doubleshotespresso

doubleshotespresso specializes in Emergency.

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1. ED Nurse moving to MD; Interest in Peds

   doubleshotespresso replied to kiwispring's topic in Maryland

   I'm also an ED nurse potentially looking to move to Maryland this summer, likely the Baltimore area. I've done some reading on here and online and found that the University of Maryland Hospital system, Johns Hopkins and Mercy are well-reviewed. Mercy...

2. How will I know when I am ready?

   doubleshotespresso replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

   I am a new grad and started in the ER, many of my preceptors are nurses who came from various floors (medical, surgical, CVU) and they all said while they did learn valuable skills on those floors, nothing really prepared them for the ER. All have me...

3. Orientation Length and Type

   doubleshotespresso replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

   -What length of orientation did you have? 6 weeks, they just extended it to 7 -Were there specific ER classroom time or general nursing classes? How many hours would you estimate? 2 days classroom in 4th week -What is your experience? (10 years med-...

4. Online Training and 8 weeks of orientation?

   doubleshotespresso replied to AvaRN22's topic in Emergency

   8 weeks sounds wonderful! I'm a new grad and have a 6 week orientation, I was taking two patients my first week on the job. I have no experience with the ENA online orientation, but I've been using Sheehy's emergency nursing text and it's been really...

5. How I passed N-CLEX with 75 questions!

   doubleshotespresso replied to CharlotteDubois's topic in NCLEX

   Excellent post! Thanks for the insight. I take it in June, will also be praying :-)