NewEDRN

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1. Legal/Ethical staff issues

   NewEDRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a small community hospital, emergency room. The hospital is very involved in this big push for customer service right now. Though many of the changes are patient based and generally well accepted, many of them are very insensitive and bor...

2. Your Worst Mistake

   NewEDRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

   I made a stupid mistake the other day. I've been a nurse for a little over 2 years, recently moved from the icu to er. We had a pt the other night who was a terrible stick- 3 nurses, 2 lab personnel, and iv therapy were unable to draw her labs. Final...

3. Bayada Nurses

   NewEDRN replied to denysegia's topic in New Jersey

   i worked for bayada on and off for the last year or so. Some of the cases are really nice, great people. For me, it just was'nt a good fit. Many of the cases they offer are long term care type, i worked with many adults with brain injuries. Acute...

4. # of triage nurses

   NewEDRN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   My ED is currently 23 actual beds, but when add in halls can take 32 pts at a time in the back. We have one triage nurse, one tech to do vitals, and admission people are all in same place in triage. They decide if pt goes to fastrack, waits, or com...

5. Pt's that make you glad to be a nurse....

   NewEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

   As a relatively new ED nurse, and working in a small hospital that happens to have the only psych screening and inpatient facility in the county, we see a lot of frequent fliers, psych pts, od's, and like all ED's, tons of people with trivial problem...

6. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   NewEDRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Had a frequent flier come in the other day, unfortunately, only having been in the er for 2 months, i did not know he was a frequent flier, ugg. He comes in swearing he is having a stroke, and playing quite the part- not moving R side at all, only m...

7. ER CNAs

   NewEDRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

   We also have both CNA's and techs in my ED. The CNA's do stuff like vitals, can do pt transports, unfortunately for our CNA's, the majority of their time is spent doing 1 on 1's, we are the only psych screening and inpatient unit in the county, so w...

8. Question about T-Sheets

   NewEDRN replied to Tomboy7151's topic in Emergency

   Never heard of T-sheets. i work in a small hospital, we use ibex in the ed, very good system, docs put in charting and orders, nurses can do complete assessment, vs, chart all meds, procedures, etc, and fairly easy to use, all current results and rec...

9. First week on my own in ED.... and frustrated

   NewEDRN replied to NewEDRN's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for all the replies everyone. Last night, i finally got a different assignment, thank god, though i still had 5 or 6 pts at a time, the turnover was not as bad, and for the first time in weeks, i actually got a lunch. And just to clarify a l...

10. First week on my own in ED.... and frustrated

    NewEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi everyone, pretty new here, and to the ER. I had 2 yrs experience in ICU and am in school to get my bachelors. I recently switched to the ER because i needed a change and new challenges. I finished my 4 week orientation last week, and am finally...

11. Looking for your input on ED med error....

    NewEDRN posted a topic in Emergency

    First of all, hello everyone, this is my first post, and i'm new to the site. I'm in the process of orienting to the ED following 2 years of ICU experience (where i started as a new grad). Had a weird situation happen last night, and wondered what ot...