nursey_chick

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1. ICU holds in the ER

   nursey_chick replied to Altra's topic in Emergency

   In my experience, when the ICU team have come to review the pt, they will document the managemnt needed and the ED doc will either follow through with these orders if need be and manage the pt while in the department. I find this frequently occurs on...

2. Im Injections

   nursey_chick replied to Queen of the E.R.'s topic in Emergency

   I did see an RN (While i was a student on prac), choose the area, swab and at the exact same time the needle pierced the skin, the RN slapped the skin adjacent to the injection site. A bit barbaric, i thought, especially on little old ladies. But the...

3. CT's

   nursey_chick replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

   This may or may not have any relevance, but i thought it would be interesting. As an ED RN from Sydney Australia, our CT radiographers do connect patient's to IV constrast. Their only legal requirement is that an MD is present to inject the contrast....

4. What's the correct answer? Why?

   nursey_chick replied to Yira's topic in General Students

   Number 4 would be the best answer. Call security to control the situation first. If you get injured while trying to separate the parents, you'll be no good to the child. and who will call for help if you've been knocked unconcious? Hope this helps.