brainkandy87

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1. Cooler weather and homeless "patients"

   brainkandy87 replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

   Funny/sad story.. We had one of our regular homeless come in quite a lot recently (a lot even for him), for stuff like back pain, knee pain, a fall, etc. It was so excessive, I wanted to explode. One...

2. Triage: Documenting Ambulance Handover.

   brainkandy87 replied to Hooch's topic in Emergency

   In T-system, we have an entire page that we can pull up to put in an infinite amount of information about EMS and their report, ranging from IV site and meds given to detailed information about a 12...

3. ED support

   brainkandy87 replied to ERnurse1983Ontario's topic in Emergency

   Level 3, 20 bed main ER, 10 bed fast track. We have a nurse-patient ratio of 4:1. Typically we have 1-2 float nurses/medics (3 on a fully staffed midshift) and 1 am tech, 1 mid tech, 1 pm tech, along...

4. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   brainkandy87 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   The patient dictating to me their course of care and what I'm going to do. Sorry, no. You are in my bed, in my room, under my care. You are here because you need me to take care of you. Emphasis on...

5. Happy ER nurse week!

   brainkandy87 replied to Crux1024's topic in Emergency

   On Monday, Krispy Kreme gave us donuts all day! That rocked the casbah, to say the least. Today we had catering from all around town and had the "Scrubby" awards. In the words of Nurse Jackie.. only...

6. New Graduate ER RN vs. Floor Nurse

   brainkandy87 replied to victoriachojnacky's topic in Emergency

   This is an endlessly discussed topic. My opinion is that it depends on the new grad. A motivated, teachable new grad can succeed anywhere, just like a lazy, hard-headed new grad can fail

7. Ugh, those "I'm so stupid" moments

   brainkandy87 replied to TheCoppertop's topic in Emergency

   This whole situation just blows my brains out. Does your facility not let RN's do EJ's and/or US PIV's independently (our ER docs "check" us off on skills such as EJ, US, etc)? I love my ER docs and...

8. Organizing the maddness

   brainkandy87 replied to Safe student nurse's topic in Emergency

   This. A simple way to explain it to someone who's not having a life threatening emergency is that we are here to make them feel better and their PCP is there to cure

9. New to the ED

   brainkandy87 replied to 2rmartin's topic in Emergency

   Erowid This is a site really meant for people who do drugs, but I think it's a terrific resource for education about drugs. Personally, I think people who do drugs are a far more reliable source on...

10. Certifications for an ER nurse

    brainkandy87 replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    Actually, let me correct what I said.. they are 1200 ml/hr. I had to grab one to double check it. For some reason I had it halved in my brain. My bad! Anywho.. 600.. 1200.. my thoughts on 24 gauges on...

11. Certifications for an ER nurse

    brainkandy87 replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    24g angiocaths, that

12. Certifications for an ER nurse

    brainkandy87 replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    Our angiocaths state 600 ml/hr on the

13. Certifications for an ER nurse

    brainkandy87 replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    Sure, there are definitely varying degrees of trauma and yes, pretty much anything you can do in an 18 you can do in a 20 (however, I don't think a 22 should be put in any trauma pt, I don't care how...

14. Just a question to understand the ER better

    brainkandy87 replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    Maybe the 15 minute wait was due to shuffling. We have hall beds in our ER that get used when we are totally full (as was the case tonight). However, I'd rather have a pt hang out in triage/waiting...

15. Just a question to understand the ER better

    brainkandy87 replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    I think Stargazer said it best: triage is an extremely subjective area. One man's emergency is another man's, well, non-emergency. There's a lot of variables we don't know.. the experience of both...