debbyed

debbyed specializes in ER, Hospice, CCU, PCU.

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1. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

   debbyed replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

   night shift . i don't deal well with people who wear suits.:bowingpur

2. How Many Nurses are Glad They Have a Union

   debbyed replied to Simplepleasures's topic in General Nursing

   Worked for a Union once:crying2: . I paid them alot:twocents: , I got nothing in return:banghead: . Won't do it again:deadhorse .

3. How often do you take a break?

   debbyed replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

   What's a Break? I work Night Shift in a busy ER. We grab what we can, when we can because there is no float person. If your patients are caught up, you ask a co-worker to cover for awhile. That being said........... We really ate good tonight. E...

4. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

   debbyed replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

   Let's see:confused: I've been a nurse for over 25 years. Spent a year on a tele. floor:nurse: , a year of ortho:monkeydance: , a year of ccu:smiletea: , a year of hospice:icon_hug: and the rest have all been in Emergency Nursing:yeah: . I've worke...

5. Help, advice please

   debbyed replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

   Just a thought but....A. the hospital is going back on their work:angryfire ....B. The ER Manager is leaving..... Maybe it might be wise to keep your options open and look elsewhere, Most places would be thrilled to have a nurse with both med/surg...

6. Nursing Assistant VS. Telemetry Tech position

   debbyed replied to mom2three's topic in Emergency

   I have to agree. Getting out on the floor will give you the best exposure. Once you learn to read a monitor you know it. Check and see if your hospital uses Nursing Students in the ER. Ours does. First year students (Nurse Associates I)are taug...

7. Work and Sickness

   debbyed replied to angel63's topic in General Nursing

   First thing you should learn is Wash your hands, never forget it, it really makes a difference. I work in an Emergency Room and "Knock on Wood" have never taken anything home. Seldom get the "bugs" myself. Good luck in your progrram.

8. How is it that this can slip through the cracks?

   debbyed replied to ND76's topic in General Nursing

   I know that in our state it is mandatory reporting and the hospital I work for reports quickly. It doesn't take that long to check a couple charts and you only need a couple. One might be a mistake, Two carelessness but 3 is unexplainable. If the ...

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

   debbyed replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   On the same line we have a patient that comes in every once in a while to have something removed from his rectum, You would think by now he would be embarrised :imbar enough to go to different hospitals. His last three abdominal surgeries were to...

10. "New grad-itis"...

    debbyed replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    After 20+ years of dealing with New Grads I've had plenty of experience with all three kinds. Your type:welcome: I adore. You may start out timid, but you watch, you learn and you grow into terrific ER Nurses. The second type :chair: tend to remove...

11. Anyone worked at St.Agnes?

    debbyed replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Maryland

12. Does your hospital provide patient transportation?

    debbyed replied to mshultz's topic in General Nursing

    I believe somewhere in the past the hospital provided cab vouchers for truely needy people. Accident victums with no family, Pt's who arrived via ambo who's significant other was too old to drive at night and our large population of Orthodox Jewish...

13. Trend toward private rooms

    debbyed replied to mshultz's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has always been all private rooms. It's an excellent selling point. And now with HIPPA we have the privacy required. Our hospital aquired infection rates are also below the norm.

14. Weekend coverage hospitals

    debbyed replied to Squirlatheart's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the Baltimore Metro area. We work every 3 rd weekend and it may soon be a little less. I work in a moderate size ER and we just posted and filled 8 weekend option positions. 3=7A-7P 1=11A-11P 1=3A-3P and 3=7P-7A. Day shift option is Satu...

15. Views on New Grads Entering the ER.

    debbyed replied to ICUNurse11's topic in Emergency

    ERnurse04, From past experience using many agency nurses over many years both as charge nurse and Clinical Leader, I have found that the nurses that have had at least 3-4 years experience in a stable ER environment that they are comfortable with and ...