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  1. What Would You Change??

    I love this one....great idea. And I would add the 12 hour shift they work must be walking in our shoes in the ER. Perhaps they could work as a tech in the ER pushing stretchers for those 12 hours. Regards, David
  2. Terms we will not admit to using

    "Large Brown Trout",,,GI and ER docs use this one to describe, after viewing a KUB, an impaction someone is going to have to go after (manual disimpaction).
  3. What Would You Change??

    Wow, lots of great responses here and I can identify with all of these. But the number one thing on my list that absolutely burns me is the holding admitted patients in the ER thing. I don't have access to the actual numbers, but a significant porti...
  4. ER nurses...what shoes??

    I have been wearing crocs the past two months and really like them, but I do experience the "trip" thing.... Maybe wouldn't be the best choice in a trauma center ER, though (not enough protection). The past four years prior to wearing Crocs, I wore ...
  5. Is it a Genetic trait or a learned behaviour

    My opinion based on 11 years of ER (anecdotal) experience.....LEARNED BEHAVIOR. I think research has proven, however, that there can be a genetic predisposition as well. Having an addictive personality, for example, can be linked genetically. But th...
  6. propofol

    Going back to the original question....using diprivan/propofol for conscious sedation. At my hospital it is against policy to use unless a patient is intubated, only anesthesiologists can administer boluses b/c it is considered induction, and it shou...
  7. Anyone work at Baptist Memphis?

    I worked at Baptist my first five years out of school. Never say never, but I cannot imagine finding myself in a position where I would want to work for any Baptist facility in Memphis again. There are many awesome doctors and nurses working for Bapt...
  8. Someone has already mentioned it but its happened to me to on more than one occasion. Patients who use the ambulance service for a taxicab. They call 911 with a made up complaint and get transported to the ER, then leave AMA. The pickup location was ...
  9. Being a man in the field

    RichW, I particularly enjoyed your comments and take on the discussion. My experience as a male in a female dominated profession... Choosing nursing for me was almost accidental when I remember back. My upbringing was very traditional with definite i...
  10. NEW GRAD NURSE with LICENSE can't find work...

    Wow, I'm surprised. Shocked might be a better word! I don't know if a geographical move is possible for you but you might consider it. Here in Memphis for example, you would virtually have your pick of jobs at any of 6 different local hospitals! BOTH...
  11. All great comments...the other most common culprit for mental status change in the elderly pt when the neurological workup is negative.....Pneumonia. The same goes for the elderly and sepsis, the two most common infection portals of entry are the lun...
  12. Working while going to school

    I went to school m-f as well and worked at a local hospital on the weekends. It was tough but I made it. It does have an effect on the grades though. My last year I quit working all toegether for my critical care courses and clinicals, and took out l...
  13. Doppler placement during code

    Hi All, Many posters have had great comments, there are a lot of correct answers. But to answer the original question what is the best location to check for pulses with a doppler during a code? In my 11 years of ER nursing experience, we dont use the...