ERnurse1983Ontario

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1. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   1) the patient who you spend 30minutes assessing, doing bloodwork, ecg, etc only to sign themselves out without being seen...what a waist of time 2) doctors who practice family medicine in the ER 3)...

2. nurses and EMT's

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to phieud's topic in Emergency

   EMS are crucial and I for one appreciate their profession. They are truly the front line, especially in trauma care. They often are placed in dangerous situations. In Canada, as I'm sure in the US,...

3. Pressure infusers

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to ERnurse1983Ontario's topic in Emergency

   I need to ask my clinical educator, but from what I've heard it has something to do with the pressure exerted on the bone

4. what will actually happen?

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

   Amiodarone isn't compatible with NS. Generally that means there is research to say it either effects how the medication devolves within solution leading to such things as decreased efficacy or...

5. Pressure infusers

   ERnurse1983Ontario posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all, Do any of your EDs use pressure infusers with I/O devices? I know the ED where I work doesn't. Just CVADs and peripheral large bore

6. Help!!! Floor nurse applied for ED position

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to njsmit.rn's topic in Emergency

   A lot of interviews now take place with the manager of the unit plus an individual from the human resources department. A lot of the questions you will be asked will most likely be...

7. ED support

   ERnurse1983Ontario posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all, I work in a busy 40 bed ED. In our ED nurse to patient ratio is 1:5 unless you are in the trauma bay where there are 2 nurses to 5 beds. As the RN, each new patient presenting to the ER you...

8. Please advise: trauma center v. non-trauma center

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to LG1137's topic in Emergency

   The second offer sounds like you would see a variety of cases and be able to gain valuable experience in prioritization, not that you wouldn't get that with the smaller ED but more so with the larger...

9. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   ERnurse1983Ontario replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   One of many pet peeves: patients who come to the ER presenting with abdo pain/ chest pain going on for almost a week and finally come to the ER and complain how long they have to wait to be assessed...

10. Nursing student wanting to work in ER

    ERnurse1983Ontario replied to Heather0399's topic in Emergency

    As an ER nurse it's not just knowledge you have to have about various areas of medicine, but having a personality to cope with thepace of the ER. I remember having a patient in with abdo pain, but...

11. TNCC Study Guide ~ Please help!!!!

    ERnurse1983Ontario replied to jsgero's topic in Emergency

    I've taken TNCC twice, and like the above suggestion, memorize the trauma process, your assessment, and the interventions associated with each step (i.e. for airway you are looking for blood,...