I am new to Ultimate nurse, but have been familiar with the site and love to read the message boards. Funny how nurses can share a lot of the same experiences and emotions at times.
I have been a nurse almost a year. And I am actually on my first travel assignment in Charlotte, North Carolina. And I am loving every minute of it so far!
I was trained in a small level 2 Emergency Room in Kentucky, with 16 beds, and about 4-6 nurses working per shift, and have moved up to a 40 bed ER with about 9-13 nurses working per shift. Things are a lot different here, but in a good way. North Carolina has treated me well so far. The laws here are a bit different from Kentucky, and I am still trying to get used to being able to give someone "take home meds". Crazy!
I love trauma and Emergency Room work, and I know I'm still a newbie, but I am a quick learner, and had an awesome preceptor for about 4-5 months, so she taught me the ropes, and I have worked so hard to get where I am, and HERE I AM!
I am super excited to be here and so thankful that I chose such a rewarding career. I am still dumbfounded how any nurse could ever get "burnt out", but I plan to avoid that at all cost and that is why I decided to travel. I want to always love what I do, because it doesn't even seem like real "work" to me, because I love helping people.
So if any old school ER nurse has any helpful tips or pointers for the new ER nurse, be my guest to send me a message!! I appreciate all the learning I can get!
Thanks! Have a great day, everyone!!
I have been a nurse almost a year. And I am actually on my first travel assignment in Charlotte, North Carolina. And I am loving every minute of it so far!
I was trained in a small level 2 Emergency Room in Kentucky, with 16 beds, and about 4-6 nurses working per shift, and have moved up to a 40 bed ER with about 9-13 nurses working per shift. Things are a lot different here, but in a good way. North Carolina has treated me well so far. The laws here are a bit different from Kentucky, and I am still trying to get used to being able to give someone "take home meds". Crazy!
I love trauma and Emergency Room work, and I know I'm still a newbie, but I am a quick learner, and had an awesome preceptor for about 4-5 months, so she taught me the ropes, and I have worked so hard to get where I am, and HERE I AM!
I am super excited to be here and so thankful that I chose such a rewarding career. I am still dumbfounded how any nurse could ever get "burnt out", but I plan to avoid that at all cost and that is why I decided to travel. I want to always love what I do, because it doesn't even seem like real "work" to me, because I love helping people.
So if any old school ER nurse has any helpful tips or pointers for the new ER nurse, be my guest to send me a message!! I appreciate all the learning I can get!
Thanks! Have a great day, everyone!!