Salls25

Salls25 specializes in Emergency.

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1. Aloha....introduce yourself

   Salls25 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hawaii

   Aloha! I'm a new transplant on Maui, two weeks in and I feel right at home! I've been an ER nurse in the greater Boston area for 3 years, with 5 additional years in healthcare. I'm waiting (...and hoping) to hear back from MMMC to get started in ER...

2. MA Nurse Practice Act/Standards

   Salls25 replied to Salls25's topic in Massachusetts

   Thank you Leda, I did take a look at this previously, which contains information about licensure, code of conduct, and mandatory reporting, ect. I was hoping to find if there is a place recording the more specifics out there. For example, I was tol...

3. MA Nurse Practice Act/Standards

   Salls25 posted a topic in Massachusetts

   I was hoping to provide a new nurse some resources that I actually can not even locate myself. Can someone help me find resources for Mass BSN scope of practice, standards, rules and regulations, Practice Act, ect. I have been all over the Mass.gov...

4. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

   Salls25 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

   my first week in triage: Intoxicated and unhygienic patient comes to triage in her pj's, robe, and slippers c/o breast pain. when did it start, I ask. "When we were just in bed (explicits removed) rough, they were swinging all over the place." pat...

5. Do you disclose a positive urine HCG?

   Salls25 replied to Salls25's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the feedback. I think I will need to walk on egg shells with this MD in the future, clearly he need to study what an HCG is again, because I would never say "you are pregnant". This whole thing stinks because his focus seems to be more a...

6. Tncc

   Salls25 replied to jillba's topic in Emergency

   thank you very much. i am in the midst of this class, test at the end of this week and will def. take a look at the practice test. I feel very confident about this class as it is a lot of review. Regardless of your experience, a refresher is good ...

7. Shoes for the ER??

   Salls25 replied to TJG618's topic in Emergency

   I am croc obsessed and would have nightmares of giving them up (i feel your pain). I tried other types, nursemates and danskos, but the bottoms of my feet hurt so bad after half the shift. I can highly recommend Borns. Very shock absorbent (like t...

8. Do you disclose a positive urine HCG?

   Salls25 posted a topic in Emergency

   Working with a new-to-our-ER doc the other night who totally lost his marbles when he found out I disclosed a positive urine pregnancy test to a patient. MD wanted the beds turned over and gave me the chart to D/C patient home (musculo-skeletal), "a...

9. Self Harm Questions in Triage

   Salls25 replied to KNARE's topic in Emergency

   We were visitied recently also, what came of it was that we don't 'assess' everyone for self harm, but do a quick 'screen' on EVERY patient. adds a lot to triage including who do you live with, does anyone hurt you.

10. New Grad from Maine moving to Mass... some questions!

    Salls25 replied to cheesecake89's topic in Massachusetts

    If you are looking to move during/after December then my suggestion would be to start applying now. My experience of coming from out-of-state 2 years ago was not an easy one. Boston hospitals are very hard to break in to, especially as both a new g...