AZER

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1. Trouble Sleeping - excessive wakefulness/insomnia

   AZER replied to JetBlitz's topic in Stress 101

   AAhhhh, shift work disorder at it's finest. I am lucky enough to be the "team player" that gets to bounce between day and night shifts when the nights are short for charge. I have a hard time sleeping at night normally! I went and saw my FNP and tal...

2. NELRP 2013 - Who else applied?

   AZER replied to mschyckrn's topic in General Nursing

   Hey I just wanted to pass on some information I received from BCRS/Nurse Corps today regarding the loan repayment program. The guy I talked to was very helpful. He said that they are using rolling award periods so that everyone is not entering contra...

3. A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

   AZER replied to AZER's topic in Emergency

   Altra, Thank you for sharing your story with me. I understand that everyone can't be brought back..... I guess what I am looking for from other nurses is whether or not they still find themselves at risk for hesitation or becoming flustered even aft...

4. A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

   AZER replied to AZER's topic in Emergency

   Thank you for your post. I appreciate your input. Yea, it all came together after the first 3-4 minutes (but as we all know that is a critical gap) and we worked on him for 45 minutes.

5. A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

   AZER replied to AZER's topic in Emergency

   txerrn6942, thank you for your post. I have been telling myself repeatedly that I will do better next time.

6. A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

   AZER replied to AZER's topic in Emergency

   Sun0408, Yes, it was unexpected. The patient had come in complaining of chest pain but the entire work up had been done and looked good, CE negative and EKG looked good..ect. No history, marathon runner. He had just been given a GI cocktail to see if...

7. A bad code, question skills and career choice.....

   AZER posted a topic in Emergency

   Any experienced ER nurses had the occasion to be caught off guard during a code and felt like they underperformed? I did last week, I felt panicky and it seemed like I fumbled around for the first 2-3 minutes. This has never happened to me before, I ...