SecondGenRN replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency
trekfan, the triage nurse assesses each patient and decides who needs to be seen first. Although someone may appear healthy or sick to you the nurse may have found something different after triaging them. Please trust their judgement:) Also if many s...
SecondGenRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency
Last time I checked, I don't put in central lines personally. If the ER doc or intensivist wants to I'm more than happy to set up. HOWEVER, I will not take credit for a central line not being put in because the ER doc didnt have time and the intensi...
SecondGenRN replied to getting2work's topic in Emergency
I started in the ER part time as a new grad... best thing I ever did, I recently took a full time position in critical care but plan to return to emergency when a job opens up
It sounds like your manager is thinking about her own staffing issues and not your career. I too am a new grad, I started working in the emergency department part time in Jaunary of this year. A full-time critical care/ emergency position became av...
Very very sorry to hear about your brother... I think most of the frustrations ER nurses feel is because we are not equipped to properly care for these pts. In my hospital, we have two psych rooms, pts may have to stay there for up to 3 days before ...
SecondGenRN replied to irmaRN's topic in Emergency
Where were the guardian's/ people who brought the child in?? They would be the one's responsible for the child IMO. It the pt is an adult and is not in the WR when we call, we simply move on to the next pt. We call the pt 2 more times, if no response...
Hi all! There are so many threads on here about new grads being stressed and frustrated about their careers that I wanted to start a thread from a different angle. I love my job! I am a new grad who got hired in the ER right away and I have had the ...
SecondGenRN replied to rnleigh's topic in Emergency
We have 4 IV tray's where I work. Each is stocked with cotton swabs, alcohol swabs, saline locks, syringes, tourniquets and various sized angios... we grab the kit by the handle, walk in pt room, start IV, return IV tray to nursing station... very e...
SecondGenRN replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Humor
If you work in the emergency department, don't speak the phrase "you know what I've never seen? A (insert trauma here)" Not only will you see it within 10 minutes but you will be forever blamed for causing said trauma lol