MD married to RN

If NPs want similar respect to their physician counter part providers, I do not think stressing how fast an NP can be gotten is a good thing. At a minimum, physicians have a BS follow by 7 years of post bachelor's training. Further, those 7 years ave...

I would add Zosyn and hope droperidol makes a comeback.

I tried to read every post. None seemed to address the for profit nature of pharmaceutical companies. For a long time, consensus was that 'doctors undertreat pain,' especially in disenfranchised populations. Studies were done that proved this claim. ...

Just for clarification, did you hang D5W and a separate 20 meq K rider OR was the bag pre-mixed? If it was all premixed in one bag and you calculated the drops to give over roughly an hour, you are good. I wish more nurses knew how to hang meds witho...

Last year we hired a surgical floor nurse to work in our ED. She is doing very well. She is academically curious, works hard, and was feeling stagnant after 5+ years on a surgical floor. The certs are not too hard. If you are willing to work, e...

From the literature: Richards 2011 Droperidol for Chronic Pain JEM.pdf (emupdates.com) Cole 2020 The Incidence of QT Prolongation and Torsades des Pointes in Patients Receiving Droperidol in an Urban Emergency Department Search either ...

Everyone of the items listed could be an emergency: overdue ear irrigation--mom assumed this was why child wasn't hearing so good when in reality the child had mastoiditis and was rushed to surgery bedbug bites from a sleepover--Lyme's, ce...

I would like to add opiates for the treatment of chronic pain. Providers were compelled to take mandatory education emphasizing how providers under treat pain. One only needs to Google "Fentanyl" and "FDA approval" to see what the medical community t...

I work in a semi rural hospital in CA as an EM Physician. Transfers of greater than 100 miles are common, happening about once every three of my shifts. In normal times, hospitals are operating at near capacity. With the pandemic, hospitals are full...

For those of you interested in how Ivermectin might work, I refer you to this article in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 Humans should, of course, avoid medications formulated for animals.

Re: Gary Mendoza's comments. I agree that a small but significant percentage of nurses are leaving their practice because they feel forced to get vaccinated. They were there during the first two surges caring for everyone and being called 'heroes.' N...

Contrary to popular belief, the bite of a baby rattlesnake is almost always far less serious than the bite of a larger adult rattlesnake. https://wsed.org/baby-snake-venom-myth/

From the OP's post, there as an absolute gem hidden within: "I was working an extra shift, and at the very end of the shift..." EM professionals, be they nurse, app, or doctor can often set themselves up for failure with scheduling. EM sc...

Accepted as fact! I think working on a busy med/surg, tele, or SNF unit is among the most challenging of nursing practices. Respect to all y'all nurses working hard everywhere and acting as the backbone of our healthcare system.

Sort of. First are listed the Advanced Practice Specialties, then critical care, then all others. My point is critical care specialties may be practiced with an ADN & RN yet this site 'ranks' them above the other disciplines.

My wife loves her practiced and is very excited to go to work most shifts.

Totally, agree with the "glamorize" part of this quote. Even this site, which aim to treat ALLNURSES fairly, does it. Under the specialties link on the home page, the advanced degree practices are listed first, which makes sense. But then the 'critic...

I am curious too. I may be interested in opening an UCC or o/w transtioning from ED to UCC. All you UCC nurses, please comment.

When you say 4 patients, I hope you mean they expect you to have managed 4 separate patients over the course of the entire shift (one at a time). If you meant 4 at the same time at then end of 1 week (3 or 4 shifts), that is crazy. This hardly ...

I wrote this in response to a post by a nurse coming to the ED with no EM experience and thought I would share it generally: Welcome to our crazy world. When I have new grads or even new nurses without EM experience, I share a set of 6 rote...

Hello Raven: As an EM physician, I am somewhat sympathetic to your apprehension. Yes, the market is saturated. Upon completion of training, you will be in direct competition with MDs and DOs, as well as an ever increasing number of EM APPs. ...

KalipsoRed21, BSN: Not sure when these patients were admitted. During the peaks of COVID in your area, there just may not have been any place to send them. In such cases, care by you on your floor is much much better than non existent availability at...

Sorry Mary3010: Was meant for original poster on this chain. You were the first response so I mistakenly named you. Sorry.

NCLEX PASS RATE...can be deceptive. Example: A school (2 year ADN) advertises a 88% NCLEX pass rate. Sounds great right. Well, let's say 40 students were accepted at the start. After year one, 30 are left. Then after year two (clinicals), 26 mak...

Hello KG: You are right; there is a dearth of educational opportunities in near southern Ohio. Closest I found was in MI: https://www.traumanurses.org/education/atcn-program/atcn-events-united-states?id=394?state=MI Not sure if this he...