ratchetrn

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  1. :welcome: First let me start by saying I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this but looked like the most appropriate spot. I am an RN, my boyfriend is a new grad RN, who graduated in May 2006. He used to be a cop in NJ. We live in NC. H...
  2. needing some advice

    Well lets see...I was an LPN for 10 years. I have been an RN for 6 years. Everywhere I have worked has given me 1/2 credit. So, in other words, I have 10 years LPN experience for which I get 5 years credit. I have 6 years LPN, so the translation ...
  3. renting a room to a traveler...

    I am a traveler and rent a room from another traveler, I basically pay $200.00 per month. I work 3 night shofts per week. I sleep and shower there 2 days per week, possibly 3 depending if I work an extra shift. I take my own towels, sheets etc...I...
  4. I live and work and travel in NC, I haven't heard much good about Pitt, however I work in E.D. the hospital I am currantly working in I was warned against and am overall not having a bad time.
  5. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Here's morbid one!! MFC= measure for coffin In anearby county the local EMS call in their "BS" patients with a "Brava Sam"
  6. Complaints vs Safety of the Nursing Staff

    We were just talking about this tonight! Had an intoxicated female in needed tetnus and suturing, due to a fight at a bar and a broken beer bottle. She was yelling and screaming and carrying on...I told my peers I was thinking of getting a job at a t...
  7. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    here's some rude ones I don't remember seeing on here yet! A "F.O.O.S.H." injury is a fall on out stretched hand T.U.B.E.-totally unessesary breast exam D.B. as in "did anybody kow we have a D.B. in the hall?" dead body
  8. What Gets to You??

    I've always been the sympathetic vommiter too! It's the combo for me:the retching, gagging, slimy, stench of it all! :barf01: But the newest stench that has gotten to me lately is that homeless, alcohol, never wash or brush, funk! Ew w ew!
  9. Do most hospitals have rotating shifts?

    We do whatever shift we are hired for. LOL! I'd love to see some of these people that have been on days forever try to stay awake past 11pm! They make fun of me when I help out on 11 AM to 11 PM and drag in there needing MORE COFFEE!! I've been on...
  10. Verbal Orders

    We take telephone orders ALL the time! Not a huge issue, it's way worse when we have to hold the pt for an hour waiting for the admitting. then it takes that Doc a hour or more to see the patient and write orders!UGH! Then the whole time the patient...
  11. Er Salary

    In the hospital I work the start pay for new grads is $17.50 an hour, there is no "unit" differential or increased hourly rate for certifications, BSN'S and ADN's make the same...and I'm pretty sure that is that same for the other hospital in town......
  12. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    I ran into that same dilema, in the most recent staff meeting at my PRN job the director announced that meal breaks were a privledge not a requirement and he didn't want to see "no meal" written in the exception book any more! I realize there are ti...
  13. Tele or med-tele holds in the ER...

    We haven't had to do the admission assessments in out ED, yet! We do what we can, we mostly hand chart meds instead of using MARS!!! We do the advanced directive paper work on all admissions reguardless of whether or not they are held in the ER. ...
  14. "I was sitting in the PTA meeting and my hand suddenly turned blue for no obvious reason"The pt had unilateral "blueish" color to her left hand, pt denied any pain, tingling, numbness, had good bilateral radial pulses and I noticed the edge of her fi...
  15. Funny patient names by nurses

    I had a 20 something female last week who was Precious Melody