zima60

zima60 has 27 years experience.

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1. Just promoted, but coworkers are mean!

   zima60 replied to nursechick182's topic in Management

   I just read the description of your working conditions and it sounds exactly like the scenario I left. You need to leave. You need to take care of yourself first or you can't help anyone else. I stuck it out for 6 months in a horrible ED as 3-11 supe...

2. ER nurses advice

   zima60 replied to RNCCRN's topic in Emergency

   We do "zones" where each nurse is assigned rooms. BUT-all available nurses will help when critical patients arrive. One does the IV and lab, one the EKG and place pt on monitor and primary nurse gets history and charts. We may assist with giving meds...

3. Charge Nurses and the units budget

   zima60 replied to Justanurse1's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a charge nurse of the ED fulltime for 2 yrs now (partime for about 10 yrs) I have been begging my manager to let me take on more responsibility along these lines-she agreed but hasn't happened. Not sure if it's a control issue or if she ...

4. The War with the Floors

   zima60 replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

   Thank you all for your input. We all know this is a problem but WHY? and WHAT can we do to resolve this? We have had meetings with the floor nurses and came up with a 30 minute rule-no ER reports between shift changes and hired an admission nurse to ...

5. The War with the Floors

   zima60 replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for your reply. JACHO (sp?) will be coming down on faxed reports soon-they want face to face. Our problem is we can't get the floors to call us back OR (and this is new lately) they change the bed assignment which means we have to call another...

6. The War with the Floors

   zima60 posted a topic in Emergency

   I am writing a paper for school on the all out war that goes on between the ER and the floors. I have worked at several hospitals for the last 27 yrs-it's always the same. They do everything in their power NOT to take report. Is this a problem for yo...