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  1. Periop job opportunity

    campesina posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi everyone! I'm a nurse with 6 years of experience, most of it ER and I'm looking to make a switch to peri-op. The position I'm applying for involved a lot of pre-op and post-op care and from what I...

  2. Was I out of place?

    campesina replied to rhkenji's topic in Emergency

    You weren't out of line. Patient and staff safety ALWAYS comes before charting. Personally I can't ever imagine turning down someone's request for help in a situation like

  3. Feeling guilty ALL the time

    campesina replied to detrelibre's topic in Emergency

    I used to be (and still a little bit am) like you. I beat myself up a lot. But now, with time and experience I'm learning that we are human and these people are sick and if they tank and we have done...

  4. ER RN NYC /Pt:RN Ratio

    campesina replied to BelDym's topic in Emergency

    Wrong thread! please

  5. ER RN NYC /Pt:RN Ratio

    campesina replied to BelDym's topic in Emergency

    14 patients!? Wow that is insane. I work in an ER in NJ and our ratio is 5:1 and if we have a heavy critically ill patient or trauma patient usually someone will cover the rest of our pod for us so we...

  6. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    campesina replied to Traumamama02's topic in Emergency

    If the attending at told me to use Fentanyl and Versed as sedation, I would've not started the propofol at all and just would've started the other two drugs. The resident was a jerk for denying what...

  7. OR TO ER? Help?!

    campesina replied to ChristyJ's topic in Emergency

    I think the ER is a shock to anyone, ranging from experienced ICU nurses to med-surg nurses to brand to grads. It's very fast paced and you have to be on your toes, and also the learning curve is...

  8. CEN 2017! Petrified to fail!

    campesina replied to Queenbeenurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm sure you have already taken it, but for those who haven't, the ENA book with 5 practice tests inside + 2 online tests helped me the most. I did the tests, read the rationales for the questions I...