ERnursing4me replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency
I wish we could use more LPN's - we have 2 that rotate in Fast Track they are more or less the treatment/discharge nurse the main thing they cannot do is 2ndary assessments and these 2 ladies have been LPNs longer than I have even thought about being...
ERnursing4me replied to ERnursing4me's topic in Emergency
this is straight from the ena website, but why not celebrate the whole dept, it is a team effort anyway;) sponsored by celebrate emergency nurses week™ - october 8-14, 2006 always ready, always caringthe emergency nurses association (ena) salutes...
ERnursing4me replied to ERnursing4me's topic in Emergency
:balloons: Our WONDERFUL nurse educator has had posters up for well over a month and we have fantastic drug reps providing us lunch (and midnight lunch) and some "goodies", I think our EMS brings us lunch and our ED department (not sure who is behind...
:balloons: Happy Emergency Nurses Week :balloons: :smiley_aa :bow: :smiley_aa :bow: :smiley_aa I hope you all get the recognition you deserve and the drug reps are good to you :chuckle :cheers: :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t: :yelclap: ...
ERnursing4me replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency
As a new grad starting in an ER, I feel I have learned more in the 3 months I have been with my preceptor than I would have ever learned in a general med/surg/tele unit. I think regardless of which department you want to start in or where your long t...
ERnursing4me replied to RN1263's topic in Emergency
just4nurses, you mentioned "I'm going to school for R.N. also, and I want to be in the E.R. when I graduate, but I will probably have to put my time in on a Med-Surg floor and hone my nursing skills before they unleash me on the unsuspecting public L...
ERnursing4me replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Emergency
love my crocs but i also have the tripping problem with them. i love them but cannot wear them a full 12 hours, i have tried avia, easy spirit and new balance. what has worked best for me are the merrell mocs (3-12hr shifts back to back and on the ...
ERnursing4me replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
amen!!!! if this is offensive to some then they just do not need to read it. if we didn't vent we would wind up in the psych ward.....:smackingf these people we need to educate are the same ones that come in for the 4th pregnancy test after they ha...
ERnursing4me replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in Emergency
You have time to search a book? Fortunately almost all of our drugs with special or specific info has been put on 5x7 laminated cards or in a notebook at each medstation....lot quicker (I am a book fanatic and have looked to see which one I want but...
ERnursing4me replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency
Guy drank OASIS (combination chemical cleaner - I think they said bleach and ammonia) - intentionally It ate a hole in his esophagus and he was throwing up tissue from his lungs and stomach, etc. We airlifted him to a bigger hospital but the whole ti...
ERnursing4me replied to bluekitty's topic in Emergency
I think either you are made for it or you are not. I graduated in May and started my new job in an ED July 10th, finally out of the classroom type orientation I hit the floor Monday with my preceptor. I was told and discouraged my many experienced ER...
ERnursing4me replied to missboo622's topic in Emergency
as a former 911 dispatcher i can verify that people honestly believe that is how to get seen quicker.... i argued (i know i shouldnt have) with an elderly lady one day that was constipated.... (she had already been seen in the ed 1x that week and b...