ok2bout

ok2bout has 2 years experience and specializes in ER/Trauma.

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1. Is it RN,BSN or BSN,RN

   ok2bout replied to ava'smomRN's topic in ADN/BSN

   :redbeathe My hospital does not care how you officially list your name. Some write is as John Doe, RN, BSN while other write is as John Doe, BSN, RN. Most list their certifications afterwards, such as John Doe, RN, BSN, CEN. I did notice a comment e...

2. Fibromyalgia

   ok2bout replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

   I dont think most people responding here are saying that all people with the dx of FM are drug seekers are that there pain is real. But when theses pt's are continuously utilizing the ER for pain control there definitely is going to be a red light th...

3. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

   ok2bout replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

   If anyone hears of a real solution to this problems...please let me know. I work in an ER that tx's close to 100,000 pt's a year, thats about 300 pts a day. There is another local hospital less than 1 mile away that tx's on an average of 40-50 pts a...

4. Fibromyalgia

   ok2bout replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

   I dont doubt the pain is real to most of these pt's. However most of the ER doc's agree that many of these pt's were ones that were chronically seeing their FMD or utilizing the ER all the time and after extensive workups everything came back negativ...

5. ER Nurses. Read This!

   ok2bout replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   What a great article. This describes my life as an ER nurse. I had to print this out and share it with my fellow co-workers. In this day and age where we are holding pt's in the ED overnight b/c there are no beds in the hospital, pt's in hall beds, p...

6. Nursing Shortage

   ok2bout replied to ok2bout's topic in General Nursing

   I agree to some extent. This is one of the reasons they require day time hours every other weekend. I think that evening hours are benificial in that it gives students some hands on skills with getting their patients ready for bed. Students who atte...

7. Nursing Shortage

   ok2bout posted a topic in General Nursing

   With such a nursing shortage, why dont colleges offer the clinical part of the course at night. Lancaster General will be offering a part time evening clinicals, Tues and Thurs evenings and every other weekend during the daytime. I think more college...