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Raina · 07-04-2008, 12:57 PM

I have no interest in OR or ED. OR nurses mostly just chart a lot. Plus their patients aren't awake! What's the fun of that?

ED isn't my cup of tea either because as weird as it sounds, it's kind of gross. It's a level 1 trauma center in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. It's a hardcore icky ER with lots of shootings/stabbings.

I've always wanted to be a cardiac nurse. That's what I am now. I'm on a cardiac renal unit. All the dialysis patients are on my floor so that's cool because they can be there for 8 million different random reasons. Anyone who needs to be on cardiac monitoring 24-7 but is stepped down from ICU is on my floor too. It's pretty fantastic.

I'm getting massive amounts of ECG training. I have 16 hours of ECG classes in a week and a half. I learned to do 12 leads yesterday and started to learn how to read them. I'm going to do a 12 lead class in a couple of months.

I don't really want to be a PA. I know I'll wind up with my masters in nursing at some point but who knows what I'll go into. I'd kind of like to get into management at some point or clinical educating.

07-04-2008, 12:57 PM	#33 (permalink)
Raina Rocket Surgeon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,573 Rep Power: 170696	I have no interest in OR or ED. OR nurses mostly just chart a lot. Plus their patients aren't awake! What's the fun of that? ED isn't my cup of tea either because as weird as it sounds, it's kind of gross. It's a level 1 trauma center in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. It's a hardcore icky ER with lots of shootings/stabbings. I've always wanted to be a cardiac nurse. That's what I am now. I'm on a cardiac renal unit. All the dialysis patients are on my floor so that's cool because they can be there for 8 million different random reasons. Anyone who needs to be on cardiac monitoring 24-7 but is stepped down from ICU is on my floor too. It's pretty fantastic. I'm getting massive amounts of ECG training. I have 16 hours of ECG classes in a week and a half. I learned to do 12 leads yesterday and started to learn how to read them. I'm going to do a 12 lead class in a couple of months. I don't really want to be a PA. I know I'll wind up with my masters in nursing at some point but who knows what I'll go into. I'd kind of like to get into management at some point or clinical educating. __________________ “Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.”