As a staff nurse in the ED, I once had a physician ASK me to leave the room while he completed his physical assessment of a young man's penis. He later said "he didn't want to embarrass the patient." I wasn't the only one he did that to.
Hi, Just curious. Were any of you current school nurses able to start your jobs at the school during the year? Or do they generally only hire for the start of the school year?
Pacsun4567 replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency
You know my first gig out of school was in the ED and that was one of the things I was most nervous about because we do it ten+ times per day. After a few months I was way more comfortable. I'm still not an "expert" but I do get asked to help with th...
Pacsun4567 replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency
My ED is 3:1 except if we have call outs then we go to 4:1. Our patients are all typically pretty sick. Fast track is 5:1 and hall patients are 5:1 also. I work in a tiny 17 bed ER but we see 200+ pts a day. Things get crazy sometimes. Especially th...
Pacsun4567 replied to hardworkinmama's topic in Emergency
I think you should be fine. It just depends on how quickly you wish to finish the BSN. If it is rather soon and you don't mind a little hustle then I would just push through because most likely it will be manageable. I did the exact thing and I didn'...