suwanee

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1. NP vs PA -- a travesty ????

   suwanee replied to Granted Fal's topic in NP

   I work in a large ED with both PAs and NPs. The NPs are paid significantly more than the PAs.

2. Impact in ED of hospitals closing psych beds

   suwanee replied to Old RN's topic in Emergency

   we have a psych er where they go immediately if they have no medical complaints. a provider from fast track does a PE ( labs are drawn in the psych er) when they are ready for d/c or to go up to the floor. The ones with medical complaints go to the m...

3. relocating

   suwanee replied to LilgirlRN's topic in Emergency

   I am going to be moving to that area too!! Actually, Oakland... So i would love any input.

4. Game Plan

   suwanee replied to ERNurse752's topic in Emergency

   i thought that in order to be a flight nurse, you need paramedic cert as well. Is that true?

5. Why bother?

   suwanee replied to olympiad27's topic in NP

   i am an er np in NY- and the senior nurses make more than I do, meanwhile the attendings that sign off on my charts without ever laying eyes on my patients make more than twice me!

6. Violence in your ER - what do you do???

   suwanee replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   it was interesting to me to read this, as I am just coming off of a shift today where a patient threw a phone at a doctor. the patient was disconnected from a call and blamed it on the MD who was making a call on another line. Security did basical...

7. AN ER WITHOUT PAPER!!!

   suwanee replied to scalper437's topic in Emergency

   i worked in an ED in Atlanta in 1999 that had been using computer charting for about a year. Every staff member also had wireless phones that could call anywhere in the city, but only worked in the hospital.