beccarner replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency
bds165, Good luck with your nursing career, cops and er nurses often have a symbiotic relationship. We know how cops deal with the stress as we do...with humor. If you can't see the humor in it it will drive you crazy!
beccarner replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency
Shystudent, I do think that the triage nurse should have taken your sons o2Sat before sending you back to waiting room. It is not that hard to grab a pulse oz and take it while you look-see a pt in the waiting room. Call it a window triage. Peds pt's...
beccarner replied to marnacla's topic in Entrepreneurs
Barbara, I do agree. I did stumbleupon this book. Building Moral Intelligence. Haven't read it yet but I think the subject is just what I am concerned with. I just feel things are not like they were when I was a girl. I did not want to upset or make ...
Penneyg, Here's hoping if you get a chest pain complaint that before truck gets there you are allowed to put pt on monitor, assess if vf, defib if neccessary, O2 pt, get a line, administer asa, and nitro? All within ACLS guidelines. Two minutes is tw...
beccarner replied to Creamsoda's topic in Emergency
Dear SecondGen, Read previous post. One trick, if you can't totally palpate a great big vein in AC.. Use a hand blood pressure cuff, pump it up to about 200 and leave it there. If not there go to other arm,don't stick unless you palpate a really goo...
Not to mention in a small rural hospital, we also, put orders in computer, start IV's, draw blood, mop floor, order tray's for IDDM pt's, if no cafateria open, nuke tv dinner. Clean-up various fluids, drop NG tube, suture pts, salt ambulance bays, cl...
beccarner replied to android654's topic in Emergency
Oh! and JBudd, Don't forget rural ER nurses also, clean up "upchuck", mop floor, clean up urine, feces or anyother fluid that is excreted by patients. Put own orders into computer, help radiology to sit up unresponsive pt for cxr. Take labs down to l...
beccarner replied to marnacla's topic in Entrepreneurs
Barbara, I am working in ER and see sooo many folks on drugs, and soo many teens that are not supervised by parents. Teen pregnancy. How could I become independant and go out and speak to folks regarding any of these social issues? Could a nurse make...
beccarner replied to galenanurse's topic in Operating Room
I will have you all know that I also formally trained for my role as a Surgical Technologist back in 1970, and did clincals also. Since all I did was scrub I got very, very good at it!! Am now an RN and have more opportunities in differant areas. The...
beccarner replied to galenanurse's topic in Operating Room
The Surgical Technologist role came about during wwII when nurses were overseas. Didn't need to learn how to care for pt's on the floor. Started with student nurses at first. Evolved with todays skilled scrub tech's. In the 60's RN's scrubbed the mor...