JoshuaAdamsRN

JoshuaAdamsRN has 6 years experience and specializes in Emergency, neonatal, pediatrics.

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1. Anyone working at penn state hershey medical ctr?

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to time4nicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi Ethel, I am clinical head nurse in the emergency department, so although I wouldn't be able to answer most of your SICU-specific questions, I am able to speak to overall hospital attributes. Our...

2. Anyone working at penn state hershey medical ctr?

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to time4nicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I did work in the NICU for a while...now I am back in the ER. Send me a private

3. Being a NICU parent while working on the unit...

   JoshuaAdamsRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I don't know if anyone has ever been in this situation, but I'm looking for advice. Before I found out my wife was pregnant, I pursued a transfer opportunity in my hospital and went from being an RN...

4. Western Pennsylvania School of Nursing?

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to sid05's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Hi Sid, I graduated from West Penn in 2005. It was a difficult program, but extremely worthwile. I really feel like it prepared me well clinically. The instructors take the time to get to know you,...

5. West Penn Nursing students anyone ever live on campus?

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to futureRNAshPA's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   I didn't live there but a number of classmates did. In general, I think it provided less distraction for them than living elsewhere. I was lucky to find a house two blocks from the hospital. The...

6. Relocating to Hershey/Central PA

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to shinyblackcar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Hey there, Just wanted to say hi and good luck with your interview. Hershey is an interesting place to live. While we're not urban here, we're certainly not completely rural either. You'll find...

7. New in ER

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to RiverNurse's topic in Emergency

   It sounds like you just need to get a clearer idea of what the advanced nursing protocols are for your department and what's expected of you as a nurse. If the doctor signed the order, I think you...

8. Burned out traveler - need a home base - any recommendations on a great ED?

   JoshuaAdamsRN replied to ItsTime's topic in Emergency

   I know it's not on your list of places to live, but I thought I'd do a little recruiting for our department anyway. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA is the teaching hospital of the Penn State...

9. Ez-io

   JoshuaAdamsRN posted a topic in Emergency

   So I had a pretty tense situation last night I was wondering if anyone else has ever encountered. Four week old infant, vomiting the past twelve hours, comes in pretty hypovolemic. Three attempts at...

10. Emergency Nurses Week

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to impress0508's topic in Emergency

    Our department is getting embroidered scrub tops for the nurses, ED techs, and

11. PALS Course

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to NurseLay's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This is just my opinion, but it doesn't hurt to take the course now and then maybe instead of waiting the two years before you take the refresher, take it again next year. A whole lot more will make...

12. Changes this year

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to Miriam57RN's topic in Camp

    This is similar to the first camp I worked at, which was huge (~1200 campers per 12 day session). We had 1 RN, who had "office hours" during the day (like 8 am-5:30 pm), but then she was available by...

13. The Med Room: An inner sanctum where Angels of Mercy bare their souls...

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my first ER, the med room was definitely the place to vent. Now I work in a facility where the med station is at the nurses' station, right around the corner from where many of our hall patients...

14. Questions Concerning EpiPens

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to cnolan's topic in Camp

    The Epi-Pen is included in the BLS protocols of many states so that even EMTs can give it without a doctor's order upon recognizing signs/symptoms of anaphylaxis. The 2 camps I have worked at have...

15. new nursing grads

    JoshuaAdamsRN replied to rosiekay's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Just out of curiosity, what part of PA are you