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...
meyerbj81 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency
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...
meyerbj81 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency
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...
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...
meyerbj81 replied to streptococcus's topic in General Nursing
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....
meyerbj81 replied to streptococcus's topic in General Nursing
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...
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...