kateee

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1. How much do you make as a tech?

   kateee replied to RCBR's topic in Technicians

   Lindsay_B I am in the springfield MA area and make 14.98 as an evening shift ED tech

2. Not sure if this is stupid question or not but..

   kateee replied to EP10's topic in New Nurse

   When I got hired at my hospital I already had my Bls, but I know during orientation they had those who did not or needed to renew theirs stay late one day and provided the class for free

3. I can do your job, you can't do mine.

   kateee replied to crobson221's topic in CNA/MA

   The same thing happens where I work, also when I am working with another tech. If you are a hard worker people see that and use it to their advantage sometimes but props to you for being such a great CNA! As to why no one will help, because they are ...

4. PCT : how long did it take?

   kateee replied to RBFNurse2b's topic in Technicians

   I definitely suggest doing pct before nursing, it's good experience and it lets you know exactly what you're getting into so you can see if you even like it. I am a tech in the ER so my day is a little different than most units. I do not have a typic...

5. Ask for a raise?

   kateee replied to kateee's topic in General Nursing

   We both have the same certification, I have 6 months more experience than she does!

6. Ask for a raise?

   kateee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! I have been working at my current hospital for over 6 months now as an emergency department technition doing basic Cna work plus extra like ekgs and blood draws. I just found out today that a friend of mine got hired as a Cna on the med ...

7. Will an ER tech help me land a job in the ED?

   kateee replied to loosemoose's topic in Emergency

   definitely! my supervisor has hired almost all of our techs as RN's when they graduate!

8. ED tech role in code situation

   kateee posted a topic in Technicians

   What exactly is the role of an ED tech in a code situation? What should I and shouldn't I be doing? Also, any tips would be helpful! Thanks!

9. What is the difference between ICU and Urgent Care and ER?

   kateee replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Critical

   Right now I'm a tech in an emergency department, we also have an urgent care section which gets mostly our ortho and cold/flu things that are not life threatening. So urgent is much easier than the ER. In the ER we get any sort of emergency, heart at...

10. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    kateee replied to fangirl's topic in Relations

    I had a confused elderly patient with an infection who spit, kicked, and hit as us we were trying to give her iv medication, we then had to hold her arms and legs down to give it to her and she called us all crazy huge a**holes lol

11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    kateee replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Right buttcheek ache one day after an IM injection.

12. Heroin pandemic

    kateee replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Addictions

    The same is happening in western mass now, I work in the ED and our heroin ods have more than quadrupled this past few months!

13. urgent care NP position ?

    kateee replied to xiaobear007's topic in NP

    I work in an ED annex which used to be urgent care and usually the techs do splints and casts here!

14. Emergency Department Technician

    kateee replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Technicians

    I absolutely love it! I have never seen exposed brains haha! And I love that there are so many things you can learn, it's not the same old same old like on other floors! Cons are definitely crisis (psyc) patients though.

15. introverted nurses -what is the best job?

    kateee replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Career Support

    Pacu, recovery room, or OR! Your patients will be sleeping most of the time lol