z.RN.

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1. No teamwork in ED

   z.RN. replied to hella_RN's topic in Emergency

   I have only ever worked in an ED with team nursing so I think I am spoiled on great teamwork. Don't get me wrong, when it is busy or you have a lot of critical patients it can still feel like you are drowning and you never see your partner, but I kno...

2. Walk me through your ER

   z.RN. replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   I work in a level III center that goes from being 19 beds to 30 beds depending on the time of day and or staffing levels. Children's hospital in town so don't see critical peds but a ton of routine peds. We see a lot of cp and MI because we have a la...

3. Nurses vs Phlebotomist

   z.RN. replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Emergency

   I work in a 30 bed ER and all the labs are nurse draw. We do have medics that can draw blood sometimes if they aren't transporting pts to CT or the floor but I would say its about half and half (nurse and medic) as to who draws the blood. We never ge...

4. Nurse to patient ratio in ED

   z.RN. replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

   Staffing levels where I work are a little thrown off because we use the team nursing model. 2 RNs for 7 pts usually with a medic to assist for the main ED and 2 RNs for 11pts sometimes with a medic for the minor care area. usually if we have hall bed...