tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post3309115312254155716..comments2024-01-25T05:03:21.567-05:00Comments on Trauma Nurse Adventures: The Texas Years: DilemmaLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-53597944517437871922011-06-23T12:02:35.501-04:002011-06-23T12:02:35.501-04:00You will always feel like you could use more exper...You will always feel like you could use more experience. I have been a nurse for 10 years now and I know I still feel that way. The only way to become comfortable being charge: BE charge. Know that you don't know everything and you are already halfway to being good at it. . . .<br /><br />CandiNPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-40883430735867044302011-06-17T21:31:08.648-04:002011-06-17T21:31:08.648-04:00I say do it.
What have you got to lose, really? It...I say do it.<br />What have you got to lose, really? It's just another challenge.<br />I mean, I would recommend the challenge if you think 'charge' or any type of management in nursing is in your future.<br />Ask any current or former charge nurses, you'll never know if you want/ like it til you try.<br />And there is no amount of 'experience' or time that is right or wrong - it's all about you and your comfort and confidence.<br />I say go for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633224487191573770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-48786539022575851282011-06-16T22:00:36.340-04:002011-06-16T22:00:36.340-04:00I would be less worried about your experience and ...I would be less worried about your experience and more worried about the lack of support from your management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-48242539852069226882011-06-15T16:16:28.504-04:002011-06-15T16:16:28.504-04:00That's a tough one. I'm not sure experienc...That's a tough one. I'm not sure experience is really that big a factor when it comes to being a charge nurse. Not to say it isn't important at all, but it isn't number one. The best charge nurses in my department are some of the less experienced ones- most have been nurses for only 3 years or so, and another for a little less than 2. We have people that have been nurses for longer who do not charge and have no business for even being considered for it. Our best charge nurses are the ones that don't get flustered and keep making rational decisions even when the bad shit is going down, are fair in their distribution of patients, willing to work hard enough to help everyone, and are thick skinned enough to not get upset and act dramatic when their coworkers get upset about an issue. <br />I think it's more of an inherent personality issue than anything else. They obviously see something like that in you, it's just an issue of whether you're ready to take on the bullshit associated with being a charge nurse. Sounds like it's a pretty extensive set of bullshit where you work. Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll kick some ass either way.hoodnursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467790713937519943noreply@blogger.com