ednurseeducator

ednurseeducator has 14 years experience and specializes in ER, PEDS.

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1. ER violence

   ednurseeducator replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

   We have had multiple problems with violence in our ER. We are a suburban hospital that sees approximately 65,000 patients a year. Our biggest problem is the psych patients. However, in the last two months, we have had a patient come in and take out...

2. # of triage nurses

   ednurseeducator replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   We have 2 triage nurses, a rapid and a comprehensive. We use the 5 level triage system (CTAS). The rapid nurse greets the pt at the door and does a quick eyeball assessment and acuity rating based on CC. The comp nurse does the rest. The pre-regi...

3. Ideas for ER nurses week in October

   ednurseeducator replied to qtpieERnurse's topic in Emergency

   I do not know what your budbet is but we are purchasing and giving all of our nurses the LWW pocket handbook "ER NURSING FACTS INCREDIBLY EASY". It retails for 21.95, but if you call Lippincott, williams and Wilkins, they will give you 20% off and f...

4. CEN Review Book

   ednurseeducator replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

   The ENA Core Curriculum is a must. That was the most useful book in terms of the overall material needed. For test taking practice, the ENA CEN review book is the best IMHO.