TO ALL ER NURSES!!!!

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I am going to start working in the ER in less than 2 weeks!!! I have my ACLS class scheduled for November 1st and 2nd and I have to get my TNCC class within the first 6 months of hire but I want to get my ACLS out of the way before doing that class. I was just wondering if there is any books you would highly recommend me reading before starting and during my orientation period. I have read several threads on here and it seems like Sheehy's is popular along with the ENA Core Curriculum Emergency book. So here are my questions....

1)Do they usually provide you with a TNCC manual when you take the class or do have to purchase it before hand?

2) There are 2 Sheehy's books a manual and a principles and practice.. which one? or should i do the core curriculum one? I really hate dry reading!!! I just want a book that will keep me interested in it instead of feeling like im reading a different language.

3)Is there any other good ER book?? and is there any ipod touch applications you would suggust me getting?

As you can tell I have a lot of questions :) ER has been the one floor I've always wanted to work on!! I have only been an RN for 3 months and have been working at LTC since April with my LPN so I only have really 6 months experience as a nurse and I know how some people feel about "new grad RN's" working in the ER right away so I just want to learn as much as I can and read as much as I can before being on my own. I figured they gave me the job so they have faith in me that much so I just want to give it my all!!! Thanks!!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, & ED.

Get the Ena book and start reading it. Epocrates and medscape r some of the applications I have . Welcome aboard and good luck! Congrats!!!!!

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Specializes in Trauma/ED.

Looking on here is a good start. There are so many threads about this topic that there is no way I could give any new advice. There are very few books that don't feel like "dry reading"...maybe "ED Nursing Made Incredibly Easy"? The TNCC book is usually provided depending on how big your hospital is...if you have to take it off-site and you work at a small hospital you may have to get it yourself.

Look through all the threads about new hire's and the advice we have given them, lots and lots of info available.

Good luck and welcome to the ED nursing family :-)

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You will be doing a ton of on the job learning as well. I would start with the basics. Learn the lay of the land in your new environment, how patient flow works, what triage system is used, if there are any NIPs (Nurse Initiated Protocols), and look up standards of care if they are available.

Get the ACLS, but don't be in a hurry to get the TNCC. Get a little bit of experience first. Do you need PALS to work in your ED? Even if you don't need it, you might think about it if you get peds patients at all.

The Emergency Nursing made Incredibly Easy book isn't too dry, but as with any book with content as broad as the body of knowledge needed to do ED nursing, you will not be able to retain all that you read. Much of it comes with time in the trenches.

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Specializes in MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research.

The RNAO makes a great app for best practice guidelines for everything under the sun. It is quite inexpensive as well.

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