Runner1989

Runner1989

Emergency Nursing

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About Runner1989

Runner1989 has 1 years experience and specializes in Emergency Nursing.


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  1. Gloves

    In your ED what kind of disposable, non-sterile gloves do you use? We used to use Kimberley Clark's gray nitrile gloves. Which are amazing. Now we've switched to S2S 506 series gloves which rip most of the time. They are terrible gloves. They tried a...
  2. How Hard is it to Start in the ER?

    It depends where you start. What state are you applying in? Different states and different hospitals want different things. One hospital may be open to new grads and another not. I would say a teaching hospital is going to hire new grads easier, and ...
  3. CS

    Propofol, so short acting that you can cut it off and they wake up quicker. I think they end up doing better too.
  4. Difficult situations

    Thank you everyone for the hugs, advice and just listening. It's nice to know others understand because you've been in similar situations that have got to you. There were many questions raised the night about our FNE coverage and process as well that...
  5. Difficult situations

    I've been an ED nurse for 2.5 years..I've seen numerous things in that time. And many things are sad and really hard to deal with. However, the other day we got a young girl who had been raped, abducted and dropped off for the police to find her. She...
  6. At my facility we give it not all the time but frequently for migraine headaches in combination with usually benedryl. It works really well!!!
  7. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    My pet peeve is when I am clearly spread thin with two ICU patients and another patient who is there for a small lip lac and they are complaining about the wait. After explaining 2 times why they are waiting I basically told them that there are sever...
  8. Ultrasound IV placement

    We started this about 6 months ago, prior to that the physicians could only do it. We actually have a class this week to learn! Really excited to learn!
  9. Nights in the ER??

    In my ER night shifters stay together. We are such an awesome team! We always have each others back. I love night shift and my teammates. :)
  10. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    I had a pt the other night who insisted I stick him in the hand and no where else. My reply? I'll stick you wherever I can, and I'm going to stick you where I can make sure I don't have to repeatedly stick you. Luckily he had great hand veins and he ...
  11. I would agree it is a bed control problem...it is always so busy with admits from ER and upstairs is usually full so it creates a grid lock.. They say they are working on it but I feel like it hasn't gotten any better maybe even worse...
  12. It is also very interesting that where I work at shift change all our patients get their bed assignments. I could say it is equally suspicious.
  13. nurses and EMT's

    You are not a taxi driver, you are a medical professional with skills and experience to take care of patients prehospital. Shame on them.
  14. We are a team, we understand the floor is busy too. However, we might be pushy because we know a code, trauma, or critical pt is coming in and we need that bed. We aren't trying to be unfair, ugly, demanding or rude we just want to be ready and be ab...
  15. Level of care is determined by hospitalist and ED attending. My report whether verbal or EMR review will not change pt level of care. We do EMR reviews and call once the floor has had 20 minutes to view the chart, we ask if they have questions and th...