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ikimiwi

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  1. Charge pay

    ikimiwi posted a topic in Emergency

    How much do you get for charge pay? We get 8%. We have a cap of $2.00 per hour, and a regular charge nurse who gets 10%. She works 4 day a week so we get the other 3. No way is it worth a few...

  2. old skills that we do not use anymore

    ikimiwi replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Didnt realize I was a nurse for so long! How about 8-12 pt in an open ward? How to take forcepts out of the sterlizing fluid, and what was that purple stuff, pottassium something, I think it had...

  3. Fibromyalgia

    ikimiwi replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    as an ER nurse, I do see many people comming in with fibromyalgia and also on oxycontin, but I do have FM, diagnosed 15 years ago. I work 3 12's, 1100 to 2300, the worst times in our ER. The pain...

  4. Fibromyalgia

    ikimiwi replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    as an ER nurse, I do see many people comming in with fibromyalgia and also on oxycontin, but I do have FM, diagnosed 15 years ago. I work 3 12's, 1100 to 2300, the worst times in our ER. The pain...

  5. Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

    ikimiwi replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget Darva.........that marry a millionare

  6. Have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

    ikimiwi replied to BarbPick's topic in General Nursing

    I did get to take care of "Gomer Pyle for a few nights, but my friend took care of John Wayne. Said he was

  7. Promethazine IV Question

    ikimiwi replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Now that inapsine is on the "bad"list, our new policy allows phenergan IV only in a lg bore needle and never in a hand vein. Ww do tend to go for the hand a lot in the ED, and most pts have a line...

  8. What do you do when you are assigned patient is a someone you know?

    ikimiwi replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    one added thought that I didnt mention, my parents and aunts and uncles are getting older and its very scary to think I might be workning if they get brough in. Not long ago I took a call for EMs...

  9. What do you do when you are assigned patient is a someone you know?

    ikimiwi replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small city ER. I know many people who come in, I have cared for my next door neighbor who had a massive MI, the nieghbor on the other side who coded down the street on a walk, my...

  10. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

    ikimiwi replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget the time I spent 2 hours locked in a med room, while a very violent man, who was awaiting transferr in am to psyc hosp. I haad told the nurses aid not to untie his restraints, she...

  11. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

    ikimiwi replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget the time I spent 2 hours locked in a med room, while a very violent man, who was awaiting transferr in am to psyc hosp. I haad told the nurses aid not to untie his restraints, she...