ktsummar

ktsummar LPN, LVN

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  1. Working at Vanderbilt

    I just accepted a job in the pediatric emergency department yesterday. Process wasn't long and I start on July 15th. Don't really know much on the benefits side yet.
  2. ER Ratios and Delegation

    Wow, that amazes me. I work in a 47 bed ER as a nurse extern. Ours ratios are dependant on which POD/acuity level of the patients. Fast track are general illness and injury and are 5:1, All other patients are 3:1. We always have a large amount of...
  3. A "chick's" perspective on Men in Nursing

    Wrong...if anything it is reversed. White males have a harder time with anyone when it comes to equality in the job market. Before I joined the medical profession I was passed over more than once for positions because they had to meet their "quota ...
  4. Had a 13 yo female come in emergency traffic with severe abdominal pain. She was unconsolable and accompanied by her mother. We get her in the room and begin triage. When get ready to put a line in, she stops crying and asks if she is getting an I...
  5. First week in ED

    There really isn't a lot of difference in being a tech and an extern. I have the same responsibilities. As far as hands on RN stuff, really there isn't much that can be done, since you have to be an RN to do them. Now I do get to assist the RN's w...
  6. What were the gender ratios in your nursing classes?

    We have about 25 out of 60.
  7. First week in ED

    Just finished my first week in the ED as an extern. I do have some past experience, 1 year as a tech on a med-surg unit and 1 as a telemetry tech/tech in the unit. I am scheduled to work 1 on 1 with an RN for the first 4 weeks, then will come off o...
  8. New grad men to the ICU

    Those positions are hard to come by unless you know someone or have some experience in these departments. For me, I have spent the last 2 years work as a Telemetry Tech, Unit Secretary and CNA on the CCU floor. Next Monday I start my externship in ...
  9. asystole then DC

    I have vagal responses when I have IV's started on myself. Comes on quick and goes away quick with no effects. I feel an aura coming on and then out. I have even told nurses that I was about to go out. I used to do it upon any injection/stick. N...
  10. Nurse Extern

    Thanks, congratulations to you to. They aren't easy to come by right now.
  11. Alcohol swabs, ink pen, note pad, phone list, bandage scissors.
  12. Nurse Extern

    I interviewed last Thursday for an extern position in the emergency department at one of the busiest emergency rooms in town. Got the call today and they offered the position to me, which I accepted. I am extremely excited and wanted to share.
  13. ED Extern

    I got the call today. Start ED externship on June 6th.
  14. Male Nurses that lift weights and stay fit

    In the gym 6 days a week. Would go crazy without it. 5'11" 185lbs. 32 inch waist. During summers I swim laps.
  15. Failing nursing school

    Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can get thru. I am sure every school has different options. My school will let you reenter one time at the beginning of the semester you flunk out of. Not sure about others. Best of luck to you.