NurseyK

I just don't get it... Here you are: in Charge...with 3 inexperienced, dangerous, slow-as-sh nurses on a shift from he##, every pt you touch is an admit, every "bat phone" call a Trauma, no simple "ear ache" or "finger pain" in sight... ...your 3...

That's terriffic to hear, Level2Trauma. The programs I speak of are 2 of the more "prestigeous" ones here in NY. Adequate clinical time is the most important aspect of medical or nursing education, IMHO. You don't realize how much you can't learn ...

After 8 yrs in ER/Trauma nursing, I left to go to medical school. It was "time" for me. I felt comfortable in my own skin and in my abilities to care for patients. I chose to go to a D.O. school (vs MD) because of the grief I received for being a ...

We had a Doc that liked to paw through the waiting room charts also. Anything with, "c/o CP" or "c/o SOB" got raced back and received an EKG before any of the staff knew what was happening. Her reasoning, "Well, it says the pt c/o is ____, which is...

ENPC and PALS are both excellent courses and should BOTH be highly recommended to take to perform well in the ER. One ED I worked also required NALS -- another "must" IMHO. In 7 yrs, I've only used it twice, but I was thanking God that I had had it...

I found the best prep to be the review books put out by ENA and Laura Gasparo (sp?). Her book was very difficult, but a good review. Make sure you have TNCC and ENPC under your belt - it makes life easier also. In the end, I found the best "resourc...

I strongly echo the other replies to your quiery. The CEN is about experience - NOT booksmarts. Do your time, see all you can, soak it all in, take ACLS, PALS, NALS, ENPC, TNCC....then worry about your CEN a few years down the road. As a green nur...

First of all, background...we had a mass exodus of 10 FT experienced ER/Trauma Nurses from our ER about 8-10 mos ago with all but 6 senior nurses leaving. The 6 of us left BUSTED OUR HUMPS to orient these new people (a grand total of 6 newbies). We...

We have one of these nut-jobs with us too. She believes that SHE is "in charge" (and, yes, to a certain extent she is) - but *not* of Nursing and Nursing Issues. She generally steps all over my (Charge Nurse) toes -- to the point when one day I act...

Natalie - I was only specifically responding to JT about working 20 hrs. Get off my back. All - Maybe I'm not making myself clear...our hospital is union. We HAVE to work 20 hrs if we are mandated. Refusal = termination. We are not "volunteering"...

Contrary to your belief, there is no "wasted effort" when it comes to fighting for restricted nursing hours. You and I will have to agree to disagree on this issue. (I'm leaving nursing, technically, one could argue, 'then why do I care anyway?') MY ...

JT - The bill I speak of is A2025/S1318...the precise bills of which you speak of that NYSNA does NOT support. This Bill actually began to put in words and motion SOMETHING that addressed nursing hours here in NY. NYSNA has not gotten on board with ...

I guess I must be reading your posts incorrectly? are you for or against mandatory OT? (key word here folks: MANDATORY) I have personally spearheaded a campaign here in NY re: Nursing OT. A pending bill passed the House and is now under review in...

In our ER, the MEDICAL Director keeps getting a wild hair up his..ahem...and demands that all patients be "brought straight back to a bed", "no lines no waiting", "we don't want those pt complaints now." OK great...I'll pack the beds in with crap th...

What kind of pabulum-puking managerial bullsh#t is this? Document...yeah, right. Ya know what? The first poster is right; nursing is WRONG no matter what. I have spent time responding intelligently to absurd on pt complaints. The vast majority ...

Your very welcome. I'm not sure about where you live, but here (in Upstate New York) our Classified Ads are FILLED TO THE BRIM with openings for office nurses and office "techs". I would start there - calling, visiting, writing them. As far as gett...

Your very welcome. I'm not sure about where you live, but here (in Upstate New York) our Classified Ads are FILLED TO THE BRIM with openings for office nurses and office "techs". I would start there - calling, visiting, writing them. As far as gett...

You do not specify if you are an RN or LPN graduate, but I'll go on with my little "story" for ya Nursing school was a post-bacc career change for me. I went thru LPN school first and, towards the end of LPN school, was initially hired at a busy,...

You do not specify if you are an RN or LPN graduate, but I'll go on with my little "story" for ya Nursing school was a post-bacc career change for me. I went thru LPN school first and, towards the end of LPN school, was initially hired at a busy,...

I like www.embbs.com myself

ENPC = Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course Should get your NALS and CEN also to make it a clean sweep.....the most basic things you should take before any of the advanced stuff should include: Basic Physical Assessment Course and Basic Critical Care Co...

Work 7p-7a shift in ER...wouldn't trade it for the world! All the interesting little critters come out from under their rocks when the sun goes down....hahahahha

Ok, ok....here comes my $0.02 worth, take it or leave it..... I believe SubQ has stated what not a small number of us have been experiencing of late especially, and increasingly, with the event of the nursing shortage, money issues, etc. I don't bel...

TRN - Welp, I'm one of those nurses jumping ship. I've been accepted to a handfull of DO (DO -osteopathic vs. MD - allopathic) medical schools (my choice) first try and will be a MS-1 this Fall. Do I believe the grass will be greener? Heck no. I b...

I am one of the many that will be leaving nursing. I have been accepted into medical school - I am choosing to go to DO school over MD school. I have been an ER/Trauma RN for 5 years now. I love what I do, don't get me wrong (why else would I want...