pockunit ADN, RN

Emergency; med-surg; mat-child

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About pockunit

pockunit has 5 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Emergency; med-surg; mat-child.


ED RN. Experience as Med-surg float covering burn; CV surgery; adult/child BH; uro; peds/PICU; L&D; NICU; PCCU; general surgery; rehab; neurotrauma; MICU; ortho. Previous RN experience in a public health clinic. Do you have a patient? I might could take care of them.

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    Charge Capture at Discharge

    I would assume that a catheter was taken out and used if one was ordered and charted. If a pt got a neb, it seems to follow that neb treatment should be charged. That seems easy enough to figure out and charge for. My beef is that we end up double c...
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    How many patients do you see per shift.

    I can have anywhere from 1 to 12+, depending on acuity and how fast rooms turn over. I worked a double yesterday and had 3 rooms but that probably only turned into 10 or so pts because of bed space and holding pending discharge or admission (one was ...
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    New to ED, not a new nurse though...

    I am almost aggressively upbeat and I have found that it wins people over in spite of themselves. It can be exhausting on some days, but it's generally worth it in the long run.
  4. I worked a year in community health out of school, then started as a med-surg float at a small hospital, moved to a bigger hospital (same organization) as MS float, then took a turn with Mother-Child. All of it has been helpful in the ER, from educat...
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    Making the switch from medsurg to ED...

    I got my position because I had Peds/Maternal experience, which I had gotten *because* I wanted to move to ED and figured it would be good to be not scared of kids/pregnant ladies. Med-surg is a fine, fine base, but anything extra you can add on is o...
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    What goes on in an ED?

    MILK & MOLASSES, BABY. Pink elephant if we're feeling frisky.
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    What goes on in an ED?

    Windows.
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    What goes on in an ED?

    I assume your friend has never been a patient in the ER or they probably wouldn't have this crappy attitude. If they have, they might have rolled up with one of our bread and butter complaints, like "flu sx X 3 days" and gotten minimal interventions ...
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    What goes on in an ED?

    WELL. The other day I cardioverted someone, got someone prepped for Ortho surgery after a nasty fracture, treated a pt for presumptive STDs, prepped for an eye exam for someone with a probable corneal abrasion (confirmed), Sent IDK how many people ho...
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    What are patient ratios like for emergency nurses?

    We are generally 1:4 from 0300- 0900 1:3 on days and afternoons. NOCs are 1:3 until 0300 unless we're short. Floats take ECG, hall pts, and if we have a trauma they generally take that pt. So it can be UG.LY for a float if there are pts in ECG and th...
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    Lidocaine infusion for pain

    NYT published a story about an ER going mostly narc-free. It was pretty interesting. I'd like it if we gave it a try, but I don't think management would go for it.
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    New Grad Starts in ED !!!!!! HELP !!!

    Our pharmacists draw up meds for RSI and other stat situations. It's part of our process. I won't just take a random syringe from another nurse if I didn't see them draw it up, but refusing to take a drawn syringe in a code is going to go badly.
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    New Grad Starts in ED !!!!!! HELP !!!

    Volunteer to be the recorder in codes and sketchy situations. You will learn what the standard procedures are, what drugs are used, see people doing compressions and intubations, and get a good idea of how codes are run.
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    Critical Thinking

    No, she knows. But you coming in asking for a definition without providing what you THINK it is is kind of a hallmark "do my homework for me" ploy. Also, google is a thing.
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    Do you choose to drive? Do you ever consume raw milk cheese? Do you eat raw cookie dough? All examples of activities that are acknowledged to be potentially dangerous but people still decide to engage in because they are terrible at judging risk. Als...