My First Year As A ER Nurse: Sharing My ENTIRE Experience
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Hey Nurse Fam! Welcome to my final ER RN update. I'm sharing the good the bad and the ugly side of my first ear experience working as a nurse. Enjoy!
XO Lexi
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1.Go into the specialty you want right out of school. U don't have to do med-surg first.
2. Avoid friending current coworkers on social media, some nurses can be very catty and messy!
3. Don't compare your new experience as a nurse to other nurses multiple years of experience..
4. If u call out "sick" , don't post that you are in Aruba, Paris,etc 😄🤣. This one nurse did that and ended up getting fired. Be smart!!.. there is so much more I can't think of right now...
These are all so good! Thank you 🙏🏼 especially #3
I’m the same way at work! I just come in to do my job and of course I am friendly too, but I am not focused on being friends with everyone or joining any drama.
Alexis Simmons yes I agree!
Working in healthcare for 16 years and that’s the best thing I could tell you is stay out of the drama and keep your private life to yourself...you will run across so many different personalities in your career, good and bad, and some people like to stir the 💩...
I literally did a Nurse Nook marathon and watched all your videos from your first to your most recents. They really inspire me to better myself and that hard times only help you grow and prosper
RIGHT
Alyssa Ruiz that’s what I am doing right now lol
Your hair is just...
it’s Beyoncé vibes 😍 Love it. 🙌🏽
I always fear a new grad that isn’t nervous, many of those nurses didn’t make it off orientation. Nerves are good they make you pay attention and be safe !
Don't 👏🏾 tell👏🏾all👏🏾 of your business👏🏾 to the people👏🏾 you work👏🏾with!!! 👏🏾Preach😩😂
The NextGen nclex is coming up soon🥺and I just fail the exam on my second attempt🥺🥺🤦♂️💔,I cannot begin to articulate the level of embarrassment and heartache I'm feeling right now 🤕😣,I'm confident that I will be a good nurse too. I just need to get past this too and move on. 🥺
Well, I've taken the exams for the 4th time now and still didn't succeed, i wonder how those who succeeded did it. 😭💔
Just say "I haven't passed yet." Don't
take it as a failure but see it as a learning opportunity. There is a lot of power in "Yet"; you are telling yourself that you will get there and that your eyes and heart are still fixed on your goal.
I failed 3 times, i lost money to reviews that never helped but the major thing is that l've not lost hope.
You will pass Every one has their own season, just keep going, pray and believe you will receive.
New grad ER nurse here 🙋🏻♀️ I’ve been in the ER for 6 months now and it’s been insane. I agree that starting in the ER has taught me so much! I don’t know if I’ll stay there for the long run because I don’t know if I can keep up the pace without burning out. Another thing I hate is the fast turn over. You really don’t get a chance to spend time with patients because it’s either ok are they sick enough to get admitted? Then get them upstairs ASAP. Not sick enough? Get them discharged ASAP. But I am so grateful for the experience I’ve already gained!
Are you going to continue working in the ER or try a different department? Love your videos!!
I started in the ER a week ago & I'm a new nurse. There is so much to learn and I really love it so far. I love that is different everyday and always something new to learn. Each case is unique. You inspire me so much so thank you tons!
Very true. Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle. Your doing great!
TELL US ABOUT STUDENT DEBT PLEASEEEEE????
Community college = no debt
At least in california. I went to private for my lvn and it cost me 34k. Thats right $34,000 so for my RN even though it took an extra year to get in. I ended up with zero debt from that. And I even received the Cal Grant, which meant that the $2,000k that would have come out of my pocket was covered by the grant. So the RN ended up costing me like $250, which was for uniforms which weren't covered.
Part of the Game! Great thing about nursing, you can afford to pay it off after graduation :) no need to rush your payments and end up living paycheck to paycheck lol just work, do your thing, make your money, pay your bills, that’s it!
Been an ER nurse for 12 years now, precepted many new grad nurses especially now during/after the pandemic & with the recent increase of new grads entering the ER. I absolutely love your videos! They are so genuine and true to how it actually can feel for someone entering into a very critical and busy area of care for the first time. Many of them come with the same lack of previous experience initially. Just wanted to say that it’s so appreciated to me that you’re trying to reach these new nurses in this way. This job is so hard! And we tend to forget that teaching it can also be so hard. The environment, we as preceptors (good ones anyways) we try to create a space that allows for growth. It’s hard to find good preceptors as well, who will give what they have to another nurse without their personalities or past experience inhibiting their learning. I so hope I’m doing a good job with the ones I have now, and the ones I have had before. Hearing your input helps not only the newer nurses but also myself to remember again that even though we may not know something or be experienced in something that we’re 100% never alone. And there’s always room to learn. Nursing is a constant learning opportunity. Especially in ED, some stuff can roll through the door & even us experienced nurses could be like um WT…… I just love your message & I have used it to remind my orientees and colleagues too, that it can and does get better. & it always does :) we are an awesome group of people. Unlike any other. Thanks for being a young voice to all these baby nurses especially in the ED who probably look at us like um.. ya’ll crazy lol. You’re a beautiful and strong girl. I’m sharing your experiences on your channel to all my ER orientees. Take care of you 🩺
Your hair color against your skin tone is perf!
1st your hair looks bomb!
2nd I am a nursing student (1st year)
Its so comforting that you make these videos because whenever im feeling down about nursing school I come watch your videos. Thank you!
Omg that's what i'm worried about my "memory" I keep forgetting things so scared and nervous for what's ahead 8 weeks away from graduating nursing school then prep for NCLEX
girl i have 1 month 23 days 16 hours and 43 mins till graduation. The countdown is so real ! Lol
@@Longliverey le struggle is real. Good luck I wish u all the best. We will soon be there and able to tell our story like her. 😊😊
E Singh yes thanks girl same to you!! Can’t wait
@E Singh okay girl!!! Congrats and good luck. I hope you do great!!
@@AlexA-hg7bl thank you😊
Don't ever stop doing these videos I'm in my first nursing class and I'm scared as hell!!!!!
You are such an inspiration. I'm studying in undergrad right now to be a PA and you just give me so much hope and motivation to keep going. Thank you!
I am an LVN that just started in the fast track section in the emergency department at the hospital I work at. I am so thankful for this position because its only going to help me grow even more once I get my RN! I love your videos!
I love your videos! Thank you so much for your honesty. I am a new nurse (graduated in Sept. passed NCLEX- PN in October) and I feel like I should know so much more. You inspire me and I can’t wait to start RN school
I related to this video so much!!! I am 6 months into my nursing career and you hit everything on the dot. The biggest thing I think I struggle with like you said, is feeling inferior. We must push on!!!
thank you for this video. i found your channel a few months ago after finding my passion for nursing after dealing with an illness and ostomy bags and shit for years now. i graduate high school in may and i’m so excited to start learning about nursing and going to a GI floor in the future
Watching your videos from when you first started until now. You can tell you’ve grown in so many ways I’m so proud of you and all of your achievements. You are very inspirational and you can tell that your very genuine. Love your videos and I can’t wait for more updates and vlogs.
Keep loving life and always stay humble and positive 💝
I’m 4 months in and I have to literally force myself to gather up the courage to ask questions but I have to because lives are in my hands. My goal is to get better with my IVs as well and give better care instead of being task oriented. Every shift is a learning experience and like wine we get better with time!
I really love your videos thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It has helped me feel as if this is an attainable goal. I’ve been dragging my feet but I feel like I have more courage now because you’ve been sharing the “insides”. Thank you!!
Omg one year! I feel like I literally went through nursing school with you😂. You’re so inspiring and give me hope. Stay positive and don’t be afraid of “failure”. You wouldn’t there if you weren’t deserving. I know you’ll continue to grow. My all time fave channel 💗
NEW GRAD IN THE ER🙋🏽♀️ I am about to get off orientation and OMG this video spoke to me ON SO MANY LEVELS!!! So many things you have said apply to me!! I’m just glad to hear that you feel like the experience is worth it.
I am a tech in ED right now, working towards going to nursing school, I totally get the "missing" a point you should have anticipated, I beat myself up too! I get it girl!!
Love this video!! It’s really uplifting to see how you have progressed. Can’t wait to hit 1 year in the ED.
You r such an inspiration. I needed this video after experiencing a bad day a work. I totally can relate. May God bless you!
I'm starting in the ER soon! I feel nervous but I feel i sell myself short like you were saying. Thanks for being so truthful and honest!
You’ve been my inspiration and I took my TEAS today and got a good score!! Applying for the nursing school soon!
Can you do a video about dealing with student debt.
Great video! I started on a trauma/stepdown floor in a Level 1 hospital and I don't regret it. I think I managed to get a good 'med-surg foundation' out of it, and at the same time deal with critical care, telemetry, and neuro all at once. Next month with mark my first year as a nurse and I just decided to transfer to the ER at a Level 2. I'm so glad I took this leap because as i tried to do more for my patients, I actually hit more brick walls and felt burnt out (the unsafe patient ratios and horrible administrators didn't help). I feel like As an ER nurse you don't necessarily get to build that deep rapport, but you do set the foundation for if they get admitted. At the very least I'll try to facilitate a safe environment and make an effort to learn a little about each patient once I'm in the ED.
So glad I found this video, while I won’t be entering the ER as a new grad, I recently accepted a position there. I wish you the best of luck on your journey as a nurse, it can be both stressful and rewarding. 👏🏻❤️😊
I’m a new grad with 8 months of long term Care transitioning to the ED in a week. I’m so nervous but I feel a little more confident after watching your videos . Thanks for the content 😁
I’m 17 and I’m currently a senior in high school, I’m taking some medical assisting classes rn for college credit but my goal is to be a RN and honestly I don’t know what I would do without your videos they honestly inspire me so much and I just wanted to say thank you for continuing to make videos and for sharing your journey it’s been such a help and inspiration💞♥️
You know they say, we are our worse critics. You are still grown are as a nurse, so lighten up. More knowledge will come as you experience things in time. Thanks for sharing 💕
Yesss girl! I can relate to everything your saying in this video. I’m almost 6 months in as a new grad in the ER and my ER can be kind of all about clicks but I’m just there to work and go home lol and I also feel the “why didn’t I see this coming” or get this ready.. and feel like the doctors think I’m an idiot even though their all very understanding that I’m new lol I just wish I could have all the knowledge of my senior nurses already. And I’m also getting into the bad habit as soon as a patient says for example, their having chest pain all I think of is ok “ekg, iv, labs, get them on the monitor, etc” but I need to actually see each patient individually because everyone is different. Your channel is so inspiring I love it, keep up the great work! ❤️
I start my first RN job in the ER tomorrow! I’m so nervous!!! Thanks for sharing, I totally relate to you!
Morning Nurse Nook, Happy Anniversary....
Nov celebrates my 1 year in ED and I feel myself questioning if this is what I want. Thank you for video...it helped knowing I’m not the only one. I get so grumpy when I don’t go for breaks!!
I loved this so much! ❤️ It’s so amazing to see how much you’ve accomplished since the beginning of your videos. It’s so amazing and so inspiring. This was amazing. I’m buying my Nurse Nook shirt this weekend! ❤️❤️❤️😊😊 Happy One year!!!! ❤️❤️
Can’t believe it’s been a year so proud of youuu❤️❤️
Lexi girllllll. You are a rockstar!!! Happy you updated the IV situation. 😂😂 keep on doing you girl. ❣❣I'm sure you're killing it! 💕
Your hair's getting so loong😍😍
I start my first ER shift this Sunday! Hopefully my 2 years of oncology/med surg experience will help me.
Even on my old floor I never had time to sit down and chit chat with people.
There is just too much charting and things we need to get done!
Good luck with everything!
Hailey Rose how’s it going in the ER??
I just started the ER and I totally felt everything you said. I'm in the same boat about feeling inferior to these nurses doctors paramedics that's been in er all over like 8-10years. 😔 I feel literally dumb all the time and beat myself up for little things if I didn't get something.
Girl it’s not just new nurses 😩😩😩 I think it’s a personality thing. I’m the same way. Lol I beat myself up about things I can’t do, or things that can’t get done right away that are out of my control. I stress a lot. I’m very hard on myself especially learning with new things (like when I was training in ICU), even tho low key I know I’m a great nurse. I think that’s why I never wanted to work in ED. I’m extremely detailed and I need things to be perfect and organized all the time 😅😅😅
HELLO BEAUTIFUL. I have been following your videos for quite sometime and want to take the moment to comment! I am a new grad nurse beginning in the ER in less than two weeks. Im nervous as hell!! Im buying books and reviewing basic knowledge. I love your honesty and how REAL your postings are related to your experiences. I understand this video is older but I NEEDED TO HEAR THIS ONE before I begin! Thank you for all you do in encouraging and uplifting us nurses and potentials. I am private as well and only talk about school and future trips I am interested in. Thank you again and God bless!
Im a newish OR nurse. I sht myself every day at work especially when I have to scrub. We dont learn about surgical instruments in nursing school. There are hundreds of instruments I have to remember. Each of them has different names both formal names and the names the surgeons call them. I get so scared when the surgeon accidentally cut into a major artery and we are running around trying to get blood and emergency suture/clamps. Im about to hit my one year in a few months. Looking back, I learned a lot and have come a long way! I surprised where I am right now. There is still so much to learn! One of the biggest and most challenging things working in the OR is co-workers and the lack of autonomy. Surgeons can be very difficult and we often get verbally abused but we dont have to deal with the abuse from patients and family members.
I wish I was following you through my journey. I am currently 6 months in and still feel like i have dumped a lot of my education after taking the NCLEX. I also due to a move chose a job in long term care that I am not very fond of my passion is midwifery and I hesitated to apply to hospitals because everything wanted experience and now hearing you I wish I wouldn't have taken this path because it has caused so much more anxiety and stress due to litigation in that care I can provide in longterm I want to save and heal not be a mediator in the process of aging. love your posts and have been applying for positions that value goals and ER scares me but I may need that push to give me the understanding and support that I do know my role and my education was not for nothing. thank you for your supportive responses to the job and stress that comes along with it!
omg your hair freaking grew it looks beautiful ❤️
Love you girl! You keep me inspired❤️
Congrats girl! Very exciting 😁
Hey there! I love your channel, i work in the ED too! I have a CZcams channel as well but i keep it very low profile because i'm not looking to be popular at work haha!
I would love to see a video from you on how you have improved your iv skills and a break down of your step by step process when starting ivs and doing lab draws.
Thanks, love your channel, you are seriously an angel sent from God. I have a heart for my patients the same way you do and i have to pull back the conversations in the ED as well. Great video! Thanks again!
All the stress, personal doubt and hard work, and your skin still looks great! Lol do you have tips to de-stress? That is my problem, I can’t calm myself. Always busy doing something.
Thank you so much for this!! I needed some good motivation! 💙
Thank you for sharing your experience in the ER. Love your videos and IG page. You are so brave and inspirational getting in the ER your first year. Woohoo! Would you recommend new grads to get into the ER for learning experience? Will you continue to stay in the ER? Keep up the great job. The world need more nurses like you. ❤️
You might want to work on the telemetry stepdown with overflow. You can have those conversations as well as the fast turning over of meeting all kind of pts. Differences is tele is fast but slower than er and your pt are more alert and talkative than an icu pts.
I’m graduating in May 2020 and I have a job offer from the ER. Thank you so much for the advice girl!
Lacy Roberts I was a new grad it the ER. You will learn so much! Congrats!
I'm not even into nursing but I just love watching your videos, you have a very like-able personality.
So proud of you!!!!!
I'm glad I watched this video. I graduate in May for nursing and I've always wanted to go into Emergency Medicine. Feeling a little nervous.
I volunteer in the ER and its crazy how things come in waves. It could be completely quiet then mass chaos
I’m in a new grad program on a telemetry floor and I just got off orientation. And I’m freaking out. I’ve never been so stressed out in my life
Lauren Ashley I’m 4 months in on my telemetry floor and I was sooo nervous to be off orientation but I feel better being on my own. Find people who can be resources for you and don’t be afraid to ask questions!
cutema101 thank you so much ♥️
Just remember you are only one person and you can only do so much. Nursing is a 24/7 job. What doesn’t get done on your shift, next shift can handle it. It’s stressful yes. You are feeling what every new nurse feels! Just keep safety your number one priority. Tele floors are so busy and stressful and patients are only getting sicker. If no one is dead at the end of shift, you’ve done well lol try not to let it get you down.
Can you pleaseeee make a video on how you manage to have time for your relationship & how many days of the week you work, and what you do on your off days.... & also tips on how to get good college grades leaving from high school to college ( pre reqs to get into nursing school) including studying tips & how to manage time ( I have a son & im 17) lol it would be great if you made those videos!! thanks I love you ! 😘😘😘
I'm not going into nursing but this video was relatable! I'm studying sign language interpreting and I definitely beat myself up too when I see other interpreting students because they're amazing and fluent. I haven't graduated yet but it's coming I shouldn't be hard on myself but its a bad habit I have as well as second guessing myself. It's a learning process though! you improve everyday!
First off, you are gorgeous! Thank you for these videos. I really want to do behavioral health but decided to get into the ER. I start next week, I will be heavily binging your videos and absorbing all I can. Thanks for the tips! 🌸
How did people know about your channel? Did you pop up because of being in the same area? Like I don’t know how an algorithm works and I’ve considered starting myself a channel. I just would be in the same boat and wouldn’t want local people so much seeing my channel. Idk. I am glad you touched on that topic too!
Thank you for sharing your first year as an ER nurse. No matter what anybody say about your CZcams we love 💕 it. Let your haters be your motivators because the more people will see what you are really about. You look very beautiful, knowledge in your profession and like your curly hair it is on point.
You are gorgeous. I love you and your way in work, i work one year in ICU and one in ER, I found myself in ER more than ICU and i love being ER Nurse
You’re right on the whole you don’t need med surg especially if you want to be in a specialty. Ive known I wanted to be in nicu but everyone was pushing the medsurg route and I hate it! Lol I’m finishing up my 2 yr contract soon, getting my BSN and peacing out ✌🏻I hate medsurg 😩
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽experience is key. Learning to deal with coworkers is a big one. Egotistical coworkers who feels they know it all are the worst. Word of advice for new nurses: be mindful of who you go to for answers to questions, and after you get an answers still use your judgement because you are the nurse. If you have to ask the doctor ask the doctor.
Thankful for this video. So now that you are a year in, where do you envision yourself in the next year or two?
Thanks for the info !! In my first semester!!
Eventually, I want to be a psych nurse practitioner. However, one thing I've noticed as a patient advocate is that people with mental health problems tend to neglect their other health issues, due to their cognitive difficulties. Do you think it would be practical for me to work in the ER for a while before I go into mental health nursing?
(I've even heard that there are NP's who maintain certifications in both mental health and family practice for this reason.)
Dorothy Young I work with an NP in the ER she works with the Ed Md
GO LEXI 💕
Would you be able to do a vid on how it was for you to delegate task as a newbie? Did you run into any challenges with senior staff (UAP,LPN)?
When you applied for your ER position, did you do a residency or fellowship program? How many weeks of orientation did you receive? I’m thinking of doing my preceptorship in a local ER or a critical care unit. I want to be challenged and I like how you talked about everyday being different.
do you have a video on IV skills or tips and tricks? I am a new nurse in the ER just two weeks in and I am in need of good tips/how to improve! Thanks boo
Such a good video! Thanks for the info! Is being in the ER the floor/ area you want to work on?
I’m a new RN too, could you please do a vid on IV tips and tricks, that would be soo helpful!
Thank God for your videos!!! ❤️ 💗 love you !!
I’m 2 weeks off orientation as a new nurse in the ER and the feeling dumb is SO true. Like wow. I feel like a little kid running around everyday.
Girl you just spoke my life right now. I’m a first semester nursing student working through head to toe assessment. It is hard. I keep beating myself up for forgetting to ask the patient (lab partner-pretend) stuff or mixing up my cranial nerves. How do you build yourself back up? I’m having a hard time with negative self talk.
Amanda Shepard Hi, I know your question is addressed to Alexis, but if i might share some advice or words of encouragement. Im in level 3/4 of my nursing program and head to toe was something I struggled with as well. One thing that has helped me was practicing on other ppl, or even a stuff animal lol. Also i watched other youtubers assessment video. Dont be so hard on yourself. There are some skills that take time to nuture and perfect. The most important thing is that you’re open to learn and adjust along the way. Hope this helps! You got this!
Can you do a video where you talk about common ER medications or procedures. Like common patients and what you do like from start to finish Thank You
Hey girl, any tips for a nursing student completing her senior preceptorship in the ED next semester? I’m super excited but also super nervous!!!
I had to do the same thing I love to talk to people especially strangers so I would say things like sally is requesting this or that and the nurses would be like “who” and then I’d have to say oh room 64 then they would know the patient. I had to stop having long conversations and get my day moving. It as very difficult in the beginning
You must have known i was already on CZcams feening for something to watch. Thank you mom
Notification gang gang🤗🙌👌💃😘
Hi! First of all, I love your videos lol they inspired me through my nursing school program and now through my career. I’m starting the ER as well, but we don’t have a nurse to pt ratio. In the video you said you could even get 4 patients..... your ER does a nurse to patient ratio?
BitesizedBelle it’s 4 patients to 1 RN in Australia
I work in the ER also!! Are you going to travel after your 2 years?
What nursing school did you attended in Florida? I am transitioning from Chicago to Kissimmee soon. I am trying to look up good programs in the that area hopefully.
Thank you for the added view.
You've been in the ER for a year already?? Wow has time PASSED!!
(I really miss your dark hair)
Can't do er cause I don't like the unknownnn, I'm like being organize and knowing my day. Er is mysterious and I can't
You may have addressed this in a previous video, I apologize, I can’t remember. Do you plan on furthering your education and becoming an APRN or Dr? Or are you content being an RN?
I am a new grad i finished 6 months in medical surgical and currently feeling so confident about going to ER and stay there permanently as its where i always wanted to be, but right now im just concerned about one thing cuz my rotation instructors are trying to convince my to go for pediatrics rotation for 3 montgs before finally placing me in the ER so what do you think? Is it really necessary to experience peds beds or i would be able to pick it up once i start in ER ?
Could you possibly do a hospital vlog? Great video btw!
Do you ever plan on going back to school like graduate school? I am a nurse hoping to work in the ER your channel is so inspiring!(: