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  1. What's a good ER magazine for learning?

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I get that monthly ER magazine that you automatically get when you sign up for ENA, can't remember the name but anyway....I don't find it particularly educational for me. It has lots of news, lots of...

  2. What's a good ER magazine for learning?

    vampireslayer replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Thanks everyone. I just subscribed to Nursing 2006.

  3. Weekend scheduling

    vampireslayer replied to anitahd's topic in Emergency

    I work every Saturday & Sunday to allow me to be home with the kids after school during the week, deal with sick kids needing to come home from school, orthodontist appts, vet appts for the dogs,...

  4. After I graduate can I start right off in the ER?

    vampireslayer replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    I think it can be done...going straight to ER, but you will stress yourself out WAY more that way. It's awful, stressful, scary, wondering if you're going to really really screw up and kill someone...

  5. Do most hospitals have rotating shifts?

    vampireslayer replied to Cenla Sherry's topic in Emergency

    We don't rotate shifts either. It would kill me to do that, I think! We have a set schedule, and the schedule never varies unless you request a change. Our schedules consist of 2 options: 1)...

  6. Questions you were asked on ER interview?

    vampireslayer replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency

    I had a classmate who was asked basically to run through a CPR scenario...it had to do with what she'd do if the family member of a patient suddenly fell to the floor. I wasn't asked any technical...

  7. problems on orientation

    vampireslayer replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    Hi Noelle, Well, for your meeting tomorrow, I guess that depends on your goals. Do you still think you'd be willing to stay, if you had the opportunity? If you DO want to stay, or you're at least...

  8. problems on orientation

    vampireslayer replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    Hey girl. Sorry it's not turning out well. But before you say adios to this ER, make sure you know your financial responsibility. If they let you go, you should have NO financial responsibility,...

  9. problems on orientation

    vampireslayer replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    Hey girl! One last thing about your situation. Well, let's be honest here, that friggin' preceptor of yours may be an unbalanced loon, BUT she also may have some friends out there that believe her....

  10. problems on orientation

    vampireslayer replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    Noelle!!! Girlfriend!!! What happened to drag your spirits down through the mud again? Something new? Or same ol' s...t?? I could have written your post, just about word for word! Except as a...

  11. How organized...

    vampireslayer replied to Jerico's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I also work in an ER, and I can tell you, you're not alone! We are also frequently disorganized, and the thing about not being able to find the supplies, or the normal place for something has...

  12. Question about reading really low BP's

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I had a pt. the other day who'd coded, they'd gotten her back but she was unresponsive, very little brain activity (but some...). During the code they'd given dopamine wide open...then when I got...

  13. Got any tips on what/how much to chart?

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I've just finished up with my orientation & am now on my own, and I'm trying to find my own "style" regarding charting. We have a computer charting system that's pretty neat, you just have to...

  14. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a new nurse in a level 1 trauma center, and I'm still with my preceptor. He doesn't talk to me during the traumas, he's busy doing his own thing...afterwards he yells at me for having just...

  15. Question about reading really low BP's

    vampireslayer replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Thanks everyone. Yes the patient made it, at least as long as it took for me to get her out of there & up to ICU. The ICU nurses said the exact same thing you all have said, that just adding...

  16. New RN in ER: things I don't even know that I don't know!

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I've got 3 more days with my preceptor, and I KNOW the things that I need work on...getting faster, getting better at IVs, finding the veins quicker, asking the right questions to zero in on the pt's...

  17. How Many sucessful VBAC's..

    vampireslayer replied to Cherry2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I tried for a VBAC twice, but ended up with c/s every time! My first was c/s due to breech. Then my 2nd was intended to be VBAC but ended up c/s because of distress (cord wrapped around his...

  18. I hate those days where feel totally dumb

    vampireslayer replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Oh gosh, I could write a book about feeling dumb! I have NO nursing experience, either, so I dont' even have that to help me! I'm a new grad still with my preceptor in a level 1 trauma center and I...

  19. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    vampireslayer replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for all the helpful replies. I've gotten great advice! I'm feeling a little better now. Got my ACLS book, I take the class in a few weeks, and have been reading through that. I've also gone...

  20. When did you apply?

    vampireslayer replied to IV-PUSH's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied in March, graduated in May. But there were people in my class interviewing already in January! And they were told that they'd filled the last of only a few positions those hospitals had,...

  21. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    vampireslayer replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Thank you all for all your support! I'm feeling better already...course that could be because I don't go back to work for another 4 days! I am scheduled for both ACLS and TNCC in October. I've...

  22. 1st year nursing student...ratio proportion..help???

    vampireslayer replied to Taleah's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure exactly what "method" it is that I use, but the way I do my calculations seems really easy to me. I've taught it to a few people and they always say it's so easy, once they figure it...

  23. Real life in the ER vs. what we're taught in nursing school

    vampireslayer posted a topic in Emergency

    I graduated nursing school in May, and have been on the floor, still with my preceptor, at a big busy Level 1 trauma center for a couple months now. I'm interested to see how many things that were...

  24. Breaks in the ER

    vampireslayer replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    I'm brand new at my ER, big, busy level 1 trauma center, but so far, (a couple months now) I've ALWAYS gotten my break, and it's almost always an hour! I've had many many other nurses at my ER stress...