David31

Hi, I am also a new nurse of only a few months. I work in an ICU stepdown unit. I feel your pain. The other day I was running all day which we all know about. My health tech advises me of one of my patients b/s level. So I go to hook his IV back up to his insulin drip after he took a walk with a family member. He swings and hits me in the side of the face, closed fist. It threw me because the patient had not shown any agitation all day. I'm not justifying that by any means but the patient has some neuro problems. Anyway, believe it or not I kind of felt like I was failing because I wasn't controlling my patient properly. So that is one experience of mine. But I've also learned a ton so far and have great nurses on my unit. So hang in there with the rest of us and become the best nurse you can. I'm sure you are like a lot of us who are actually harder on ourselves than others are!!

We had to take ERI tests at different points throughout school but we weren't required to get a certain score or anything. Maybe somebody from ERI will read some of this and get a clue!!

Hi! Your question about ERI made me laugh. Myself and 2 classmates went to the ERI NCLEX review class as well. It was exactly as you described. We went for the morning session and didn't return for the afternoon or the next 3 days. We decided that we could learn more effectively studying on your own!!