As a RN I'm filled with empathy, but as a police officer's wife I undrstand the split second descisions that the officers have to make every day. As someone already said, they don't have a psych eval...
sbnurse04 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
I had a patient today come in with the primary complaint of r knee arthritis, and also told us that she needed some shampoo so that she could wash her hair. When gave her our lovely $50 shampoo, and...
sbnurse04 replied to liljsmom02's topic in Emergency
I'm an ER Nurse in a Level 1 Trauma Center, and like you in Nursing School, The ER was the rotation I liked the best. I started in ER right out of school and did OK, there were times that I felt like...
I take my NCLEx Friday, July 2. Everybody that I have talked to think they have done awful when they leave, and then have passed. I have a classmate that only had to take 75 questions, he RELLY...
sbnurse04 replied to tmiller027's topic in Emergency
I just graduated nursing school. I'm currently working in an ER. While in school O worked as an ER Tech, and I believe it helped a great deal. You see everything, which helps you with your...
sbnurse04 replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency
I work in a level 1 trauma center, and up until recently the nurses have had usually 4 rooms each, with each room having the capability of two pt. Now, because of staffing situations the nurses are...
sbnurse04 replied to MEME_BSN's topic in Emergency
I just graduated from nursing school in may of this year, I'm going into an ER of a Level One trauma center. We are required to participate in a new grad program that consists of a critical care...