whatdayoftheweekisit

whatdayoftheweekisit has 8 years experience.

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1. Okay, SRNA's, enlighten me.

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to crichards00's topic in SRNA

   In school now and have 2 small children and a supportive husband. It is doable but beyond comprehension for difficulty...not just the material but I am talking about making the family life work! My 3-year-old is missing me and acting out a little b...

2. No wonder our profession is messed up

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to NeuroNP's topic in NP

   Best advice I ever received concerning my admission to anesthesia school...."The only people that are truly happy about your success are your mother and your spouse!" I think this is more of a quip than reality but it has a ring of truth to it!

3. CRNA School

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to mymy78's topic in SRNA

   To Mymy - very high 900's to 1000 at least on Gre is the minimal expected standard. 4 ppl interviewed me. Was pretty non-threatening but also intense...just study and know your stuff.To Shannon - good luck on getting a transfer. Advice...try to gain ...

4. CRNA School

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to mymy78's topic in SRNA

   I work at MVH. Interview was here...classes will be here (you have to travel to Texas twice once you're in...2 weeks each time). You can email/message me anytime if you have questions. Good luck on CCRN. It was definitely a lot easier for me than...

5. Help with GRE

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to nurse_crna2b's topic in SRNA

   I used the study guides...verbal wasn't a problem for me but everyone is different. I hired a private math tutor who had taken the GRE. I just researched math tutors on google and talked to a few. I had like six one hour sessions with him about ge...

6. CRNA School

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to mymy78's topic in SRNA

   Hey there...I live in Dayton also. I interviewed with Texas Wesleyan in November and just got my acceptance call a couple of weeks ago ;-) I think they interviewed 12-15 people and there were quite a few more applicants than what they interviewed. ...

7. Advice needed for coworker problems!!!

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to kidnurse98's topic in General Nursing

   Any way you can switch shifts? Sometimes it helps to go to night shift - away from the crooked manager and away from this territorial, rotten individual. You only have a few options... 1. Switch shifts and make it clear you don't want any more trou...

8. Time to Triage

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to SheaTab's topic in Emergency

   LilGirl - this is what my facility calls "immediate bedding"...except, the triage nurse doesn't triage at the bedside, the primary nurse receiving the patient does. Our triage tech takes the patient to the room. Hooks them up to the monitor/starts ...

9. Nonsense "stat" orders

   whatdayoftheweekisit replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

   Hmmm...the best way we avoid "stat" nonsense orders is to have already had a bed rqstd upstairs and the second the resident whips their measley orders off their order set we can say, "sorry...these will have to be implemented upstairs since this pati...

10. How often do EMS crews show up to your dept unannounced?

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    It is important to understand that an encode is a courtesy by EMS - not a requirement. That being said, by not encoding, EMS certainly isn't on the fast track to having a good working relationship with the ED. I do agree that lengthy reports over t...

11. Best ER Nurse quotes

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy with vibrator stuck in rectum - sedated to remove with some forceps - wanted to die laughing when my ER doc hit the "on" button in there with the forceps and started the thing vibrating. Lots of cussing ensued. Same ER doc writes on his ch...

12. What would you do?

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to shoegalRN's topic in Emergency

    Your documenting of the facts only...no bias...will likely not be what gets this guy fired. Whoever he is, he won't know that this had anything to do with you. If anything, his anger may be piqued at the triage nurse. Welcome to nursing! There is...

13. Not properly trained for ER?????

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to bassadict69's topic in Emergency

    Clinically, there would be no less preparation for the ER coming out of an Associate program than say a Bachelor's program. A new grad in the ER is a new grad...doesn't really matter what alphabet soup is behind their name. I have seen some new gra...

14. Time to Triage

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to SheaTab's topic in Emergency

    Hey Tabitha, Boswell described a great two-tiered system. This is an ideal way for triage to work but if you have only one nurse then the primary assessment or rapid triage has to be performed by the RN on all patients. The RN should be able to see...

15. If an ER patient is Not Sick, are we still supposed to treat?

    whatdayoftheweekisit replied to ernoc333's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like you need the QMP or ESP process....using the ESI five-level acuity system, all 4s and 5s in our ED are QMP eligible. The ED phsyican provides the MSE - if no EMC (emergency medical condition) exists, then the patient is visited by regist...