#NurseB

I get along just fine. Assumptions...guess what that makes you?

So much negativity and assumptions being thrown out here. I also can't believe some of you have time to look up old posts and use them against the OP. This is exactly what I can't stand about this site. OP was looking for guidance and reassurance and for the most part, you all told OP how incompetent she is. I've had enough. Good luck OP! ER is a hard place for new grads and unless there are posters that have been a new grad in ER, their comments have no value to me. Keep your head up!

Mine took less than 48 hours and my classmate took 1 month to have results posted. Too bad CA doesn't issue quick results like other states. Here I thought 48 hours was torture!

Annie is right, you need to complete a nursing program first and then take an exam to become licensed.

I have to disagree. I believe in the ER, a year is still a new grad.

I don't see a pattern. I see a fairly new nurse with very little experience and instruction. I am in the ER OP and I can relate. It gets busy and you are still new and learning. No 2 patients are the same. I was told it would take several years before we would feel like we weren't new anymore. And that was directly from our ER directors mouth. I'm sorry you are having a hard time.

I had a friend of mine that graduated recently that took a month for hers to show up on BON site. She however; got the good pop up from PV. As I understand it, with the good pop up, you don't have to enter CC info. If it takes you to the CC page that is the bad pop up and you should not enter your CC info but rather wait for your review in the mail.

My IP got canceled when I tested and I also freaked out. Like someone else said, it just means they got notification that you tested. My license was posted not even 48 hours later. I am also in Cali and a recent grad. Good luck to you!

I know it has been several months since anyone has responded to this post but I felt compelled to comment. In searching for a post for New ER RN's, this one was the first to pop up that was fairly recent in 2014 with most of the posts being 2006, 2010, 2012. So, according to this post I did the right thing by searching topics first. However; I too made the mistake of thinking that this thread was old with the last post being months ago. I guess I figured that people only respond to the newer posts. After reading this thread, I think anyone new would be afraid to create a new post. Sheesh! I too have felt like I have ruffled feathers” with some of my posts and sadly, it makes me not want to visit this site. The negativity that pours out of some (not all) of these posts is unbelievable! I would think that as nurses that have to deal with all the stuff that we do, we would all band together to support each other. Did some of you forget that you were all new nurses or nursing students once? Thank you to @tnbutterfly for your comment.

I love posts like this because it shows we are all human and make mistakes. Thanks Anna!

Thank you for your post. I myself just signed a full-time position with my employer which would mean I can now start saving and contributing to a 401k. As for your comment about waiting until you are in your 30's to start saving, not everyone can start as early but you are very smart to be thinking about this now.

You have expressed a lot of my same concerns being a new ER nurse. I get anxious on my days off just thinking about going back to work. I absolutely love it and love the people but my lack of knowledge has me feeling inadequate. From what others have told me, I think you need to give it time. We are learning so much more than we learned in school. It is going to take time for us to feel like we belong.

I gained wait in nursing program also. I've now been on the floor about 6 months and have gained a little more weight. I'm not overweight but I am definitely out of my comfort zone. I'll be honest...I thought once I started working, I would be too busy and burning calories 13 hours a day/3 days a week. Unfortunately I find the stress, lack of sleep and making the excuse "I work hard, I deserve this {{fill in blank}}" has taken a toll on my weight. I'm sure this isn't everyone but this is what I have experienced. Good luck to you in all that you do!!

I agree. I was hired at the facility I interned with and so was over half my class. I know that one student was not chosen because they had tattoos showing on a clinical day (against hospital policy) and was told if they couldn't even show up appropriate before they were hired, then they certainly wouldn't do it when they were hired. In a market that is flooded at the moment...I was crossing my t's and dotting my i's. No need to take unnecessary chances.

I love it!!!!!

Same here. I was taught a patients pain is what they say it is and unless they are hypotension and risks outweigh benefits, you treat their pain. The scale comment was funny to me. I've always wanted to say "0-10, 0 being no pain and 10 is having both arms ripped off being fed live scorpions, how bad is your pain?"

ED nurse here... Sheesh! First, let me just say this post doesn't differ from what I experience every day at work. It seems us ED nurses are always at odds with the other floors. I personally send patients up as soon as a bed is available UNLESS I am with a STAT patient OR if I need to get a med started before sending the patient. I don't ever wait for a certain time. And you better believe our charge nurse is breathing down our necks to make sure when that admit bed is ready, we are sending our patients up so the charge nurse can put a new patient in that room. I also will send report up and call to give report. If nobody answers, I will call until I get somebody. Even if that means calling the charge nurse and giving them report. Yes other floors have emergencies but I've been on the floor and worked in ED and find our ED to be full of critical patients, especially all the STAT respiratory patients this winter. I don't truly think anyone can have empathy for floor/ED nurses until you've held that position.

Seems like a very far stretch. They have much more to worry about.

You make a valid point. TEAS scores are sometimes used to get you into a program. Our school had a separate lottery for those that scored highest.

I have the same issue. Some will tell me a look too young and others just simply ask. I've only been an RN for a few months so I'm uncomfortable saying "9 months." What I usually say is that I was in pediatrics for 10 years (which I was, just not as an RN) and that I am fairly new to this facility. They don't seem to mind that answer and it usually redirects them into more questions about working with kids. I like the answer of "This is my first day!" that someone else suggested. I will definitely use that!

You tell a great story. As a new RN, this is a fear of mine. Thank you for sharing!

I second the Kaplan q bank. There is also a very helpful studyguide located on this website. If you have a smart phone, there are also aps for NCLEX that can be studied on the go. Commit to it! Spend XX amount of hours every day on studying up until your test date. You can do it! Best of luck to you

So here is the thing you need to keep in mind... I know a girl that didn't study because she wanted to see if she could pass it and if she didn't, well no big deal because she could take it again right? Wrong! When she went to apply for the specific nursing program, they had changed the rules for applying and only allowed for one try to pass the teas exam and since she already failed, she wasn't able to apply. So just study... I studied my tush off for that test and barely passed!

I used Kaplan and a studyguide located here on allnurses. I'd like to say Kaplan helped because I passed first try with minimal questions although at the time of taking the test I remember thinking that Kaplan didn't help at all. In all reality, even if the classes and their method of answering questions didn't help...the many practice questions that were offered by Kaplan MOST definitely helped! I would reccomend also checking out the studyguide on this site. I wish you the best of luck!

I love this idea! We used plastic ones in the facility that I work for. I have been doing it the way I have been taught and that is to toss it in the red bio bag. If it is urine, I will rinse it out and reuse it for the same pt. When the patient leaves, it gets tossed. I like the idea of having disposable ones. I am going to bring that to the attention of management. Does anyone else have problems with spillage?? It seems like there is never a time when the pt is taken off a bedpan and doesn't have that problem. Maybe it's me, maybe I need more practice. I'm excited about the chux idea though. Maybe that will help.