ERGirl83

ERGirl83 has 2 years experience and specializes in Emergency Nursing.

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1. Drug seekers

   ERGirl83 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

   In an ED with lots of frequently visiting friends, I see my share of patients who are clearly not in the department for actual medical emergencies, but for an acute narcotic deficiency. And the nursing theorists can pretty much shove their "pain is w...

2. Pregnancy Work Woes

   ERGirl83 replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

   Pregnancy shouldn't be a get out stinky jobs card by any means. But transferring a bariatric patient? Yeah I'd probably decline that too. I work in a busy ED. I worked up until I delivered at 37.5 weeks. I did virtually all of my duties, but I declin...

3. Firearms

   ERGirl83 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

   Concealed carry? Ha! I'd be happy if our facility just implemented on campus security 24/7. They open carry, and that seems much more effective. I am a proponent of concealed and open carry (when done responsibly), but don't personally own guns. I j...

4. The Heat is On: Why the Temporal Artery Thermometer Should Be Your "Go-To"

   ERGirl83 replied to Exergen Corporation's topic in General Nursing

   I hate these. I get a different temp every time I use it. A variance of 1-3 degrees. A huge deal. If I have a patient I'm really worried about I use another method no matter what.

5. ER, PEDS or JAIL...hardest decision in my life!

   ERGirl83 replied to Ashleyhunleyrn's topic in General Nursing

   I voted ER (and not just vecause I'm biased ��), but man, 2100-0900 is an AWFUL shift. I work a lot of Noc but shift change has always been 0500 or 0600. I've even heard of 0700, but never 0900. It's so far into the next day that it would be very...

6. "How did that get there?"

   ERGirl83 replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

   All the damned Ativan! Why, oh why don't they make 1mg/mL Ativan?!

7. Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

   ERGirl83 replied to ixchel's topic in Stress 101

   Today's shift was 13,882. And that was a day shift. Swings are way more!

8. Price of Patient Satisfaction

   ERGirl83 replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not sure what kind of facility or department you are in, but I would absolutely not tolerate being treated inappropriately for any reason, least of all patient satisfaction. I work in a busy ER. People are not at their best. Even the best of peo...

9. New grad nurse moving to Utah...is it even possible?

   ERGirl83 replied to Georgiapeach210's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, and yeah pay is much lower here than many expect. Expect to start around $21-22 an hour.

10. New grad nurse moving to Utah...is it even possible?

    ERGirl83 replied to Georgiapeach210's topic in General Nursing

    Utah is still a tough market for new grads but it has opened up quite a bit since I graduated 2.5 years ago. If you want a hospital job, unfortunately a lot can ride on "who you know," but it's not impossible either, just highly competitive. There ar...

11. How long did it take you to find your first job?

    ERGirl83 replied to RNDancing's topic in General Nursing

    I licensed in June, and got my first job (in my desired specialty) in October. And that was with 1.5 years of tech experience and 1.5 years of EMS experience. The market here was really saturated with nurses and there are still some underemployed RN'...

12. Admissions

    ERGirl83 replied to nightsinBoston's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ED nurse. We give telephone report to the nurse on the floor. In my current facility, we personally transport ICU pts to the floor so they get a short bedside handoff too. We also print off an SBAR sheet which is kind of a visual snapshot of i...

13. Tncc as a nursing student

    ERGirl83 replied to ajmclean's topic in Emergency

    Actually, chare, I did take the final exam and complete the skills practical as a student. I received a completion certificate but not a certification card.

14. Tncc as a nursing student

    ERGirl83 replied to ajmclean's topic in Emergency

    You can audit the course as a student, but you cannot certify. I audited it my last year of school because it was fun (I'm weird), but I still had to retake the course after graduating and passing NCLEX.

15. Are too many certifications a bad thing?

    ERGirl83 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Professionalism

    Maybe I'm the minority in this post, but I don't think you can ever have too much education, and I don't think you should have to apologize for your drive and ambition. If you've got the time, and you're investing it in learning something you are pas...