sweetloveRN

Got the job- yay!! Now the fun begins.. Working nights in the ED

Thank you for the replies You guys are awesome! I wanted to "like" all your posts but couldn't find the button to hit lol. From what I gathered, as long as you're a team player, focused, can stay calm in situations then you'll start out as a good Er nurse. After my interview last week the manager asked if I would like to shadow one of her nurses the next day. Of course I said yes!, and only though I was there for a short time..I was already learning things! I loved it..I liked how it wasn't the monotonous day to day stuff I deal with at work now. I love the people I work with now on nights, we always have each other's back during a code or any issue we run into. I'm just hoping I'll find that in ED Thanks for the replies, those were some of things I was curious about

I'm a fairly new nurse, I've been working nights on a med-surg floor for about a year and a half now. I come into work and almost pretty much know what to expect. I'm going to get report, meet/assess my 6-7 pts, pass 10pm meds, then document. Of course different things happen every night but it's still the same in a sense. I had an interview for the ED this week and it's all I can think about. Now that I may become an ER nurse, I wanna hear from you guys on important things I should know my first year as an ER nurse? Any advice-anything is welcome. Is the CEN usually what Er nurses go after if they plan on making that as their speciality? Are they all type A personalities? Do you really become close with the doc's on a professional level? Any input appreciated With love from jersey

Thank you guys so much for the information and sharing with me your stories. I know every state is different but it's nice to get a sense of what i'll be dealing with. I didn't find many threads on here about RAMP but I have already looked into NJ's professional monitoring program (PAP) and found some good information. First amd foremost I'm just working on my sobriety and just hoping that everything will fall into place.

Thanks for responding wish_me_luck. I live in nj by the way. I have been a good employee *thus far* :\ with no disciplinary actions against me. And my manager is understanding from what I've gathered. It's hard working nights cause you don't get a chance to really form a bond with management, bosses, etc. I just thought looking into tx options would be confidential, but I guess all that goes out the window once you're a health care provider. I just WISHED I looked into this more before I sought out help. Now I'm more depressed than I ever was

Hello everyone, I'm new to posting to allnurses, but have been browsing this site since the beginning of nursing school. That was when passing the nclex and getting through clinicals was my main concern. Well now that that's out of the way, I'm a new grad and have been an RN for 8 months now, working on a med-surg floor. The reason I am posting here is because I've been battling with addiction problems since highschool. I drink socially and would smoke marijuana socially as well. But my main problem has been with opiates. It has gotten to the point where it was no longer on the weekends or here and there, but I began to use everyday and became physically dependent on them. Recognizing I had a problem, I decided to seek help with a treatment program. Like I said I decided to get help before my addiction caused me to divert meds or fail any random drug screens at my place of employment. BUT, when I went to be evaluated by the doctor he told me "we are going to detox you and get you better..then I want you to self report to a monitoring program. If you don't self report then I will have to." Immediately I broke down. all I could think about was all the hard work I put in to become an RN and hoe I don't want to lose my license. Long story short..I do realize I need the tx but I feel like once I'm sober and in recovery being monitored by an MD why wouldI have to self report? I feel like it is self incriminating. From the posts that I have read, these monitoring programs seem to take over your life, no vacations, checking in everyday to take a drug. screen and not to mention $thousands of dollars. I'm just overwhelemed by all this information. Any advice would greatly help. Thank you