Chris Reardon

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1. Scrubs in ER

   Chris Reardon replied to wamherrn's topic in Emergency

   In our hospital, only OB, OR, and CS get to wear hospital-supplied scrubs. The rest of us have to provide our own without any hospital subsidy (but, thanks to some of you who have posted replies, tax deductions will figure in my next encounter with ...

2. restarting prehospital IV's

   Chris Reardon replied to JillR's topic in Emergency

   Our ED just received a memo (from a non-ED staff person in a position of quasi-authority)that we are to always restart all pre-hospital IV's after the pt is stabilized, citng a reference to the Intravenous Nursing Society. This despite the fact that...

3. No certifications for A.D. grads

   Chris Reardon posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm really disgusted at the relatively recent decision that denies associate degree R.N.'s the ability to attain certain specialty certifications like CCRN, CEN, etc. Let's face it folks--these certifications have always been predicated on one's abi...