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1. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

   scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   We open beds according to staffing. we have zones. (red, green, yellow) green opens first and the nurses open beds there as the pt's roll in. When another nurse arrives at say 0900 they open red and start putting pt's in beds there. When the 110...

2. Bad attitudes in the ED

   scrmblr replied to motivated2nurse's topic in Emergency

   Our ED has been really pressured lately...hospital wide lay-off's, new director, new schedule, and decrease in pt census has really put a damper on all staff. I work with some really wonderful people and some who would like to roll you under the bus...

3. switched from day to mid shift?

   scrmblr posted a topic in Emergency

   I have some seniority in my dept...I've been there 5 years. Others in the dept have been there longer but I am number 4 on the seniority list. (of day shifters) Due to budget cuts and pt numbers we recently changed shift times. I am now require...

4. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

   scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   I was hired as a 12 hour DAY RN...I guess that really doesnt matter anymore to our new management. I can see why they need to move people around to staff to pt needs, but DANG it sucks!

5. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

   scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   What kind of pt to nurse ratio does this give you?

6. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

   scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   We have 21 beds. We also have 4 fast track beds. Our ER was poorly designed and it is like having 2 completely seperate ER's. Our fast track used to be seperate but we decided to have the PA's take pt's in the main ER (they "cherry pick" the fast ...

7. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

   scrmblr posted a topic in Emergency

   Our poor little ER is going through HUGE changes in staffing. We are needing to staff to expected pt census. Meaning less RN coverage in the morning hours and more in the evening hours. The new manager tried a "self schedule" where we were all pl...

8. School is making me fat!

   scrmblr replied to krenee's topic in Pre-Nursing

   is your 30minutes all cardio? If so, I would try to squeeze in maybe 10minutes of some kind of resistance or weight training. I know it is easier said then done, but adding weight workouts seems to help me with the weight I seem to so easily put on...

9. Anyone here in a "nursing couple"?

   scrmblr replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

   I met my husband when he was a newbie RN and I was a newbie CNA. (we were "set up" by the RT:p ) We got married the year I started my LPN program and had been married (with a sweet little girl) for 4 years when I FINALLY got my degree! He has been ...

10. Becomming an RN??

    scrmblr replied to NoDrumsForYou's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! My daughter is a senior this year and taking the CNA class at her high school. This is a wonderful way to see if nursing is what you want to do. If you are interested in nursing I would be taking science/biology classes now to help you pr...

11. what is the prognosis?

    scrmblr posted a topic in Burn

    I work in a level 1 trauma center. (very very new here) I had my first burn pt yesterday. This pt had 2nd and 3rd degree burns to 45% of pt's body. Full circumferential trunk, arms, hands. No face involvement. Airway fine. Anyhow, it was a ver...

12. The sun, it burns!!!

    scrmblr replied to EMSChild's topic in General Nursing

    You need a good sun-hat too. They also make very lightweight breathable long sleeved t-shirts that won't make you roast in the sun.

13. orientation time lines?

    scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    The only specific that they told me was that I needed to be able to move my pt's faster:chuckle Which is a total crack up. The incident they gave me was no way my fault. I had a family practice doc send a pt to the ER with "orders" They read "no n...

14. orientation time lines?

    scrmblr replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    technically I'm not a "new grad" I have been an ER nurse for 2 years. I think that is why my ego is so bruised. (and yes, I know 2years is not a very long time) I'm afraid to quit the new place--Don't want to shut any doors.

15. orientation time lines?

    scrmblr posted a topic in General Nursing

    My ego is terribly bruised. I have been an RN since 2004. I was an LPN for 6 years prior to that. I work in a small-ish hospital in the ED. (I love it) I wanted more experience and more action:stone so I applied and was hired at a bigger hospit...