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1. Inpatient Boarders?

   EDnurseNY replied to EDnurseNY's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the replies, everyone! I appreciate them. It's pretty demoralizing not being able to do the job I was hired for. And yeah, between the boarders and the ratios (and being called lazy), we're losing nurses left and right. JKL33, can you cla...

2. Inpatient Boarders?

   EDnurseNY replied to EDnurseNY's topic in Emergency

   Thanks, Kuriin. I think our management has its head in the sand a bit. A lot of people are leaving d/t these problems we're having and they act as though everything's great.

3. Inpatient Boarders?

   EDnurseNY posted a topic in Emergency

   I work in the ED in a mid-size city in New York. It seems that the hospital floors are always full, and most of the time we have over 30-40 inpatient boarders, sometimes up to 55. We have 60 beds in our acute area, and this leaves almost no normal pa...

4. OMG JACHO IS HERE!

   EDnurseNY replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

   My facility is just upfront about it. There's a hospital-wide announcement "[Hospital] is proud to welcome representatives from The Joint Commission. . ." And then the ensuing panic.

5. Starting Over at 25

   EDnurseNY replied to Paula378's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I started over! I did my prereqs in a year at age 24, started my ABSN program at age 25, and now I'm 27 and almost a year into my first nursing position. I'm very happy that I switched careers. Also, you'd have a little leg up on some of your co-wor...

6. When should I apply for RN positions?

   EDnurseNY replied to Ss-rn23's topic in New York

   Hi! I'm not in NYC, but another city in NY. My hospital started recruiting in February, I interviewed the second week of March, and got the job the day after, on the condition I graduated and passed the NCLEX. (This was last year, I graduated May 201...

7. how much lifting/transferring in ed?

   EDnurseNY replied to ivyleaf's topic in Emergency

   I agree with the PPs and want to add that there are also times when your co-workers may need you as immediate help if/when they get attacked. It happens a lot where I work that someone goes after one of us and we yell for help and our fellow nurses a...

8. How many patients you guys take on your duty?

   EDnurseNY replied to Seong40's topic in General Nursing

   USA ED 4:1 or 6:1. With 6:1 we should have a tech, but it doesn't always happen.

9. Why wasn't I placed in the ED?

   EDnurseNY replied to shan_elle's topic in Emergency

   Hi there! I had a few thoughts as I read this thread, and while not all of them might apply to you or your specific situation (as I learned reading on), I feel like I should share them. Before nursing school, I had a serious desire to work in the E...

10. Feeling extremely underappreciated

    EDnurseNY replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Relations

    Help me understand a bit here, since my ED doesn't have paramedics practicing as paramedics... what is your job description? I'm trying to figure out what in the medic scope of practice you'd do in the ED.

11. Are you required by law to have two years Med Surg experience prior to working in an ED?

    EDnurseNY replied to xxMichelleJxx's topic in Emergency

    Nope, no med/surg needed! And I think this depends on what state you're in. In my state (NY), as far as I know, if you're a new grad in the ED you need to be in a residency program of at least six months. It used to be a year, but there are exception...

12. Why Can't She Stay Here? Getting Kicked Out of Inpatient Hospice

    EDnurseNY replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice

    With my mom, the only people that would've been around to care for her were me and my sister, and I had been caring for her for a while at that point. The arguments of "but there are hospice facilities! And SNFs! And home nurses! And respite care! Ho...

13. New grad & I just got a job- I need advice

    EDnurseNY replied to NewNurse91D's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, congrats on graduating and finding a job! I went through the same kind of stress with my Xanax. I have anxiety and I have sought treatment. I also know not to use it before coming to work (it makes me sleep and I rarely use it anyway). I w...

14. Barcode scanning in ED?

    EDnurseNY replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We scan our meds at the ED I work at. It's really not as bad as it sounds, the only time it's a pain in the a-- is when we have admitted patients and you have to do a 20-med med pass and all the rest of your patients are more critical. Then again, it...

15. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    EDnurseNY replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    If you do want to work ED during/after school, make sure you also find one that suits you since they vary so widely. I work in a Level 1 trauma center, stroke center, takes care of LVADs, etc. etc. with all the latest advances in care. There are rura...