Hello all!I'm a 4th year BN student, heading into my senior practicum. I'm trying to decide if doing my practicum in emerg would be something I'd be a good fit for. What are some of the qualities that make a good ER nurse?
Lev, MSN, RN, NP 8 Articles; 2,803 Posts Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Has 10 years experience. Jan 26, 2015 Quick on your feet, good clinical/assessment skills, good communication skills, able to adjust to rapidly changing situations, good time management skills, plus a sick sense of humor.
allnurses Guide JBudd, MSN 1 Article; 3,836 Posts Specializes in Trauma, Teaching. Has 42 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 flexibility, ability to multi-task, addiction to adrenalin, and an enlarged bladder
Mursetaa 2 Posts Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry. Has 3 years experience. Jan 27, 2015 Having a good sense of humor, and being able to remain calm in chaos.
That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B 3,421 Posts Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab. Has 6 years experience. Jan 29, 2015 Quick on your feet' date=' good clinical/assessment skills, good communication skills, able to adjust to rapidly changing situations, good time management skills, plus a sick sense of humor.[/quote']Pretty much every ER nurse I have liked to the T
psu_213, BSN, RN 3,878 Posts Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant. Has 14 years experience. Jan 29, 2015 plus a sick sense of humor.(all the other one's listed are quite important also, but this is my fav)
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN 8,429 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma. Has 18 years experience. Jan 29, 2015 Keep 'em coming!
AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P 2,577 Posts Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns. Jan 30, 2015 Haldol for the patient, lots of it. Booze for you, lots of it!HPRN:yes:
Lev, MSN, RN, NP 8 Articles; 2,803 Posts Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Has 10 years experience. Feb 2, 2015 Able to be amused at how often the ER gets written up...
gvrn13 42 Posts Feb 2, 2015 The great ED nurses that I've worked with have the ability to take care of 10 patients, and somehow treat each one of them like they are their only patient. When you've reached this mastery of multi-tasking, you have made it. I personally have not reached this level yet!! Also the sense of humor, because seriously you can't even make up half of the stuff that you will see or hear. And a poker face... never let them see you sweat!!
