sreynolds

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1. Is a New Grad qualified for Pool/Float/ or Per Diem?

   sreynolds replied to Shanty3710's topic in Arizona

   You can usually take a part time position, as opposed to full time, if the facility you are applying to offers it as an option....however I'm pretty sure you cannot do float or per diem without prior experience. I know the facilities I have worked at...

2. ER staff to patient ratio and acuity

   sreynolds posted a topic in Emergency

   We have a 37 bed emergency department. We are always 4:1, and 2 lucky nurses each shift (who still have a zone of 4 to run) gets to do trauma and resuscitation as well for the entire shift. I'm curious how it is for the rest of you. I had 4 level 2 p...

3. ER - How to stay calm

   sreynolds replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

   I should have been more specific....when I ask for help from my coworkers, I ask fellow nurses. I gave up asking for help from my techs pretty quick. There is only 1 tech that really does her job, and I rarely get her assigned to my pod. I find mysel...

4. Adenosine administration

   sreynolds replied to sreynolds's topic in Emergency

   Thank you all so much. I think it was hard for me to deal with this situation because I was trained in my orientation to never push without a physician. But it makes sense that it's ok for a nurse to push it without a MD present since its part of th...

5. ER - How to stay calm

   sreynolds replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

   I'm still relatively new to the ER as well, with only 4 months under my belt. Previously, I worked on a very busy cardiac/stroke step down floor. I always have a tech, but there is only one that I can depend on to always help and have my back. I have...

6. IV Cather kinking when advancing

   sreynolds posted a topic in Emergency

   I sometimes encounter an issue when advancing my IV catheter into the vein. I feel like I'm pretty good at finding veins and inserting the IV needle...and I've gotten really good at not blowing veins by trial and error. For example, I've learned to n...

7. Adenosine administration

   sreynolds posted a topic in Emergency

   So I have a question...have any of you ever, or WOULD you ever, push adenosine without an MD present? I was told to get 6mg of Adenosine to administer for HR around 170s. Sure. I can do that. The pt had a 20g in the hand...and I asked if he would li...