SecondGenRN

SecondGenRN specializes in Emergency/ Critical Care.

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1. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

   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...

2. Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

   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...

3. Favorite and least favorite diagnoses?

   SecondGenRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

   Favourite: cardiac and/or shock Hate: strokes

4. New Grad Possible Job in ER

   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

5. Am I ready?

   SecondGenRN replied to niteowlrn29's topic in CCU

   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...

6. Psych patients

   SecondGenRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   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 ...

7. Psych patients

   SecondGenRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   It seems we too are having an increase in psych admissions... our psych dept is closing 7 beds though... good times ahead for the ER!

8. Go find your patient

   SecondGenRN replied to irmaRN's topic in Emergency

   Perhaps thinkertdm and PhoenixTech can sit in ER waiting rooms across the country and force pts to stay until they are seen...

9. Go find your patient

   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...

10. I LOVE MY JOB!!

    SecondGenRN posted a topic in Emergency

    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 ...

11. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    SecondGenRN replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

    I do the same! I'd rather chug it luke-warm in the first 5 minutes of my shift than attempt to reheat it in the microwave 5 hours later :wink2:

12. What supplies do YOU use to start an IV?

    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...

13. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    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

14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    SecondGenRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    ok I always pronounced it meh-TOE-pro-lol people I work with say it meh-TAW-prolol glad its not just me

15. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    SecondGenRN replied to Jessiedog's topic in Humor

    And here I thought that only happened on Grey's Anatomy!