mmutk

mmutk BSN, RN, EMT-I

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  1. STEMI..EKG in less than 10 min..

    mmutk replied to CoolhandHutch's topic in Emergency

    First of all a patient with chest pain checks in up front, as with any other patient NAME, BIRTHDAY, and SOCIAL SECURITY are obtained by the greeter put into the computer and the patient apears with...

  2. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    mmutk replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Well I do work in the ER (as I have always) and if every patient who checked in with " SEVERE pain, difficulty breathing, and anxiety" was assesed immediately, all the patients who couldn't talk or...

  3. Eye care on ED intubated patients

    mmutk replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Never even thought about eye care for intubated pts in the

  4. Sick to death about poor staffing level.

    mmutk replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

    30 ER Beds 6 RNs7am-7pm 9RNs 11am-11pm 10 Fast trackbeds 2 RNS 11am-11pm 1 RN 11pm-2am (no trauma,mostly cardiac, resp, psych,

  5. A Generation of Wimps?

    mmutk replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    My favorite is when they never even try Tylenol prior to going to an ER. They just show up with a .... I got a headache, fever, ect. 4 hours ago and I haven't taken anything. I need a ... ct scan, flu...

  6. how does your triage work?

    mmutk replied to add-rn's topic in Emergency

    Hey! Get a copy of this months' ENA Journal... an article in it has all the triage streamlineing process improvement stuff you could

  7. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    mmutk replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    CODE PINK - baby taken CODE BLACK- Bomb threat CODE BLUE - Cardiac Arrest CODE BLUEP- Peds Arrest CODE YELLOW- Distater (level I or II) CODE RED- Fire CODE ORANGE - Helicopter incomming CODE PURPLE-...

  8. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    mmutk replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency

    We hire occassional New Grads at our ER too, w/past EMT or ER Tech experience, then train em like we want

  9. a dumb question

    mmutk replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Why couldn't you have just started the blood, and gotten another line? Anywhere else, E-J, legs, upper

  10. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    mmutk replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency

    I don't think comparing the ICU and the ER is even fair, you are either one or another. You ethier enjoy on having multiple patient's with a wide range of complaints and acuity... Or you like having 1...

  11. New director is a nazi

    mmutk replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    Just for the record you didn't offend me, with the word Nazi. I understood the way you used it, and am more suprised at the response you got from other alleged ER

  12. If I Murder A Co-worker, How To Hide The Body??

    mmutk replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    I have a fairly big pond behind my house here in rural Tennessee, there is no way they could connect you and my pond together, I'll even put mud in it each year, so as they never find it even if they...

  13. Use of Diprovan in your ER

    mmutk replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in Emergency

    We can hang diprovan, but NO IV pushes. Hospital policy, although I remember when we used to be able

  14. New Grad ER Vent

    mmutk replied to EMTSNA's topic in Emergency

    WOW 1:15 pt ratio, is that legal??!?! Hey PM with the name of this hospital, I frequent TRAUMA centers and deff don't want to end up

  15. Does any other night shifters feel like days has no idea how nights works?

    mmutk replied to thomask's topic in General Nursing

    Well I would tend to agree with you, but I work 11a-11p and see that most night shift nurses have no clue to the rampant craziness that goes on in our ER in the day

  16. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    mmutk replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER, we use an SBAR fax plus a faxed copy of the ER chart to the floor, have used it since 2006 w/o

  17. Free anesthesia medication/flash cards

    mmutk replied to CRNA2007's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ohh I want a copy too

  18. Help!!! Moving to Tennessee and have ????

    mmutk replied to gabym29's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Knoxville = Lowest pay you have ever seen! currently making 18.45 Nashville= better Memphis= best, bust has a higher cost of

  19. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    mmutk replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    I *LOVE* IV cardene best antihypertensive

  20. Help, ER getting swamped.

    mmutk replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

    We have allot of protocols are RNs order or give meds prior to seeing an

  21. Male Nurse in Nashville

    mmutk replied to vertigo1022's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I work in ER and will most likely be in ER or TRAUMA ICU when I move out

  22. Nicknames you give patients?

    mmutk replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    There is this one guy who checks in every other day for a turkey sandwich (he's always in afib w/ rvr cause he never takes his meds) but once he gets his turkey sandwich he leaves, we call him

  23. emergency care handbook

    mmutk replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    I use a PDA for my charts and grafts, I seem to be able to hold more info in a smaller device, than those bulky books. But let me look around on the internet and I'll get back w/

  24. Nurses taking patient's off backboards without doctor clearnce?

    mmutk replied to the big nurse's topic in Emergency

    I am not trying to argue "the other side" here, as I said before I am not going to argue with you all, someone asked for a reference to my point and I went on google for 5 min and posted the first...

  25. memphis

    mmutk replied to RN1980's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Don't know about St. Jude, check their website out under HR, it should say. RN1980, go to the MED (espi if you want trauma) it'll spread your