DanRn

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1. Please!! I need your input on ER Pyxis question

   DanRn replied to amy111's topic in Emergency

   we just enter what ever we can uusally john doe or the room/ bed number. trauma patients are put in by registration before arrival (if we are that lucky :) )as a sequentially number : jane / john doe trauma 182. i guess the pharmacy fixes any problem...

2. Please!! I need your input on ER Pyxis question

   DanRn replied to amy111's topic in Emergency

   we just enter what ever we can uusally john doe or the room/ bed number. trauma patients are put in by registration before arrival (if we are that lucky :) )as a sequentially number : jane / john doe trauma 182. i guess the pharmacy fixes any problem...

3. visitation in PACU

   DanRn replied to kate siglin's topic in PACU

   hi our facility (adult only) does approx 60 cases a day/ 500 bed hospital. we must update the family at the 2 hour mark. visitors (2) are allowed in for five minutes if the patient has been in pacu for 2 hours, and at the nurses discretion. this se...

4. visitation in PACU

   DanRn replied to kate siglin's topic in PACU

   hi our facility (adult only) does approx 60 cases a day/ 500 bed hospital. we must update the family at the 2 hour mark. visitors (2) are allowed in for five minutes if the patient has been in pacu for 2 hours, and at the nurses discretion. this se...

5. Recovering Patients

   DanRn replied to London88's topic in Operating Room

   london 88 I find it hard to believe why an icu nurse cannot deal with a hypertensive / hypotensive pt. if you have one pacu nurse on call at night, how would that person handle the case alone, when it took 3 nurses in your dept to handle the pt. wo...

6. Recovering Patients

   DanRn replied to London88's topic in Operating Room

   london 88 I find it hard to believe why an icu nurse cannot deal with a hypertensive / hypotensive pt. if you have one pacu nurse on call at night, how would that person handle the case alone, when it took 3 nurses in your dept to handle the pt. wo...

7. triage to fill beds or not

   DanRn replied to spaz's topic in Emergency

   HI All I always try to have one open monitor bed for a critical patient that comes thru triage. on a bad day, that means filling my all the beds, but knowing one will open up soon. i dont care about ambulance patients. they are already being tre...

8. Migrane Headache Treatment in the ED

   DanRn replied to keaston's topic in Emergency

   we have had good success with droperidol and benedryl.

9. Waiting Room Signage

   DanRn replied to willa76's topic in Emergency

   we have a sign, 2 in fact, that read patients will be seen in order of severity of illness, which may not always be in order of arrival. it doesnt matter. people yell and complain anyways. it is always ME ME ME. i had a young girl (10ish) approach ...

10. What shift do you work? Why?

    DanRn replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    i work 11a-11p, 3 days a week. get to sleep in a little, and get the kids off to school in the am. it is the busiest time to work (ed), but i like missing ruch hour too!!

11. EMS Abuse

    DanRn replied to Jay Levan's topic in Emergency

    On a very, very busy day, the wait for non emergent players was about 2-3 hours. After seeing many ambulances drop off pts, someone in he waiting room called 911 from the pay phone so the ambulance would come pick up her up and she could go right b...

12. Triage Resources

    DanRn replied to ERNurse752's topic in Emergency

    here is the text of the expired link.. Akron Beacon Journal BY CHERYL POWELL The Akron City Hospital ER got hit with an emergency of its own yesterday. But this trauma called for a door repairman, not a doctor. A woman crashed a stolen Akron Fire D...

13. Triage Resources

    DanRn replied to ERNurse752's topic in Emergency

    best advice: trade spots with a a coworker so you dont have to be in triage. - thats only because i loathe triage.. only practice can make a better triage nurse. did your dept orient you well to the position? if you are worried about a patient, co...

14. Salary Caps In Ohio?????

    DanRn replied to mopsi's topic in General Nursing

    imagine the " nursing shortage" if they tried....... http://www.nurseweek.com if ya wanna check out the on line version.

15. Co-pays in the ER

    DanRn replied to kaycee's topic in Emergency

    Oue ED starts collecting copays in the next couple weeks. a registration clerk will meet with patients after discharge to discuss payments and make arrangements. The hospital has actually hired an outside company to start this up. I guess the dept...