lindsayalyssa

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1. How does an ER run?

   lindsayalyssa replied to OCRN3's topic in Emergency

2. No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

   lindsayalyssa replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't understand how you don't do your own EKGs. What do you do if your patient complains of chest pain? Page the doc, wait for EKG order, page someone to do said EKG? Seriously it takes less then 3 minutes to do an EKG -- in that time you could h...

3. No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

   lindsayalyssa replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked at the same hospital for 2 yrs. we do all our own labs/IV starts/Abgs. That's TOTAL pt care.

4. Charge Rn's. How many beds on your units?

   lindsayalyssa replied to oldiebutgoodieRN's topic in General Nursing

   81 bed level 1 ED with 3 additional trauma bays ~30 staff (3-4 pts: 1 RN ratio/3-5 RNs in triage) No differential CN does not take patients

5. WE WON! Let us know if you do.

   lindsayalyssa replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   91 bed level 1 ED...the best I've seen is 16 patients & this was on Christmas. Anything under 30 gets the department excited!

6. Best one sentence handoff report

   lindsayalyssa replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

   "65 yo male. foreign body in rectum. device is on. going to OR soon." "HR of 30. 3 rounds of atropine w no success, couldnt tolerate pacing, the highest SBP we have seen is 50." "altered mental status. fell out of bed three times. daughter is the at...

7. Nights in the ER??

   lindsayalyssa replied to scrubsandasmile's topic in Emergency

   I work in a level I ED and nights are our busiest time. In a 12 hr shift I am lucky I get a break to eat (AND we are often adequately staffed -- just busy). Night shifts are fun and we have great teamwork. The other day my patient load was a non-STEM...

8. biggest gauge IV??

   lindsayalyssa replied to mmc51264's topic in General Students

   i work in a level I ED...I only start 16s and 18s.

9. university of detroit mercy second degree program

   lindsayalyssa replied to creativetype2007's topic in Michigan

   Where are you getting that information regarding pass rates? I am also a current student and had a conversation last week with the chair of the program -- he told me the numbers were in the 90s. Please don't falsify information on the internet. You ...

10. university of detroit mercy second degree program

    lindsayalyssa replied to creativetype2007's topic in Michigan

    I am a current second degree student at UofD & love the program. - UofDs NCLEX pass rate for the SDO program is in the 90%s - They use most/all of the Detroit Hospitals: Henry Ford, the VA, DMC, St Joesph, etc. Students in the past have gone als...

11. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan

    im sorry but the fact that you have to wait over 6 months to hear any type of message from admissions is ridiculous and rude. sure, no news is good news but the fact that my application was marked complete in october and i have let to hear a single o...

12. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan

    jessxfm -- you heard from the accelerated bsn program already for fall 2011 start? did you get in? i dont think the fact that you are a current student has anything to do w it. im a very recent grad.

13. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan

    I heard in December last year. I was waitlisted (and then eventually rejected right before the program started in September. My application, this years and last years, was marked complete the end of October. Still waiting to hear. I hope some type of...

14. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan

    Has anyone heard any admission decisions?

15. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan

    Ya, I hope so! I was accepted to UDM so if this unsuccessful (again) then at least I am in somewhere. Best of luck!