emergency_love

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1. From one RN to another - how to thank a hospice nurse?

   emergency_love posted a topic in Hospice

   Hey guys, I'm just visiting your sub today to ask how to thank you. I'm an emergency nurse and have always been so far. All my deaths have been fast and furious, and all the people who've held on get shipped to the ICU! Recently my mother was taken i...

2. Depression and nursing

   emergency_love replied to canoehead's topic in Stress 101

   I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to tell you that you are not alone. I have the same problem. On my days off I can barely get out of bed because I'm so tired. Not "I didn't sleep well last night" tired, but tired down to my very heart an...

3. What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

   emergency_love replied to emergency_love's topic in Emergency

   My ER automatically deducts 30 mins from my clock times, and if I don't take a lunch, I sign my name in a book at the end of the shift and the charge nurse has to sign it. Half the time we forget to sign the stupid book and the other half a mean char...

4. What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

   emergency_love posted a topic in Emergency

   We are constantly understaffed and I never, ever get a lunch break during my 12 hour shift. Right now we are expected to self schedule a break and ask another RN to cover our patients for 30 mins. It is considered a luxury to take any sort of break t...

5. Heavily considering change to Day shift

   emergency_love replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

   Clearly only you know what is best for you, but I'll share my opinion. I switched to days about a month ago after two years of being on nights. Like you, I never really felt "adjusted". I didn't share the love of nights like the other night shifters ...

6. Best ER Tricks what it meant is like putting two tourniquet to get the IV

   emergency_love replied to Wantoknow-rn's topic in Emergency

   Whoa. I can't wait to try this! Especially in a pt that requires a 20+ g IV in an AC for a CT angiogram or something. It always seems my PE ruleout pts have nada in the AC.

7. IV forms of Zofran and Decadron given PO???

   emergency_love replied to GleeGum's topic in Emergency

   PO Decadron tastes DISGUSTING. I mean, I gag just smelling it. I always request to give the IV version PO, especially with children. It's our preferred method in peds in our ED. With sublingual zofran around, I've never given IV zofran PO. Although ...

8. Preceptorship in ED..any advice?!

   emergency_love replied to JLB1215's topic in Emergency

   Sorry I just realized you said student and not tech. Just got off a hell of a night shift. Same rules apply :) I love the nursing students in our ED because they're so curious and always willing to lend a hand. When I was a student I only precepted o...

9. Preceptorship in ED..any advice?!

   emergency_love replied to JLB1215's topic in Emergency

   Hi there.. I was an ED tech before I became an ED RN as well. I even asked your same question on this forum. Seeing things from both sides of the spectrum, I would say that the best thing to do is always be willing to help. I feel like most the time ...

10. new RN, first job, having tough time, need advice

    emergency_love replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency

    Everybody scram! It's clearly an administrative rep that wants us to attend yet another mandatory "caring" seminar to learn more acronyms. :***: Either that or a nurse that deals solely with intubated and/or heavily sedated patients.

11. NOrth Carolina BON license appear on website

    emergency_love replied to RNinject's topic in NCLEX

    I already know I passed through my quick result. You are not an official RN until your license is listed, thats what my employer will care about.

12. NOrth Carolina BON license appear on website

    emergency_love replied to RNinject's topic in NCLEX

    I'm so frustrated! I passed my NCLEX on 6/5 but I am not listed on the website yet. Two of my fellow graduates took it on 6/7 and they are listed today! All my checks are green on my application.... WHAT GIVES?! I start my new job on 6/16!

13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    emergency_love replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    I would have DIED!

14. 2014 Pearson Vue Trick (PVT) Poll

    emergency_love replied to mslovebug's topic in NCLEX

    Took NCLEX 6/5/14, 75 questions. Got the "good" pop-up. Did quick results today 6/7/14 and I passed! PVT worked for me.

15. NO ANXIETY!!

    emergency_love replied to RoyalBlue's topic in NCLEX

    When I took my nursing school final, I was so anxious I could not eat, drink, or sleep for 3 days before. The night before the final I slept for 45 minutes. The day before NCLEX, it was like I didn't even care. It was so weird. I kept telling myself,...