drollette

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1. Mass Casualty Incident Preparation

   drollette posted a topic in Emergency

   Are there practical measures (training/simulation/policies) in your hospital that have helped you to feel confident should you find yourself receiving an influx of critically injured patients? (i.e. mass shooting[Las Vegas, Orlando] earthquake, etc)....

2. Anyone testing in June?

   drollette replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in NCLEX

   I passed!

3. Anyone testing in June?

   drollette replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in NCLEX

   I look NCLEX this morning. Stopped at 75. I had one question about digoxin, another about psyche meds, hardly any peds stuff. Maybe 20 SATA. I had a handful about end of life care and ethics. I felt nervous because I felt like I would get like a stra...

4. Anyone testing in June?

   drollette replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in NCLEX

   June 13th, Im knocking out my Kaplan Practice questions and going through a friend's Hurst review NCLEX study guide.

5. Femur fracture traction

   drollette replied to Alexandra1998's topic in Emergency

   Depends, what is the patients BP? Where is the fracture? is there an accompanying ankle fracture? What is the patient's pain level? Is a trip to the OR imminent or delayed? If you've asked all the right questions and feel that traction is appropriat...

6. Podcasts

   drollette replied to HoosierRN06's topic in Emergency

   SMACC! Not strictly nursing, but lots of resources and perspectives.

7. Will my EMT experience help get a job as an ER-Nurse?

   drollette replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Emergency

   p.s. Im not hating on NCLEX or BSN (I am actively pursuing success in both) I had a really good experience with becoming an EMT and I think the training I got was robust and distinct.

8. Will my EMT experience help get a job as an ER-Nurse?

   drollette replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Emergency

   Definitely include it. Diversity of experience is valuable. If I remember correctly, one of the first things I did in EMT school was get my CPR cert, whereas one of the first things I learned in nursing school was about raising side-rails in beds an...

9. ER deaths

   drollette replied to ToriAneal's topic in Emergency

   Hello, I work as a Tech right now in the ED of a Level 1 Trauma center. I was a team member caring for a patient who came in intubated, multiple longbone fractures and weak pulses. After bilateral chest tube insertion, emergency thoracotomy and a ru...