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1. Phasing out LPN's.

   ED RN 911 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Safety

   Our Hosptial phased out all Techs, CNAs and LPNs. The have onle RN,s and have hireed Paramedics that have the same job description as the Nurses. No more cheap labor for us the nurses and medics take there own assignments and have to do all the wor...

2. NP's in the EM Department

   ED RN 911 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Emergency

   WHY ARE MY POSTS NOT SHOWING UP IN THE FORUM????:angryfire

3. ETT Cuff Pressure

   ED RN 911 replied to Possum's topic in Emergency

   ETT Cuff preasure should only be regulated by individuals that are trained to intubate. (MD, Paramedics, and some RT's) No one else should ever tamper with a ETT.

4. NP's in the EM Department

   ED RN 911 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Emergency

   Our ER used to have 2 NP's and a PA and they slowly weeded them out and hired four Physician-Extender Paramedics to do the same job. They are not limited to who they see and see every type of Pt that comes in. And I am quite impressed on how intellig...

5. ETT Cuff Pressure

   ED RN 911 replied to Possum's topic in Emergency

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6. ETT Cuff Pressure

   ED RN 911 replied to Possum's topic in Emergency

   ETT Cuff preasure should only be regulated by individuals that are trained to intubate. (MD, Paramedics, and some RT's) No one else should ever tamper with a ETT.

7. New ED Tech--

   ED RN 911 replied to Pose's topic in Emergency

   Have you started yet?? Soon you will see that being a RN is easy and that a well trained monkey could do it, well maybe after the monkey goes through orientation. LOL Good Luck

8. NP's in the EM Department

   ED RN 911 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Emergency

   Our ER used to have 2 NP's and a PA and they slowly weeded them out and hired four Physician-Extender Paramedics to do the same job. They are not limited to who they see and see every type of Pt that comes in. And I am quite impressed on how intelli...

9. New ED Tech--

   ED RN 911 replied to Pose's topic in Emergency

   You will be able to do it, after about two weeks you will have it down. In the ER I work in we have Nurses and Medics that have identical jobs and a few techs and to tell you the truth to be a tech or even a Nurse it isnt rocket science and sometime...

10. what treatment do patients who present with migraines......

    ED RN 911 replied to froghair's topic in Emergency

    No such thing as .9ns It is 0.9 NaCl

11. Room assignments and pt load.

    ED RN 911 replied to hollykate's topic in Emergency

    40 bed ER Level I. We are staffed with only RN's and Medics, we each take a room assignment of normally 3-4 beds each. Usually goes like 1 crit bed and 3 monitored beds per RN or Medic. We have no LPNs or Techs. MD staff consists of 4 Attendings ...

12. NP's in the ED

    ED RN 911 replied to WhitDogg19's topic in Emergency

    As I have stated before, our ER rely alot on Paramedics, and they actual have two different classifications for them. They have about the same ratio of nurses to medics, and they operate off of the same job discription as the nurse, so basiclly they...

13. Er Salary

    ED RN 911 replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency

    In our ER, RN's and Medics are started off the same pay grid at about $32-36 an hour, plus cert pay.:chuckle

14. Lasix and Foley for female patients..automatic ?

    ED RN 911 replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    No not laying off... LOL, But they have cut back on RN hiring. They pay the Medics of the same pay scale as the Nurses, due to the fact the they are Licensed and have a AS Degree. If you came to our ER you wouldnt be able to tell if you had a nurs...

15. Lasix and Foley for female patients..automatic ?

    ED RN 911 replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Being new to the ER you shouldn't rely on your Techs to do your work. They are there to be part of your team. In my ER they phased out the Techs and brought in Paramedics that have a identical job description as us nurses. They take there own Pts,...