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1. What steth to buy

   alet3ff posted a topic in Emergency

   Greetings all! I bought a cheap scope when I was working as a tech in the ED. Now I am about to move in a Nurse Intern II position and will need a better steth. Would an ED nurse be so kind to provide some good choices. Thank you, Ed

2. Advice for ED Tech

   alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the info. You are right on, I need to always only practice within my scope. As long as I am in the ED I can start capped IV and draw blood. I am working on my nursing degree and I want to be an ED RN. The dept manager has already said that...

3. Advice for ED Tech

   alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

   OK folks a follow up... I have been working the ED floor now of a 38 bed ED for five days. What a fantastic place to be. I am blessed with being around so much talent to learn from. Right now I am one of the techs in training. I have seen so much in ...

4. Personal tools/equipment

   alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

   Thank you all for your replies. I was given a steth by a doc recently as a gift. I have not seen this item in any of the catalogs. It is gold with black double tubes and has the name "grafco" imprinted in the bell area. Anybody heard of this one? Tha...

5. Personal tools/equipment

   alet3ff posted a topic in Emergency

   Greetings all! I will be purchasing a stethoscope next week for my venture in the ED as a tech. I have noticed in catalogs there are a huge assortments of styles, manufactures, colors, tube lengths, tube single/double, etc. What is possibly going to ...

6. Physical fitness assistance

   alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing hard, just made me realize I will need to shapen up other muscles. I had to do two reps of 50# from floor to waist. Carry 30# 30' and back. Two reps of 10# from shelve to top shelve. Push a weighted skid 30' and then pull backwards twice. Li...

7. Advice for ED Tech

   alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

   Just an update... Thursday I was offered the job and I accepted. Had my pre-employment physical yesterday and will start my ED orientation on the 21st. I am very excited but at the same time a little scared. Hospital care is a different animal then p...

8. Physical fitness assistance

   alet3ff posted a topic in General Nursing

   Greetings all! I realized yesterday during a pt test for a hospital job, that I need to be in better shape. I was wondering if anybody had any sites that have specific workouts or ideas for those that push, pull, lift, move, pts. Better shape could m...

9. Advice for ED Tech

   alet3ff posted a topic in Emergency

   Greetings all! I am hopefully about to start as an ED Tech in a local hospital. This ED sees about 170 pts in a 24 hours period so I would be busy. I want to learn. I am a firefighter/EMT and would love some advice for a person venturing into the wo...

10. Got excelsior packet

    alet3ff replied to angelbear's topic in Online Learning

    As the person mentioned before, you can download the study guides in pdf format from the Excelsior website. A list of books and recommended reading is in the study guide. Also if you go to their online bookstore you can look up the books as well. Wha...

11. ER Nurse is Being a JERK to EMS...

    alet3ff replied to flashpoint's topic in Emergency

    Wow I would say... All the complaints I here come from doctors that usually do not like they way we packaged a pt. One example was a very large person that we had tubed and was pnb. The road was a farm road and a bumpy one so we had to really work to...

12. Trauma Levels

    alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

    Bob, That is what I figured... I may even choose a level III to be in the area I wish to be. My wife wants to be near Seattle but across the sound. I am looking at the Silverdale area for some land for horses and a job at the local ER or med/surg. An...

13. Trauma Levels

    alet3ff replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

    Bob, Thanks for the reply. Using the pdf file you linked to allowed me to check on trauma centers in Washington state. My wife and I will be moving to WA state in a couple of years and want to look for jobs at level I/II centers. Thanks, Ed

14. Trauma Levels

    alet3ff posted a topic in Emergency

    Greetings, I am trying to locate the data to support what would be seen at a Level I/II/III trauma center. I know level I is the most serious in nature. I am looking to find the breakdown of what each level would be involved in. Thanks, Ed

15. question-non nursing related

    alet3ff replied to AmAnRN's topic in General Nursing

    AmAnRN, If you using MS Internet Explorer just open your browser and at the top tool bar click on "tools" then "internet options." On this near the top you will find where you can enter a homepage with the http:// then click apply and okay and close ...