meyerbj81

I recently moved to the ED from the floor a few months ago as well. What I found was important was to pretty much draw a rainbow on everyone, within reason of course, this has saved me a lot of time being proactive. Also, they should have been triaged and had an initial triage assessment done, that being said don't stress and hope someone would have told you if they put a mysterious critical pt in your room. As far as people being admitted without your knowledge I have nothing to add about that as we have to call report personally so where I work I don't see how thats a problem. Now onto IV's...I understand that there is an issue of pride sometimes involved in getting an IV in but if it costs you time and you've gone 0-2 go ask someone else. There is no need to spend 20 mins trying to start an IV when there are others who could give it a look i.e. charge nurse, tech, another nurse etc etc. I guess the biggest message of my post is to speak up and ask for help, its not a sign of weakness or incompetence but an ideal of teamwork to make it easier on everyone.

My newest one in the ER was a urine preg and beta hcg on a 6 year old boy. This was done by a wonderfully sweet elderly ED doc, who is brilliant with procedures(previous surgeon) and treats the nurses like gold but is a little past his prime. I politely pointed out the error to which he just laughed and stated he was pretty sure they'd both come up negative.

We just had a guy last week with one of my favorites. He c/o chest pain after smoking crack when he masturbated. He was admitted to the floor, went AMA to go smoke more crack and came back. While one of our patients was about to code he went AMA again and never returned. My advice to his was to give up the crack or the masturbation...his choice.

I remember once when I was working at a med/surg unit I was starting an IV in a pt with the student observing me. I got the cath in but fumbled a little securing it on the "hub" so some blood dripped out but nothing too bad. The student I was with got a queezy look on his face and proceeded to walk out the door and passed out cold on the hallway floor. After he woke up he was fine and we all had a good laugh about it. He didn't show up the next day and I found out he dropped out of the program all together.

I'll shoot her an email Monday and ask what exactly the policy is on new nurses. Feel free to email me at [email protected] with some more info about yourself and I will let you know what she says. Brian

I'm here in Memphis as well. I currently work on a cardiac floor at St. Francis. What hospitals have you applied for, also what areas are you open to working in? I know my manager in looking for help like mad. I know most of the new grads to a Versant program here but I wonder with your experience as a paramedic if that could be bypassed. Let me know if you want me to contact her. Good Luck, Brian

Hey guys I'm in Memphis now I'm about to move back to Lubbock in July. I was wondering what the low down is on the hospitals around the area. I've looked at UMC and Covenant's websites already to check for openings. Are places doing sign on bonuses, and also what is the pay like around there. I've been an RN about 2 years in Med surg and CCU. Thanks in advance for your help. Brian sorry that should have been Nurses in the title not nurse...16 hours of work has an effect on spelling