LeesieBug

LeesieBug

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LeesieBug specializes in ER.


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  1. DNP Nursing Education

    One of my colleagues is getting working on a DNP in Educational Leadership. It is an online program, with two 5-day residencies. She is loving it, and feels like it is extremely relevant to what we do. Maybe this is the type of thing you are looking ...
  2. MSN: Education vs. Specialty Degree

    I struggled with this same decision, and the answer is: There is no right or wrong way to go! It just depends on your individual interests and goals. I decided to do a masters in nursing education for several reasons. 1) I had NO desire to be an NP....
  3. Iv help pleeeeeasssssee!!!!

    Honestly, it is just doing them over, and over, and over......and over. Its kind of like learning to drive car...hard to give someone specific instructions on how to get better at it, you just get good with practice. I remember that being the worst ...
  4. In the ER the problem has little to do with caring a whole lot about the report and a LOT to do with traffic flow. I don't really give a crapolla how much notice I have on pt information/condition...I care about having a couple minutes to figure out ...
  5. Had one a few days ago on a record breaking day...had a full house, 4 squads out we were trying to place, and one rolls in with a respiratory distress...."oh sorry, we forgot to call". Guy....seriously? I wanted to holller "WORK WITH ME PEOPLE!" A f...
  6. Enemas in the ER

    :chuckleIndeed, I find something inherently wrong with something that is intended for "oral or rectal" use.....gives me the heebie- jeebies.
  7. Enemas in the ER

    Very rarely....In three years I have done one once (thank God...I hate them). Have often sent a fleets home with patients on dc, though.
  8. ED-did you always know?

    I am sort of an oddball in the pack. Never had any interest whatsoever in ER. Got shuffled into it as a new grad. I remember taking one look at the trauma room on my first day and thinking "ohhhhhh shhhheeeeit". I felt COMPLETELY out of my comfort zo...
  9. Non emergent ER visits

    Also, recently read research regarding the fact that it is getting to a point where there is little difference in the actual numbers of insured versus uninsured using the ER for non-emergent complaints nowadays due to an increase in patients viewing ...
  10. Non emergent ER visits

    As an ER nurse, I also had such an experience where I gained perspective on why people...even the insured, are coming to us instead of an urgent care clinic. Couldn't get myself and son into the doc on a Friday for a step infection...went to urgent ...
  11. RN s Rotating Pods in Emergency Dept.

    I also agree that rotating areas helps keep things more interesting. One of the things I like about E R is that it has some variety, and that would be minimized if I was going in the the same assignment every day. I remember back when I was a new gra...
  12. Holiday Schedule

    We do the rotation...I like this and prefer to have it that way. We have three groups so we only work any given holiday every third year (two holidays each year, a "major" and a "minor") It is very nice that way, and there is no arguing or discussio...
  13. Do Newbies "Eat" Their Elders?

    The thing I can't figure out is why nursing seems to so LOVE the "us vs them" mentality in various forms....whether it be day-shift/ night-shift, ER/floors, ADN/BSN, experience/new, etc.. There seems to be a tendency to immediately slap a group label...
  14. Men intimidated by RN salary?

    Since I graduated, my husband affectionately refers to me as his "sugar mama".:loveya: He works for a community funded agency and makes a tad over half of what I do. I work with a guy that says all the time how he wishes his wife had a job that offe...
  15. Anyone else on nights feel completely out of it?

    Another way to do it is to slightly modify your schedule on days off. I have been on nights for over two years and have found a rhythm that works very well. If I were to shift back and forth , doing a "day" schedule when I am off, I probably would ha...