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  1. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    Just checked, no HSA, only HCSA with max carry-over of $500. So no go. Thanks for the info anyways, Anonymous865.
  2. PSA: Don't forget to invest!

    OMG! I'm too healthy to take advantage of an FSA, but I had no idea you can do the above with the HSA. Thank you for this info! (Our benefits presentation truly sucks ***!) In 2017, I only contributed to my employer's matched amount: invested in...
  3. Finally got malpractice insurance.

    A quick reality orientation from Nursing Fundamentals (Kozier): "The nurse employed by a hospital functions within an employer–employee relationship in which the nurse represents and acts for the hospital and therefore must function within the poli...
  4. Looking for career direction and advice

    OP, in the hospital setting, you're basically the nursing IT: these nurses teach and trouble-shoot the charting system, so you need to have an efficient and effective communication skills, along with basic computer skills--you're an IT in the softwar...
  5. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    Yes, indeed, you should have. Now, you're in the clear: Resident gave a VO, the Attending agreed--with RT as a witness. Word to the wise: When you are in the right, be calm, be composed, be a BOSS: e.g., "The resident handed me a primed propofol and ...
  6. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    OP, wow, hearing this, I'm so glad with our RSI policy: (Level 1 trauma center) the Attending, Resident, RT, Pharm--they draw our IVP meds; minimum two RN's. But usually 3-4 total nurses. RECAPS: 1. The resident handed you a primed propofol and a VO...
  7. CA MS: 1:5 (my charge closed the unit down once, i.e. no admits since all nurses were max'ed out at 5 Pts). Tele: 1:4 Observation: 1:4 ER: 1:3 to 1:4 Well Bob, this is how triage works in my Level 1 Trauma center teaching hospital: Triage Rm 1: one...
  8. ICU to ER nurse = HELP ME PLEASE

    OP, seems like you already know the flow of the ED, and as for charting, we have check boxes for the "ABCD", then free-text box for CC/HX/etc. What you really want to know is the CC and their associated symptoms: I'll give you the two common ones: CC...
  9. NYT Article: Men don't want to be nurses, and their wives agree

    It is a sad day in the nursing world that so many nurses failed to see the humor in this article: creativity in the title, silly claims countered by solid claims, and the ending paragraph is the author's last ditch effort to say "don't take me seriou...
  10. I was hired for the ED, boarded in MS for about 9 months, been an ER nurse for a while. Level 1 Trauma center, Teaching Hospital, we have Psych ED, Fasttrack, Main ER, Trauma bay, Peds ER, and Obs. So I'll give you a sample of my report and some insi...
  11. Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    We're ER nurses; we know what we do. These three steps are just a down&dirty snapshot of what goes on in the ER for non-ER nurses. Based on your selective quotation of me, I agree with your objection. Based on my full quotation of me, I disagree ...
  12. Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    My level 1 trauma training hospital pays CC bonus, we ER nurses did not get CC bonus pay, so we know that we are not CC nurses. But we argued for and finally got ER bonus pay just a few years ago. My ED comprises Psych ED nurses, Observation nurses, ...
  13. Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    We are not Critical Care nurses. OP, take your typical sepsis alert patients for example: you draw labs and blood culture and start Abx infusions, then admit the patient. Same with your RSI patients: after intubation and starting drips, you admit the...
  14. Awesome article! Thanks! I love the way you mention the fine prints regarding how insurance works, and thanks for bringing up the term 'respondeat superior'--we touched briefly on it in 1st semester. This article should have more than 3 pages of comm...
  15. Nursing students who want to be NP's

    Here's one from a non-ACNP: "Mar 10, '16 by emsguy, BSN, EMT-I I am an RN with a BSN currently in my second semester as an FNP student. As a Family Nurse Practitioner we are trained as primary care providers and sometimes generalist. So our educatio...