RN in pink

RN in pink has 3 years experience.

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1. Precepting

   RN in pink posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm going to precept for the first time, and am excited and nervous about the new responsibility. I haven't taken the class yet, but was told to take it when it comes up again. My orientee is more or less a new grad with no ER experience. I feel like...

2. Other Inland Empire nurses?

   RN in pink replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California

   In the Corona/Inland Empire there's Corona Regional, Kaiser Permanente Riverside, Parkview Community (in Riverside), Riverside Community, Riverside County (in Moreno Valley), Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley, Loma Linda, St Bernardine's (in San Bernar...

3. Criticized by the media...(long)

   RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

   I have to say, what keeps me coming back are the nurses I work with and the sick patients we see. You couldn't ask for a better team. And with all the various disease processes going on, it's a great place to learn and care for patients in need. Luck...

4. Criticized by the media...(long)

   RN in pink posted a topic in Emergency

   Recently my hospital has been the subject of criticism in the newspapers and internet blogs and subsequently being investigated in the media. All the stories are very one sided, and not all of the facts are correct. While the doctors and administrati...

5. ED given a bad rap

   RN in pink replied to imanedrn's topic in Emergency

   My hospital streamlined our triage area a few years back. Patients are generally triaged within 5-30 minutes of being checked in by a nurse. They are seen by a PA or doctor shortly after that. It's the wait after that for the treatment, bed, or presc...

6. Worst doctors orders ever received

   RN in pink replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

   Patient in SVT, connected to cardiac monitor, EKG machine and the crash cart. Doctor orders Adenosine 6 mg slow IV push over 2 minutes. Needless to say, it didn't work. I wasn't the patient's nurse, but my colleague told me about this when I came in ...

7. What comes after the certification

   RN in pink posted a topic in Forensic

   One of the reasons I became a nurse, was so that one day I could become a SANE nurse. I have finally found a program that starts in January and am planning on registering. I am currently an ER nurse, and the hospital where I work does not do SANE exa...

8. ER to OR

   RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Operating Room

   It's so funny that you recognized me from this brief post. We do work in the same ER...I only hope for a change before we loose touch with the reason we became a nurses.

9. ER to OR

   RN in pink posted a topic in Operating Room

   I've been working in the county ER of a level II trauma center for just under 2 years. I love the learning that goes on there and the people I work with. I am used to standing up to residents and sometimes other nurses in order to keep my patients sa...

10. Dealing with death...

    RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

    I am so greatful for all these responses, they have truley validated my emotions. I spoke with my preceptor yesterday and did not get answers even close to these. He told me not to take it home with me and dwell on it. He said that if I do, I won'...

11. Dealing with death...

    RN in pink posted a topic in Emergency

    I can't get this situation out of my head. I'm a new grad and was only observing, but I feel such sadness. I watched as a teenager was pronounced dead in our trauma room after being shot multiple times. This is not what bothered me...what got me w...

12. PDA software for the ED

    RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

    Yesterday was my first day in the ED and was very excited to use epocrities for the first time. I bought the one year subscription. I was looking up a medication in order to find out over how many minutes was I supposed to administer the IV push. ...

13. PDA software for the ED

    RN in pink posted a topic in Emergency

    I am a new graduate RN who was just hired onto an ED. It is a trauma II ED and also the designated burn center for multiple counties. Since it is a county facility they see the jail inmates and the youths from juvinile hall. In other words, there...