ednursedee

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1. Please Help, I'm new & made a huge med error, I'm devastated.

   ednursedee replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in Medications

   First of all, I'm glad the patient is OK. Second, I'm so sorry this happened. Med errors - or any kind of mistake - make us feel foolish and doubt our skills. But - IT HAPPENS. We are human. We make mistakes. Try to remember that. I think that you di...

2. Injections- still pull back?

   ednursedee replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

   i've been a nurse for 13 years and have aspirated blood only once. i still palpate my landmarks and aspirate.

3. Stress in Nursing

   ednursedee replied to rmcgrog's topic in General Nursing

   i'm in the emergency department and what causes me the greatest stress is when people treat the ed as a clinic and then complain about the wait. and they don't complain quietly...they're in your face, at the desk. in fact, just the other night we h...

4. Anyone fax report?

   ednursedee replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

   we get orders marked as "stat" or "now" started as well. we also always get the heparin drip started, usually get the foleys in, usually drop the ng tubes...and we're really working hard now to get the first dose of antibiotics given within four hou...

5. Do you get incentive pay for Triage

   ednursedee replied to Carlos7's topic in Emergency

   i've never worked anywhere where they paid you a diff for triage. in memphis we needed combat pay...and it seemed like we were assigned triage only when we made someone mad. up here in northwest arkansas most people don't mind working in triage. ...

6. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

   ednursedee replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

   i agree. i always want to be distinguished as a nurse, too. whenever they don't recognize me as a nure, i always wonder why they can't see the huge letters on my nametag that say rn. :chuckle heck, i'm just glad we don't have to wear those stupid cap...

7. Am I not cut out for nursing?

   ednursedee replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

   hang in there! you learn more just being a nurse than you ever did in nursing school. nobody knows everything, nor should you be expected to know everything. if you tough it out, you will take away invaluable skills from your med/surg experience. wh...

8. Pediactric nursing or Med/surg nursing?

   ednursedee replied to sunshelley's topic in General Nursing

   shelley, sure, it takes a special person to be a peds nurse...but doesn't it take a special person to be any kind of nurse? you're already a special person just by being you. if you loved your peds rotation, go for it. i think the biggest thing to re...

9. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

   ednursedee replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I think it's great when a hospital let's you express yourself with the scrubs you wear. I think as long as you're neat and clean it shouldn't matter what color your scrubs are. I've worked at hospitals where we had "dress codes"...nurses ...

10. Breaks in the ER

    ednursedee replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    you are absolutely entitled to your breaks. i work a 7p-7a shift, and there are not enough nurses for someone to watch my patients while i leave the unit, but i usually do get to eat. if it's been a horrible night and i literally gulp a slim fast bar...

11. What do you like/dislike about being a nurse ?

    ednursedee replied to mandi88202's topic in General Nursing

    what i like most about nursing is the fact that you can make such a difference in people's lives. i really enjoy the satisfaction of seeing someone come in to the er in incredible pain and leave thanking me because i've helped them. i also like being...

12. Pensacola pay rates

    ednursedee replied to missrhonda's topic in Florida

    not sure about pensacola, but when i worked in sebastian, fl, (southeastern side) rn pay was $21.50/hr base...and i had 11 years of experience. even as a traveler, in that particular area it was only $25/hr. good luck. i loved living in fl, but th...

13. I start nursing school on monday!!!eeeeeeeeeeek

    ednursedee replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Students

    Good luck to both of you!