest about it and just let them know. If they still get P...

whoa, was my original post that obnoxious? sorry, really didn't mean to come across that way! I guess it's just a bit of a shock to me at this point and I'm second guessing a lot of what I do. I am the first to admit I am farrrr from perfect. Ther...

never ever hold Lantus - its onset isn't even for 1.5-2hrs! as others have said, if you notice a pattern of lows throughout the day, or that the pt is having to eat/drink carbs when not hungry/thirsty just to stay within range (i.e. they cannot go 4 ...

IOB (Insulin On Board) - this refers to the duration of Novolog (usually 3 hours) - the pump's algorhythm factors this in when suggesting the bolus. It does a lot more than just basic arithmetic - that's why it provides such tighter control.

oh man - our acute ED area has 21 beds broken into either 3 or 4 zones, each assigned to one of two teams of providers. no wait, when we get swamped, we have 42 beds since we can squeeze two in an area and label them "7A, 7B"... oh oh wait, when we g...

genius! I have to try this next time. Honestly, I do feel bad for these people. They are obviously miserable - whether it's because they had to wait an hour to be seen or because they're struggling with an abusive spouse, the fact that they're pr...

I'm a new nurse and this is a big career change for me. I used to work in finance, graduated nursing school while working full time in June, had an externship in the ED in July and August, got my ACLS and PALS in August and passed my boards in Septem...

Okay, this might be a dumb question, but I'm just curious... I'm a new grad/new nurse about to start orientation for the ED. I'm starting to think that I might want to get pregnant some time in the next 2-3 years. I know it's not required to tell t...

Didn't read the whole thread (sorry, on my mobile) but I just had to point out an aside - ahem..... WHAT THE HELL IS JENNY MCARTHY DOING PROMOTING ECIGS IN COMMERCIALS?!?! ISNT SHE THE ONE WHO THINKS VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM??

I externed at a local hospital before taking my boards this summer and they called me in for an interview and pretty much hired me before I even passed my boards. I passed, brought in my license and registration, gave them my transcript, referral le...

thanks again, all! Hope3456 and brandy1017, check out LadyFree28's response above - it's more of a specific check to make sure I've never been involved in child abuse or had a foster child taken away from me. The other thing they did was have me wri...

NYP is extremely competitive, as I'm sure you know, but getting your foot in the door even as a volunteer will certainly help. I'm a new grad and I externed in the ED this past summer - I did really well and was offered a job before I even took my b...

Thank you!! This is a great idea, I think I'll email the ADN and ask if it's possible to start unit orientation if I can't start regular orientation until December. It's a long shot but worth the attempt I suppose. As for the ED and rest of the hospi...

I'm just a new nurse, but I can definitely share in this frustration... when I was in the ED this summer (externship), my preceptor rolled her eyes at just about every single patient that came in - she interrupted them when they spoke, documented thi...

Total career change. started at 28, graduated at 32 - took 4 long years to earn my ASN part-time while working full-time, am about to start my new career and am starting to look at BSN programs.

oh man, I don't know, I'm personally against it, but I'm a new nurse starting out in the ED and have already seen so many drug OD and DT patients who are already hallucinating, not to mention the dementia patients! I just think it could cause more h...

thanks LadyFree28, nice to know I'm not alone in this situation! Ruas61, this is EXACTLY what I was thinking too!... it's a city hospital so they're not rolling in it or anything but I have NEVER asked to pay for my own background check before! And ...

awesome, thank you both! this puts my mind at ease a bit :)

just from my experience, you're going to be limited to the city (HHC) hospitals with the ASN degree, and even then it's only really going to happen if you externed or volunteered there (like I did along with several of my classmates) NorthShore LIJ d...

I'm in the exact same boat! Any advice is appreciated! ps - my husband's parents actually say that them working different shifts and barely seeing each other for a period of time in their marriage actually saved it! just something to think about ...