gere7404 BSN, RN

gere7404 has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency Room, CEN, TCRN.

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1. Asante New Grad RN Residency

   gere7404 replied to Yumi2019's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

   We take new grads that did their practicum in the ER or critical care We take nurses with previous experience on a case basis, with a preference for nurses with critical care

2. Oregon Passes Groundbreaking Nurse Staffing Law

   gere7404 commented on Jennifer Romans's news article in Nursing News

   My ER used to be 3:1 ratio but now my employer is citing this law and making us go 4:1 kinda sucks to get worse ratios out of this deal when all the other floors are staying the same or getting...

3. Asante New Grad RN Residency

   gere7404 replied to Yumi2019's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

   Float pool gets training on all of the med surg floors but seems to spend a lot of their time boarding patients in the ER.... they get a $6 differential to be flexible and I think the new grads...

4. Med-Surg IV Meds

   gere7404 replied to Gyh's topic in General Nursing

   If you’re on a telemetry unit you might have to run cardizem or amiodarone both are pretty simple in terms of titration — cardizem goes up until you get the heart rate you’re aiming for...

5. What are medics doing in your ED?

   gere7404 replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Emergency

   EMTs are tech 1s, medics are tech 2s…. Tech 2s can start IVs and draw blood they both do wound care and apply splints and help move pts and objects around the

6. Monkeypox Going Viral! What You Need To Know

   gere7404 replied to Maggie Aime's topic in Infectious Disease

   I don’t think you need to bug out anywhere to avoid monkey

7. Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

   gere7404 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   We have a tracking device that has a button we're supposed to press if we're under duress 9/10 it goes off when someone leans over something and it gets pressed accidentally I've never...

8. Best CEN prep/guide?

   gere7404 replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Emergency

   Depends on the availability of the testing center, I think three weeks was the quickest I was able to sign up for

9. Best CEN prep/guide?

   gere7404 replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Emergency

   For free content, Mark Boswell has great videos on Youtube, but they’re from the previous blueprint so I’m not sure what info he’s missing. You can watch his stuff and compare it to the bcen...

10. A Deep Dive into NCLEX Next Generation 2023

    gere7404 replied to Payton RN Writer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I’m not sure what the changes to the NCLEX are can anyone

11. Two weeks into orientation, constantly terrified. Is this normal?

    gere7404 replied to hollyleaf's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I’ve been in the ER three years and have a CEN and TCRN — I still ask questions when I don’t know something and learn something new every time I go to work relax, it’s

12. My Coworkers are Driving Me Nuts

    gere7404 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    “Nobody told me I was getting a patient!” ”can you call back to give me report? I’m about to do a med pass.” ”I can’t take report right now, I’m in an isolation

13. How To List My Credentials In Correct Order

    gere7404 replied to lam1997's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I mean, is specialty certification really the most important? Plenty of great cvicu nurses without CVRN credentials…. on a side note, I got my tcrn cert added to my badge today and they put my...

14. How To List My Credentials In Correct Order

    gere7404 replied to lam1997's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    it goes highest level of education first, so like Rose Queen said, the MS would go before the BSN. Then you put the highest level of nursing licensure (RN, LPN, etc), then any certifications you hold...

15. Constantly being put in triage or fast track

    gere7404 replied to Stella_Blue's topic in Emergency

    Mid-shift usually gets assigned support roles at the ERs I've worked at; you're either helping in triage or fast track like you're experiencing, get stuck opening hallway bed zones where you can fit...