JoeDEDRN

JoeDEDRN specializes in ED.

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1. Per Diem Nurses?

   JoeDEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

   Greetings! Looking for input as to how other departments go about recruiting Per diem RNs to fill schedule holes, cover vacations etc. Any pay incentives or other magic???

2. Baby Deaths

   JoeDEDRN replied to LLLLiiiFFEsaveer's topic in Emergency

   I agree with you 100%. It is my time to sound like the daynursaurus I used to mock when I was younger and had hair. Back in the day, all had same shifts, we all came on and left together. We had much more "therapeutic " time with or without alcohol...

3. Baby Deaths

   JoeDEDRN replied to LLLLiiiFFEsaveer's topic in Emergency

   A quick question. Does your department offer any critical incident debriefing or specific employee assistance?

4. Baby Deaths

   JoeDEDRN replied to LLLLiiiFFEsaveer's topic in Emergency

   Bad day?

5. Paramedic triage

   JoeDEDRN replied to klerrn's topic in Emergency

   Agreed. What I was trying to convey was that, as a paramedic, your situations are usually focused on a single patient. In multiple patient scenarios your choices are usually fairly clear cut. In a mass casualty scene you say who goes first, but tr...

6. Paramedic triage

   JoeDEDRN replied to klerrn's topic in Emergency

   I'd love to agree with you, but I can't. Agreed, triage is a common task to both professions, that is where it stops though. As a paramedic your scenario is pretty well set for you. You are responding to an emergency where you will be triaging mo...

7. Baby Deaths

   JoeDEDRN replied to LLLLiiiFFEsaveer's topic in Emergency

   I have been there and done that as well. I think the key thing most of us overlook is that is not about us. It's about the death itself, the fact we are educated, that we can walk this through in our minds and we can acknowledge we did all we could...

8. How do you reduce falls????

   JoeDEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello fellow ED RNs. The ED I presently work at has just undergone a huge expansion of square footage. We are now seeing a rise in falls. The people falling are your usual folks, ETOH and demented folks come to the top of the list. We already hav...

9. Camera phones in the ER

   JoeDEDRN replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

   I am thinking if you bought your concerns to administration, but spun it to say you have concerns over a patient taking photos of other patients, might perk up their little HIPPA ears. That would be my main concern anyway.

10. Miss pronounciations of medications and medical terms!Way to Funny!!!!!!!!

    JoeDEDRN replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    How many of you folks have heard of the all too common techness shot?

11. Staffing HELP

    JoeDEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey folks, New to the forum. I am looking for some help. We just moved in to a brand new ED. 3 times the size, with an increase in beds. The place is amazing but for some reason now that we got the patients out of the hallways and in to rooms it ...