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Specializes in I have 2 years in the ER....

I'm in my second semester as an RN student (ADN), and most of the grads that I talked to told me to get an aid job to help me get accustomed to medical terminology, and working in the field. So of course I did, I started Monday in the ER at a local level 2 trauma center, as a tech. I know for sure this is where I need to be.

I just want to thank everyone who posts on here, and answers questions for all of us new people. I have been on this site since I decided to goto school, and everyone has been amazing.

Thanks All

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Good luck with your new job!

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I'm in my second semester as an RN student (ADN), and most of the grads that I talked to told me to get an aid job to help me get accustomed to medical terminology, and working in the field. So of course I did, I started Monday in the ER at a local level 2 trauma center, as a tech. I know for sure this is where I need to be.

I just want to thank everyone who posts on here, and answers questions for all of us new people. I have been on this site since I decided to goto school, and everyone has been amazing.

Thanks All

What year are you? I was thinking of doing the same thing. Do you feel like you were prepared to work in the ER based on your training? Are you allowed to do anything invasive i.e. blood draws etc.?

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.

I just completed a 6-week internship in an ER where we were basically allowed to do everything but admin meds under the watchful guidance of our preceptors. It was a great experience and I will be staying on prn as a tech throughout the remainder of the summer and my last year of school.

Just being in a medical environment full-time was immensely helpful in giving me an additional level of comfort in this new-to-me job setting.

What I found additionally interesting was the diverse perspectives in the same hospital unit on new grads in the ER. I got the feeling the RNs felt that a new grad should be on a floor first, but the managers and administrators I talked to felt otherwise. Great; continued confusion for me, lol!! I've got another year to figure it out, I guess!!:banghead:

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That's how I got my start in ER! I was part of an experiment: utilize senior nursing students in the ER as CNAs with a few extra duties and then segue into an RN position. The experiment failed, but not because it wasn't a good idea. They just went about it wrong. In my case, I had so many of my own duties that the only advantage I had was that I knew the layout of the ER and the people.

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I was hired as an ER tech. But at this hospital lots of the techs that grad nursing school are hired. Every day that I have a shift, I learn so much, and I actually get to see some of the things that we only read about in school.

The hospital wanted EMT w/ exp and/or nursing students w/ at least one 'nursing' course. The group that I work with is amazing, the doctors, nurses and techs are all on a first name basis and take an active part in all the patients care.

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I just completed a 6-week internship in an ER where we were basically allowed to do everything but admin meds under the watchful guidance of our preceptors. It was a great experience and I will be staying on prn as a tech throughout the remainder of the summer and my last year of school.

Just being in a medical environment full-time was immensely helpful in giving me an additional level of comfort in this new-to-me job setting.

What I found additionally interesting was the diverse perspectives in the same hospital unit on new grads in the ER. I got the feeling the RNs felt that a new grad should be on a floor first, but the managers and administrators I talked to felt otherwise. Great; continued confusion for me, lol!! I've got another year to figure it out, I guess!!:banghead:

As a prn tech do you have to work a full shift like 3-11 or can you work like 3 hours and then go to class? Just wondering because while Im in school I dont want to work too much but do want the experience of a nurse tech.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU.
As a prn tech do you have to work a full shift like 3-11 or can you work like 3 hours and then go to class? Just wondering because while Im in school I dont want to work too much but do want the experience of a nurse tech.

At the hospital I work at we do just that. The schedule is very flexible and we come in around going to school.

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.
As a prn tech do you have to work a full shift like 3-11 or can you work like 3 hours and then go to class?

I was told I could work whenever I could. That I could do a 4-hour shift here and there or more as I wanted to. I worked full-time during the internship and was going to scale down quite a bit until school started to get caught up around here, but I've already been called to ask if I could come in on some shifts that they were short-handed. Guess RNs aren't the only employees in short supply, lol!!

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At the hospital I work at we do just that. The schedule is very flexible and we come in around going to school.

So if you only wanted to work like 5 hours that whole week could you do that?

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