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1. just another burning question......

   ensense replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

   For the nurse that doesn't know of an ICU nurse that is paid more than an ER nurse, then you haven't been to my hospital. The ER isn't considered a specialty area. Go figure! AT least I'm short timing it now in this hospital. They have a great gr...

2. Another vent!

   ensense replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

   I can diffinitely relate to ridiculous complaints AND HAVE FOUND THE CURE. It is called zoloft. Since we have no Ativan fountain in the lobby I decided to medicate myself. Now I just don't care. I can do my job and keep my blood pressure under con...

3. emergency room patient education campaign

   ensense posted a topic in Emergency

   We are looking at starting an ER patient education campaign to see if this improves our press ganey scores. We are looking at a loop video of educational material in the waiting room. posters in the hallways and patient rooms. I am putting togethe...

4. policy for days in a row work

   ensense posted a topic in Emergency

   You all were so great with my last question that I immediately thought of this forum when a new issue popped up in my ER. The current director of the ED is adverse to any of the nurses working more than 4 shifts in a row (12 hour shifts). All the n...

5. The tortoise or the hare? How do your docs rate?

   ensense replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

   I can really relate to the scenario you spell out. We have a group of ER physcians and there are 3 that are very fast (we all just love working with them) then there is one that is close to retirement and can be fast but after all those years in the...

6. customer satisfaction in the er

   ensense replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

   Thanks to all for the advice I got. Alot of the things we already do, such as have a patient liason that keeps them updates and get warm blankets and ice. The irony of that is that is one of our worse press ganey score times. Like every one else I b...

7. I am a moron--I need I.V. help

   ensense replied to BiffMalibu's topic in Emergency

   As one of the ones that always gets called to start those hard to stick old ones, I can tell you every one has bad days, no matter how good they are. The best trick I use for starting IVs is to use a tourniquet as little as possible. I know that sou...

8. customer satisfaction in the er

   ensense posted a topic in Emergency

   I have been an ER nurse for 22 years now and this has to be one of the hardest parts of my job, customer satisfaction and Press Ganey. I work in an ED that sees 135 patients daily with the highest volumne during my shift 7p-7a. The problem I am hav...

9. Uniforms in ED

   ensense replied to Kathy L. RN's topic in Emergency

   we wear our on scrubs of a seperate color from any other department but if we get soiled we can pull scrubs from the house super. do you guys have to wear a specific color. they are talking about going to a hospital wide color and everyone in ED is b...

10. five r's? HELP i've forgotten one!

    ensense posted a topic in General Students

    I'm a 19yr nurse who's ashamed to say that after being out of acute care for 7 years that I can't remeber my five R's of medication administration.All I can remeber is right parient, right drug,right dose, right route,and ???? please help. let me kno...

11. Agency nursing good idea or bad?

    ensense replied to sallerella's topic in Emergency

    I worked for an agency for several years as extra job and loved it. The best advice I could offer is to make sure you are ready to work hard and long. Maybe it isn't like this any more (I worked in agency in 1987,88 and 89) but then everyone knew tha...

12. Fighting Among Nurses

    ensense replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The only opinion I can express is mine from personal experience. I have found that the more confident a person, whether nurse or not, then the less likely that person is to find fault with others rather than to try to help those that might be "not up...

13. IS THIS YOU?

    ensense replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you 100%. What really changed my way of thinking was after I had a subarch hemmorage and had the constant vomiting. I will never forget finally getting to rest through some of the vomiting and in walks a nurse with perfume on and I start...

14. scared of medication test!

    ensense replied to ensense's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the vote of confidence. this is a general med test for all new hires and my biggest worry is that I have been out so long I don't know the new medications. I will be re-certing in ACLS soon and I worked ER so long before I stopped that isn...

15. scared of medication test!

    ensense posted a topic in General Nursing

    first a background: I am a 19 yr nurse but have been out of acute care for the last 7yrs. I have recently applied for my old job back in the ED. Every thing looks good for the job except I'm told I have to take a medication test. SCAREY! There are so...