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1. Need help with original trauma note

   critical nurse posted a topic in Emergency

   I have worked in a community ER for a year and a half and wanted to advance my skills and learn trauma nursing. I worked in CICU's for 5 years prior to this but nothing ever prepaired me for the trauma patient. I can seem to manage the checklist part...

2. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   critical nurse replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   The admitting doctor is the one who decides where the patient goes and usually that is after 3-4 hours of interns and residents hawking over the patient and their history, once that is decided we have to wait to get a room assignment from the nursing...

3. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   critical nurse replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   You have said that you have been a nurse for 15 years or more, I have been a nurse for 10 years and I can say that I still love my job, you sound bitter or angry with your job. You remind of the saying that that "NURSE'S EAT THEIR YOUNG" I hope you ...

4. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   critical nurse replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   I have walked a mile in the shoes of the ICU nurse and the floor nurse. I now work in the ER and have found that all areas have their own stressors and maybe that is why some of us are better in one area than another. I feel their is a lot of bashing...

5. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   critical nurse replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   I have been on both sides as a floor nurse, a critical care nurse for 5 years and an er nurse for 2 years, and I think there is a misunderstanding between all. One we have no control in the er for when we get bed assignments or the patients orders. S...