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  1. Calling the police

    ATV - all-terrain vehicle MVC - motor vehicle crash
  2. Calling the police

    We have been having some problems as to certain ED cases that need to be reported to the police. It use to be that we would call the police with any ATV and MVC. Now I have been told that we can't report anything except child abuse unless the patie...
  3. Positive PPD

    What ever happed to just doing chest x-rays. A co-worker of mine tested positive and was put on INH and got really sick so he stopped taking.
  4. Professional Pay in the ER

    We also don't receive speciality pay, not even for certification such as CEN, PALS, ACLS, ENPC, etc. Do get $1/hr for being charge.
  5. Best Death

    The last night that I worked was really the worst. I work at a very small hospital (15 bed critical access). Even though I work in the ER, I help out on the floor since there is usually only 2 nurses there. This last night we had only 4 patients a...
  6. Tooniforms

    I work in the ER and wear Tooniforms, mostly Winnie the Pooh. I have never received any negative comments about them.
  7. Springtime gusts and new JOBS!

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! I am really excited for you. I had to work for a year on med-surg before I could go into the ER. Best of luck with your new career.
  8. Job Offers

    I agree with hoolahan. Go ahead and accept the #2 job and then wait to see if #1 makes an offer. It is better to be safe than sorry.
  9. IV Starts

    I work in a very small hospital. Everyone is suppost to start their own IV's but many times they ask the ER nurse to do it. We attempt 2 or 3 times until someone else is asked, but we don't have too many people to pull from. I work ER at night and...
  10. You show up for work and notice bars have just been installed on all the windows and there is now a metal detector at the hospital entrance. The paramedics in the parking lot are all using mops to clear up their ambulances and the EMTs are using a ho...
  11. Making it through Nursing School with Children

    I started nursing school when I was 34. My 3 children were 12, 9 and 3. Luckily, my husband was and still is very supportive. The children didn't give me a hard time because they knew that when I finished school we would have the money to actually...
  12. Do you think the Boards really mean your competent?

    I feel that the board need to be changed. There are nurses out there that do great on their boards because they are book smart and then there are others that will make great nurses but because of test anxiety they are unable to pass the test.
  13. How much do you make?

    1. RN 2. 1 year LPN; 3 years RN 3. Charge ER 4. $14.90 plus shift differential
  14. care plan books

    My favorite is "Care Planning Pocket Guide. A Nursing Diagnosis Approach." by Lederer, Marculescu, Mocnik, Seaby and published by Addison-Wesley Nursing A Division of The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. I don't know if this is still avail...
  15. RN in New York