MacERRN

MacERRN specializes in Emergency Room.

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1. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

   MacERRN replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

   Any of you paramedics know what High, Hot, & Hell of alot refers to? Yeah If you worked with me you'd get all the enemas. I'd even teach you how to administer a kayexalate retention enema, a contrast enema, and the proper mixture of a milk and m...

2. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

   MacERRN replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

   No, I'm afraid someone is going to give a med that they're not familiar with, or legally able to give, like propofol, and a bad outcome will occure. I have worked, and precepted with many EMT-P's, and the training they receive is narrow, and the resp...

3. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

   MacERRN replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

   In2b8U, Are you doing brain surgery too? A few meds not carried on rigs that you had to get use to...yeah right. You hang propofol?? Your way out of your scope. We are Nurses' here. You are NOT!!

4. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

   MacERRN replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

   Default Re: Paramedics are taking our Nursing job! How are the hospitals replacing RNs with Paramedics? Sorry, I did'nt understand your post. It's mostly in the ED's; Instead of hiring RN's they're hiring EMT-P's. Saves the hospital a boat load on $...

5. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

   MacERRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I got to beat the dead horse, I'm feeling it today as I read the classified's. Before flaming me to the burn unit, I was the 89th paramedic in Iowa. I got in on the first class opened to general population at UIHC in 1980.My license was #89. I also p...

6. Last Name on ID Badges

   MacERRN replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

   22 yrs as a ER nurse and have never had my last name on my badge. We take care of the prison population in our state, and of course, a active psych population. I have NEVER felt unprofessional by not having my last name. If you think that a full name...

7. Any info on Red Lake Minn. Hospital

   MacERRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Greeting fellow RN's: Anyone have any info on the hospital located at Red Lake, Minn. I saw a RN job listing there and am trying to gather data. If you do have some insight, please post. Thanks, JoeMac ER RN

8. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

   MacERRN replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

   I practice the same way. Everything is given either in a mini bag and dripped in, or at the farthest port from the pt, slowly. I'll give morphine or dilaudid at the closest port, but not tordol.

9. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

   MacERRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

   This is my favorite post on this entire site. You can really visualize..... But this is a stupid thread as common sense always rules. And there are lazy people on every unit that that will do anything, use any excuse to get out of doing their job.

10. How do you prevent psych/etoh elopements?

    MacERRN replied to mmutk's topic in Emergency

    I just had a pt leave with IV inplace this weekend. No way was I going to tackle him and take his IV out. He was upset we were discharging. I'm just getting sick of taking care of these ETOH/Psych pts who come in demanding something to eat, drink, an...

11. IV tips and tricks

    MacERRN replied to kloock's topic in Emergency

    My #1 rule, ALWAYS asses both arm's when looking for a good vein. After 22 yrs I still forget this rule and after an unsuccessful attempt, go to other arm and find the gold mine. I get a kick out these threads as you can find who the gun-ho I never ...

12. Best places for nurses?

    MacERRN replied to icedtea's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 22 years. My daughter is starting nursing school this fall and here are some of the things I'm telling her: Look for a hospital that offers school loan repayment: Some hospitals will repay those loans and pay your regular salary f...

13. Emergency Room vs. Motorcycle Accident Patient

    MacERRN replied to openheartmary's topic in Emergency

    Fast exams have become a standard assesment tool during a work-up in our ER. And the MOI of speed, and becoming thrown from vehicle would make him a trauma ALERT! We do not give oral contrast for abd/pelvic trauma CT's . Non-trauma yes, and sometime...

14. Emergency Room vs. Motorcycle Accident Patient

    MacERRN replied to openheartmary's topic in Emergency

    Yes, I know. But the NP's and PA's I've worked with in level 2's and 3's over the years, have never been primary on a trauma pt.

15. Left ED job due to unsafe staffing...

    MacERRN replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like a typical weekend noc shift in our ER. But we have 6 working RN's and 1 Charge nurse who should be taking pt's but doesn't, (that could be another thread). 35 beds. Usually full when we start at 19:00 till about 0300 then trickles down. U...