LisaPRN

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1. What is your hospital doing for nurse's week?

   LisaPRN replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital has also changed it from nurses' week to hospital week and have a free cafeteria lunch for all the employees. So much for nurse recognition.:smackingf

2. Violence in the Emergency Department

   LisaPRN replied to JWV's topic in Emergency

   I'm verbally threatened almost daily but have encountered physical only a few times. Our department is the only on in the hospital allowed to leave your last names off your badge for good reason. We had an occurance a couple of years ago when a nur...

3. Scrubs in ER

   LisaPRN replied to wamherrn's topic in Emergency

   Actually this was a topic of discussion at work today. We all provide and wash our own uniforms in our ED, but I was told by one of the physicians today that it is an OSHA violation. technically we are a walking biohazard when we leave and if we we...

4. ER Quiz

   LisaPRN replied to Very Ex-RN's topic in Emergency

   This is absolutely hilarious!!!! This is real life ER....better than the TV show...hahaha

5. Stethescopes

   LisaPRN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have a Littman Cardiology III. I love it and it is worn around my neck. I've had several walk away when I've placed them elsewhere.

6. Patient flow in the ER

   LisaPRN replied to Sailnaway's topic in Emergency

   Wow!! I thought my ER was disorganized with our large volumes of patients every day. We see between 350 and 400 every day. I would be surprised if you weren't violating EMTLA guidelines for triage or JCAHO. hmmm....food for thought. I wonder if i...

7. I graduate in 2 months, and I'm terrified!

   LisaPRN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   It's extremely normal to be afraid starting out. When your hired into a hospital facility you are oriented for an extended period of time before you're on your own. Trust me they aren't going to just throw you out there unprepared. Just take a few...

8. If there are so many negatives to nursing, why would anyone choose this field?

   LisaPRN replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

   Would I do it again?...NO!! If I knew what I was getting into ahead of time, I would have chosen a different career. I encourage my daughters to chose something other than nursing as a profession. I work in the ER and we don't get the thank-you's ...

9. Nursing is pathetic...

   LisaPRN replied to [email protected]'s topic in Career Support

   The problem is that the question is a hard one to answer. If nursing was only about what you were taught in nursing school and not what the real world is like, I would definately recommend the field to anyone. But unfortunately politics have gotten...

10. What Freaks You Out?

    LisaPRN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Working as an ER nurse I've seen many things but I have to say 2 things make me leave the room. One is definately penetrating eye injuries, the other finding maggots in decub's. uuuugggggghhhhhh......

11. Need help with Emergency Triage

    LisaPRN replied to TDGEMTIV's topic in Emergency

    Basically its split up into 3 categories. Category 1 patient is anyone who cannot wait for any lenght of time. Their complaint needs immediate intervention. Category 2 is anyone that has a complaint that can wait a couple hours and will be ok waiti...