Veroniche
Western Region, US
Female, 54
I’ve been an ER nurse manager since 2009. Previously, I spent 24 yrs as an ER nurse. My hospital, a Level III trauma center, sees 70,000+ ER patients/yr. My responsibilities include billing, federal/state regulation oversight, metrics reporting, software education of e-records, and hiring/termination/disciplinary actions. The ER is one of the key impacted areas of healthcare reform. It’s a scary and exciting time for us, not just in the care of patients, but what the future holds for healthcare.
When I was in nursing school, I was so sure that I wanted to be a pediatric nurse. Then I started those courses and realized that pediatrics wasn't for me. Go through your courses, start doing a lot of reading and research about different specialities, and it will come to you. There is no speciality in nursing that is "better" than another. Every person is unique and you need to find what fits you best. If you don't you will burn out fast. The great thing about nursing in this present day is that there are so many areas to focus on, there is something for everyone.
When you finish school and still aren't sure what area you want to focus in, I recommend getting a solid background in medical/surgical nursing with critical care training. Every specialty needs that as a basis anyway, and you need to get good at the assessment of patients, and basic nursing care along with critical thinking skills. Patients are so much more complex than they used to be, and the technology in caring for them changes daily.
Good luck with nursing school and the Army!
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Nearly all of the clinical managers that I know of in the Emergency Department are nurses. The majority of the staff are nurses and nurse aides/techs, so in order to manage the staff and understand their scope of practice and job responsibilites, a nursing degree as a basis is a necessity. There are some large Emergency Departments that may have a business manager or operations manager, along with the clinical manager (nurse) that has some type of business or healthcare administration degree, but I have not seen that many out there. I understand it is a growing field, have you been hired in that capacity?
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