ERnursie172

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1. family presence during CPR

   ERnursie172 replied to beth38's topic in General Nursing

   when i was a new nurse in the er i was very uncomfortable with the concept of "family presence" during codes. mainly this was due to my own insecurities and fears of looking like i didn't know what i was doing or even worse not knowing what i was doi...

2. EMR in the ED

   ERnursie172 replied to ERnursie172's topic in Emergency

   i'll give it my best dixielee emr= electronical medical record it is a complete emergency department tracking system being installed in thousands of emergency departments throughout the country. starting with triage thru disposition everything is don...

3. EMR in the ED

   ERnursie172 posted a topic in Emergency

   we are currently looking at different vendors for emr in our emergency department. if your ed is using emr i would love to hear your comments, pitfalls and all please!!! we will be doing a site visit at houston medical center in georgia to check out...

4. California Bound

   ERnursie172 replied to edomingo3's topic in California

   Hi....I am born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and can tell you that despite your hourly wage (which will be more) your cost of living and other expenses will be very, very high!!!! You said you are looking just North of SF, Marin?? In the ...

5. California Bound

   ERnursie172 replied to edomingo3's topic in California

   Hi....I am born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and can tell you that despite your hourly wage (which will be more) your cost of living and other expenses will be very, very high!!!! You said you are looking just North of SF, Marin?? In the ...

6. New LPN with BIG concern over TN scope of practice re: IV Push

   ERnursie172 replied to LPNalmost!'s topic in General Nursing

   hi.... i'm not familiar with tn nursing laws but in ca the board of nursing states that no lpn or lvn can push any iv meds. they can start iv's and hang normal saline but under no circumstances can they ever push meds. if that happened in ca. i wou...

7. New LPN with BIG concern over TN scope of practice re: IV Push

   ERnursie172 replied to LPNalmost!'s topic in General Nursing

   hi.... i'm not familiar with tn nursing laws but in ca the board of nursing states that no lpn or lvn can push any iv meds. they can start iv's and hang normal saline but under no circumstances can they ever push meds. if that happened in ca. i wou...