The OR has been helping us cover call but now they are fighting against it because they just had 5 nurses quit. They are more burned out than we are. They hate covering our call which I do understand. They get called in a lot more than we do and h...
I work in a small community hospital GI unit, we have 6 staff members. We typically run 1 endo room on week days, occasionally we open a second room. Half of our staff members have less than 1.5 years of experience. We currently have 24 hour call co...
stunner127 replied to m_chatelaine's topic in Emergency
i just passed cen about a month ago. less experienced than you - icu as a new grad, 2 years er nursing. i found the actual test much easier than the review books. they throw you some bizarre questions on the test but the vast majority on my test...
I had started an IV on a stable er patient tonight and she claimed to be "Severely allergic" to tegaderm, refusing to let me put a dressing on the site. I had no idea how else to dress the IV site so I just got the labs and took it out, thankfully sh...
Hi everyone, I'm a little Yankee girl that fell in love with a travel nurse from TN a year ago. Now it's time for one of us to make a move and put a stop to this long distance nonsense. I really have enjoyed my many visits to Nashville and I know th...
The other day I saw something strange and I was wondering if anyone here has seen anything like this before and can give me any info. The patient was a baby in the ER. A nurse had placed an IV on the previous shift and IV fluids were infusing. I w...
Not to get into the whole "should ICU's take new grads" debate...but having recently quit my job as a new grad in an ICU (and currently working in med surg) I just feel like I want to emphasize that anyone considering ICU as a new grad really look in...