AndyLyn

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1. Prescribing narcotics to drug seekers

   AndyLyn replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

   Well, this won't be popular, but a lot of the problem comes with the assumption that "pain is what the patient says it is." That statement completely leaves out the practioners' leeway in negating so much of what is common sense. When a patient is ...

2. I am so confused and need some advice!

   AndyLyn replied to Single_Mom's topic in General Nursing

   Do you KNOW that you're going to be happy being a nurse? Nurses, especially new nurses, work crazy hours and crazy shifts, weekends, holidays. It's stressful, and hard not to take the bad moods home. I'd seriously consider things before I left a 9...

3. Should second-hand smoke be illegal in a home with children?

   AndyLyn replied to starzrn's topic in General Nursing

   I had an 8 month old last night that couldn't breathe. Both parents smoke. Both grandparents that help care for the baby smoke. They all love the baby very, very much. Until I spent a good 15 minutes talking with them about how harmful second hand sm...

4. Opportunity-rural hospital or urban hospital

   AndyLyn replied to DesiderataRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a small, rural ED and love it. It's the best job I've ever had. We take good care of our patients, and it's like a big family there. I know all the docs, all their little quirks, and what I can order to help speed things along. No job i...

5. Passed CEN!!

   AndyLyn replied to murphyle's topic in Emergency

   Congratulations! Welcome to the club!

6. I love being a nurse :)

   AndyLyn replied to lilaclover's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you 100%. I get tired of all the Debbie Downers posting on here, about how much they hate everything... it's nice to know there's people who love their work as much as I love mine!

7. vent for those who work midnights

   AndyLyn replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   It's not just family, tho! We had a weird thing happen one night, so administration called a little meeting to discuss what had happened - and they scheduled it during the day! Really?

8. What I really think of nursing

   AndyLyn replied to jmeng's topic in General Nursing

   Respectfully disagreeing... I'm proud of my ever-expanding skill set. Love my work. I'm happy to help train new nurses. Even declined to apply to a MSN program, because being a nurse practitioner isn't on my list of things to do with my life. I le...

9. New Grad in ER HELP!

   AndyLyn replied to TheEmmyRN's topic in Emergency

   Don't try and be SuperNurse. Ask for help if you need it. Any experienced nurse worth a hoot can tell when a coworker needs help, and knows how to ask for it herself. We never try and work a cardiac patient alone - I've been a nurse for 12 years ...

10. Registration By RNs in Triage or ER Registration Clerk?

    AndyLyn replied to Rickbos's topic in Emergency

    Our patients are met by a registration clerk who does a "quick reg", gives the stickered chart to the triage nurse who does a "quick assessment", and places the patient in a room, if possible. Then the patient is "full reg'd", the chart is up for th...

11. How does BON handle + marijuana screens from nurses in states that have legalized it?

    AndyLyn replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    Are we having the discussion of is it OK to smoke pot and care for patients? I'll give you a choice. Nurse A: Well qualified, experienced, intelligent, caring. Nurse B: Well quallified, experienced, intelligent, caring, stoned. Who you gonna let ...

12. The BCEN and I

    AndyLyn replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations! It's a great feeling, isn't it?

13. NEED HELP regarding patient assignments in the ER

    AndyLyn replied to babygirl0024's topic in Emergency

    Ours is similar in size, we have one nurse that does triage, and then 3-4 in the back. We do have assignments, tho. The chart can be picked up by any one of the nurses if there's a med or treatment that needs to be done, and we'll discharge each ot...

14. yet another triage related post

    AndyLyn replied to nurse ninja's topic in Emergency

    Our current design is a plexi-glass windowed room, where the triage nurse is the first person an incoming visitor/patient sees. However, we're in the process of moving triage into a more private area, with registration being the first person they se...

15. function for half sheets in triage

    AndyLyn replied to nurse ninja's topic in Emergency

    Ours have the patient's name, birthdate, reason for visit and primary care dr.'s name. Registration takes the sheet and generates a "short form" from it that produces all the stickered pieces of the chart for the triage nurse. We're in the process o...