NinaC

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1. Co-pays in the ER

   NinaC replied to kaycee's topic in Emergency

   I live on Oahu, HI, and we are not allowed to refuse care to anyone. In fact, most patients that come to the ER come there because they don't have insurance. When patients come into the ER registration is not even allowed to see them until the nurs...

2. nurse:patient ration in the ED

   NinaC replied to Hayden's topic in Emergency

   We have 13 beds: 4 monitored and 9 clinic beds we have 3 nurses (our model is primary nursing) 1 is the charge nurse 1 is the trauma nurse (monitored beds) 1 is the clinic nurse (usually the hardest becuase she cares for the patients that are also pl...

3. need advice desperately!!!

   NinaC replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I've been an nurse since 1993...I felt the same way when I first started. However, as I got older, there were certain things that I felt were important and things that were not. I worked on a tele floor for 3 years; cried going to work, cried at wo...

4. Precepting

   NinaC replied to Jen S's topic in General Nursing

5. Men vs. Women

   NinaC replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

   i agree with your post. you're right about the independence and er nurses in general feel that their opinions are important to the doctors.

6. Co-pays in the ER

   NinaC replied to kaycee's topic in Emergency

   In our hospital, we are not allowed to discuss insurance....also nurses must triage the patient first and then the admissions clerk goes and registers them. It is an emtala violation if they are asked about their ability to pay much more ask for co-...

7. admission delays

   NinaC replied to NinaC's topic in Emergency

   apprarently this has been discussed as one of the options but it seemed that a lot of managers on the units upstairs were resistent to the idea but no explanations were given as to why they did not want it as an option. infact, the unit wanted us to...

8. admission delays

   NinaC replied to NinaC's topic in Emergency

   I would like to thank you all for the replies I received for "Admission Delays." I just find it so frustrating that I often wonder if any other hospital has this problem. In general, ERs are the money makers of the hospital but yet we have no suppo...

9. admission delays

   NinaC replied to NinaC's topic in Emergency

10. admission delays

    NinaC posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in a busy ER and there are times when we are so busy and overloaded that we have no room to put patients in. Most often times than not, our monitored beds are often occupied by patients that are waiting to go upstairs because the nurses upsta...

11. why do you come to this site?

    NinaC replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    Rick, I come to this site because I sometimes find it amusing...some of the spats that the nurses get into are the same spats I notice happening in my workplace....The best thing I have noticed is that some of the members here have the same exact per...

12. fluid therapy with DKA?

    NinaC replied to janine3&5's topic in Emergency

    Janine, Bolusing the patient with 2 Liters of NS is a common order for DKA basically to dilute the glucose. It is what is ordered commonly in the ER. If the attending had questions about the order and did not want to listen to your explanation, the...