ghostrider

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1. Taking floor orders in the ED?

   ghostrider replied to sorefeet's topic in Emergency

   Do the floors take orders for the ED nurses? Of course not! Why should we take orders for the floor? The floor RN's have questions re: patient orders we have no idea about. The only reason that this is done is that MD's have the idea a RN is an RN...

2. RN Medical Guidelines for ER

   ghostrider replied to ghostrider's topic in Emergency

   Thank you for your timely responses. I need something more aggressive in medical guidelines and how this accepted by ER physicians. We have too many hours/days/weeks that we are essentially on Waiting Room and Chart Rack Divert (as opposed to EMS d...

3. RN Medical Guidelines for ER

   ghostrider posted a topic in Emergency

   I would appreciate knowing what guidelines / protocols / standing orders do other Emergency Departments utilize. The ususal trauma and ACLS are well known so do not need to send. Looking for such things as what are RN's allowed to initiate by standi...