cheryl2365

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1. Made it through three night shifts on my own...then...

   cheryl2365 replied to LaRoseRN's topic in New Nurse

   Hang in there, as everyone has said we all make mistakes. The good news is you will never forget it and you will find yourself checking and double checking all fluids from now on. One day when I was new off of orientation I almost did the same thin...

2. Anyone in the ED used EPIC. Go live soon in ED.

   cheryl2365 replied to cheryl2365's topic in Emergency

   Thanks everyone for all of the great info! Go live tomorrow.

3. CPEN Exam

   cheryl2365 replied to LA2692001's topic in Emergency

   Thanks so much for the info hiddencat! I am studying now for the CPEN. The only book I am using is the ENA CPEN review. I have my CEN, I've had it for about 6 years. Thanks for the breakdown on the test questions. Wish me luck. I did OK on the ...

4. Anyone in the ED used EPIC. Go live soon in ED.

   cheryl2365 posted a topic in Emergency

   Has anyone used EPIC in the ED. I am a superuser and we go live very shortly. I have only been to two classes and proctored 2 more classes. I don't really feel prepared to be a superuser and was wondering what people think of the system?

5. Violent psych patients - how do you handle them in your ED?

   cheryl2365 replied to wildlaurel's topic in Emergency

   We deal with a huge population of MH patients. We only have one seclusion room so most of the time they are mixed in with regular ED pt's. They are there for days sometimes waiting for placement. For out of control MH pt's it's a B52 and restraint...

6. Cen Exam Question?!?!

   cheryl2365 replied to Rita_RN_BSN's topic in Emergency

   Hello Rita I took the CEN exam in May. I highly recommend the ENA review book. I also used a set of 12 CD's from Med Ed, they can be found and ordered online by doing a google search. They are not cheap, but they were very helpful. They say they ...

7. Med Ed seminars

   cheryl2365 replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   I bought the 12 dvd set and used that for review and found it to be very helpful. I took the CEN exam last week and passed with a 90%. It was really nice to get the results as soon as you finished the exam. I also used the ENA CEN review book with ...