Treat and street!
My favorite question. My entire nursing (BSN/RN) career (40 yrs) has been in the/an ED. One either loves it or doesn't .....you encounter people and situations you would never imagine. Many say it a Jack of all trades and master of none. The ED has evolved into far reaching practice and opportunity beyond the walls of the hospital.
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patients either go home or go to the units- in and out best kind of nursing!!
Being able to help immediately and see results, knowing that your intervention was crucial
AUTONOMY!!!!!!!!! especially when working in a facility with MD standing orders or nursing protocols!!!!!!!!!
Love that I keep my procedural/technical and quick on the spot decision making skills: IV access, tube of all kinds, assist with procedures like relocations of ortho dislocations. Love the almost instant gratification when you can help a patient get relief or resolution.
Never monotonous! Always see a large variety of ages and complaints and types of emergencies.
Often quite fascinating/interesting/unbelievable stories/incidents/accidents.
Definitely not same old same old every shift.
Love the adrenaline rushes(most of the time).
A GREAT TEAM on a shift is all important!!!!!!!
IT IS ESSENTIAL IN LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES!!!!!!!!!!!
So incredibly satisfying to figure out the problem and solution and beat the clock in saving lives! And being able to send folks home better than when they arrived.
Not for the faint of heart!
“Gotta love fixin a hot mess”
You see people on one of the most "memorable" days of their lives--and they will always remember how you helped them. Talk about living a life with meaning!!
lots of learning opportunities., team oriented work.
Autonomy and the opportunity to learn. If it is a teaching hospital, and/or a Level I Trauma Center, the opportunity to see and learn is priceless.
Charting digitally on a computer
Patint have sovle current issuse and relief for pain
