blockmomRN

blockmomRN

Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention

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About blockmomRN

blockmomRN has 28 years experience and specializes in Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention.


I am a woman of many hats and the ringmaster of this circus of life we call home. I am a full-time homeschool mommy , an ER nurse of 28+ yrs, an Injury Prevention educator/specialist, in addition to maid, gardener,cook, chief bottle washer, butt wiper and wife. I serve as the Sr Advisor of Promotions & Social Media as well as on the board of directors for the non-profit .org "The Mommies Network" (www.themommiesnetwork.org). I also volunteer as the Injury Prevention Specialist with www.Ed4Ed4all.com an army of educators seeking to reach other educators for a common goal- keeping kids safe through education about risk taking behaviors,especially "the choking game". My passion is helping others,mentoring and inspiring women to be their best, teaching and keeping kids/adults safe. I blog about life at our crazy house,homeschooling, mommyhood and all things in between here www.Chipsofftheoldblock.blogspot.com. My blog www.ERnursescare.blogspot.com serves to help educate others about real life prevention of injury and other health topics, follow me on facebook and other social media

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  1. I start in the ER next week!

    We all had to start somewhere, at the bottom, as the outsider ...you will do fine. As a fellow night nurse, night shift brings a certain level of comradary(sp) that other shifts just don't get. Stay busy, always ask your teammates if they need help (...
  2. The silliest ones that actually made me turn around and walk out of the room, so the pt could not see my facial expressions were ~~ " I just changed my tooth paste and now my gums are sore" ( I asked her, is that it? do you have a toothache, bleeding...
  3. Triage question

    Some really terrific responses and information, I do usually put down the patient's complaint and then add other information in the triage note. I too would have made this patient a Level 3, without a history or significant changes in VS he would hav...
  4. Triage question

    I was working one night with a fellow nurse that kept complaining of a terrible toothache and jaw pain, my gut kept nagging at me so I asked her if we could just to an EKG on her (she did have a family hx of cardiac disease etc) .....she was having a...
  5. ED to Informatics ... nervous!

    Just Follow your heart, just like your gut it is usually right. You have to do what makes YOU happy, in the end that is all that matters....right:cat: