whoofers

whoofers

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About whoofers

whoofers has 6 years experience and specializes in ICU, ER, Trauma.


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  1. how to talk to patients

    You cannot treat all patients the same way, just as you cannot treat all your coworkers the same. The key is to first look and listen, then adapt your interaction to the individual. If you start by introducing yourself and stating the reason you are ...
  2. Any 8 week travelers out there???

    I am just finishing up an 8 week travel assignment. The cons are: staying in an extended stay over an apartment, just getting the hang of things and having to leave, staff does not wish to interact with you because they know you will be leaving soo...
  3. Although it seems that this topic has strayed a bit, I would like to bring it back. My last job required that I wear a giant round 'ask me if I washed my hands" button. It was so heavy that it brought down my scrub top to expose my bra. Patients ...
  4. Once you discharge the patient they are no longer an emergency room patient. If you were to chart on them, it could be taken that you have accepted them as a patient again and are responsible for them. Don't chart on them after they formally leave ...
  5. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

    I am from Michigan & just finished my very first travel contract (in NYC). After that terrible experience with horrid nurse patient ratios (in the ED) of no less than 9 patients & being ripped of continually by my agency (begins with an Ll.....
  6. Mandatory Overtime Agreement in New York!

    I would think that it is the Union's responsibility to effect this. Don't you agree? At least, the type of campaigns you suggest, is what they used to do in the past and what made Unions strong. Seems like they lost the ability to represent their ...
  7. I'm Confused...

    I am in the same boat as you. I'm in NYC and have both state and city taxes taken out. I can't get overtime, either. I am going behind my company's back and doing per diem work with another agency so I can break even. I think the mistake is that whe...
  8. Computerized charting in the ED

    i found the same thing with cerner. cerner is one of the most user unfriendly programs i have encountered. i think the most frustrating part is that you continue to get an icon to do something after it was already done. to make the icon go away, y...
  9. Computerized charting in the ED

    My favorite is the brown things in the bed to inicate it has to be cleaned.
  10. New ED nurses who "know it all"

    Don't worry. Some nurses are just old school about paying your dues on the med-surg floor. The ENA has an excellent curriculum [ENCC-Emergency Nurse Core Curriculum] that many level I trauma centers use to educate the newbies. With the right train...
  11. I can assure you what you describe is hospital-wide and not just on your floor. Have done agency per-diem work there and found it to be quite strange of a place (trying to put it mildly). After my 7th shift there, I realized it wasn't me & told ...
  12. Victory! New Mandatory Overtime Law for Nurses in NY!

    Nahhh. They'll just have less nurses handling more patients and blame it on the law. I can see nurses turning on nurses. Imagine how you would feel if you started your shift and was told that Nurse X was not agreeing to overtime because her repla...
  13. Turks in NYC?

    I know I have come across a lot of Turks in the Flushing area of Queens. Certainly avoid Astoria because of he high concentration of Greeks (your husband could tell you why i said that). I found a website that list neighborhoods with the predominant...
  14. Entire ER crew will go to mandatory retreat

    I would think that anything mandatory would impose hidden resentment. If they want something more cost effective, why don't they just try a giant group hug :hgu:?
  15. Where are the jobs???

    Why don't you apply for the night job just to get to the interview with the manager. Human Resource's job is just to screen you through to the manager, anyway. If you seem to hit it off with the manager, and are offered a job, then go and tell abou...