ChuckeRN BSN, RN

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About ChuckeRN

ChuckeRN has 4 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency Department.


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  1. In defense of the flight crew, they NEVER talk crap about anyone (maybe because 99% of the patients are really sick), but this time they were TICKED! I wish I knew how they got the call and if they even have a choice to refuse to transport once they ...
  2. That's called Fatal Familial Insomnia. It's real. It's inherited and it's a prion disease. Very rare though.
  3. I work nites in a rural Level 3 trauma center. One night, we had the rotor crew fly in a 22 yo F for BACK PAIN! No trauma, she just woke up that morning with a back ache, but called 911 sometime during the night and somehow a helicopter was dispatche...
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    Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    Yup Haldol.
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    Drink or Shake during work

    +1 BSN Syntha-6. My fav is Vanilla Ice Cream. I carry a shaker bottle with a metal ball in it and just add water when I'm ready to drink it. I also carry 2 or 3 apples to eat during my 12 hour shift. Still, I have lost around 30 lbs and 4" off my wai...
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    Rules for Triage

    I love it when they come in for dental pain at 6 AM when there's a FREE walk-in dental clinic that opens at 7AM.
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    Do Med Surg / Tele RNs still get hired into ER?

    We try out nurses from the different departments all the time: ICU, OB, M/S, etc. Whether they are able to keep working in the ED is entirely up that specific nurse. Most can't seem to or want to handle it. In their defense, if they are getting paid ...
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    New Grad in the ED

    #1. Ask LOTS of questions. All of the docs I work with love to educate and teach. Sometimes, our co-workers are too busy to explain everything, but Docs seem always willing to take the time. #2. Be enthusiastic and willing. You may not be the fastest...
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    student nurse precepting in ED...advice?

    +1 I've lost 30 lbs since I starting working in our ED last year.
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    Walk me through your ER

    I work in a Level III Trauma Center in a Navajo Reservation. The closest Level I is 80 miles away so for obvious Level I's, they are flown directly from the event site. Otherwise, we get everything. In a town of 10,000, we saw 35,000 patients in our ...
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    Corrections Nurse Interview-Tips?

    I was a nurse in a State Max Security prison. Prior to the interview, I read the thread here that has the most numerous responses and most of the questions posted were asked. You should find and read that thread. In general, depending on the number o...
  12. A 14 yo girl brought in by ambulance from the next city's small clinic*. Complaint: "lost her tampon". Turns out she forgot she had a tampon in her for 3 weeks. The ER doc removed it and he had a look on his face when he got out of that room. *I work...
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    New ER nurse...is there any hope for me?!?!

    A monkey can start IVs. Don't sweat the small stuff.
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    Decreasing Medication Passes to BID from TID

    We have 5300 inmates in our prison and TID for Watch Swallow meds are impossible for nurses and no go for Security so the meds are always divided into 2 doses.
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    Have you worked for Wexford?

    Sorry guys, but due to the transition, people have been quitting and getting fired so we are extremely short staffed and so I've been working 4 days every week = 100+hours every 2 weeks. As a private company vs a State DOC, employees are much easier ...