mmutk

mmutk BSN, RN, EMT-I

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  1. propofol

    mmutk replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    We use Etomidate all the time and we used to give propofol IV in the ER, until the critical care unit complained that they were ***blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda*** and now it's our house policy we...

  2. PDA software for the ED

    mmutk replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

    I use Eppocrates

  3. New Grads- what starting rates are you seeing?

    mmutk replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Your new grads have it nice, I work in Knoxville, TN right now been out of school a couple of years and was started at $17 and hour offered similair at other hospitals, never got over 17.50. And I am...

  4. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    mmutk replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    My future response to any nurse who asks the question 'hey ER what takes so long', is .... come on down and hang out with us for a shift and I'll show

  5. Nashville hospitals... which are the best for nurses

    mmutk replied to willdgate's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Where are you coming from -Just

  6. BSN -ER focus??

    mmutk replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

    Ha! I haven't heard of any BSN programs around here that have an ER specialty seems more likely to get one via a ADN or MSN

  7. Can LPNs Flush P.I.C.C. lines in TN

    mmutk replied to dorrybnursing's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    You can check w/ your local state guidelines. Personally I don't know of any hospital that will back up LPNs doing anything w/ PICC

  8. Moving to Memphis - Which school??

    mmutk replied to taylorpup's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Union University has a good

  9. Knoxville, TN

    mmutk replied to AnomalousSilence's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    It's because all the hospitals in east tennessee have gotten together to control the market. It is illegal and like what happened in Memphis one day someone will sue them for

  10. Mental health pt in ER...

    mmutk replied to natrgrrl's topic in Emergency

    We have 2 rooms for psych. They are 4 walls two doors. One door goes to nsg station the other door goes outside (for xfer to jail or mental health facility) (So we don't have to parade them down the...

  11. Knoxville, TN

    mmutk replied to AnomalousSilence's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Well I can pass on some info based on the places I have worked. Baptist- Good working environment, so\so pay, poor management, low self esteem company, good benefits, good educational dept., parking...

  12. er nurse retreat day

    mmutk replied to jenna_rn's topic in Emergency

    We do a retreat annually in the summer. It's mostly education stuff though, not much fun if you ask

  13. Questions about wasting NARCS ????

    mmutk replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    How are your pixis staffed?? Ours have Morphine in 2mg, 4mg, 10mg vials. Is that not

  14. IV drugs RN's can give?

    mmutk replied to bill4745's topic in Emergency

    We used to give propofol IV in the ER, until the unit complained that they were ***blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda*** and now it's our house policy we can't give it IV push or bolus on a

  15. Speaking of adenosine

    mmutk replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    Well now that you mention it, once I diluted adenosine and pushed it fairly slow, I just wasn't thinking. And of course nothing happened and so I was walking back to get the next (higher) dose and...

  16. ER Dept Scrub Color

    mmutk replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    It's royal blue in the ED here too, for all staff. but what gives most of us away is the EMERGENCY embroidered on our

  17. worked my very first ED shift,.assessment question..

    mmutk replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    I do a symptom based assessment, as far as the other areas of the body I do a simple "from the doorway" assessment. If it don't hurt ya I don't need to focus on it. Trauma patients being diffrent...

  18. Pregnant RN in the ER

    mmutk replied to RNintheER's topic in Emergency

    Being pregnant in the ER makes me

  19. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    mmutk replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    75/53?? we see these pressures all the time. It's the high ones that are rare in our

  20. patient satisfaction

    mmutk replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    None taken... Most surveys are performed on patients discharged from the ED. They never saw anyother nursing unit. Another group of surveys are performed if they were admitted. Surveys are performed...

  21. patient satisfaction

    mmutk replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    We have TVs in everyroom and we call all patients back after they leave and ask them how their visit was and what we could do to improve it. All patients are also rounded on during their visit by a...

  22. Dopamine...quick question

    mmutk replied to APNgonnabe's topic in Emergency

    I think the above statement is wrong . I would say primary as you do not need to run anything else with it.... it's not compatable with

  23. Nashville Hospitals

    mmutk replied to willdgate's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I am moving to nashville soon and am curious about this also... specifically the

  24. Cen

    mmutk replied to EmerNurse's topic in Emergency

    Several nurses from my er took the test last week and none of them passed it.. worse yet they all preped for at least a month prior to testing. I was listening to some of the questions they remembered...

  25. ER violence

    mmutk replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    As for violence in our 40 bed ER in a suburban area... 3 months ago an er tech was stabbed in the arm by a patient (psych) in one of our psych rooms (locked in, locked out) He had to fight them off...