runneRN

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1. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

   runneRN replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

   I agree with all the recent posts...healthcare has become so business oriented and now we are calling the patients our "customers".....this is craziness. They are patients...they will always be...

2. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

   runneRN replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Nurse Management

   On the ENA web site they had a JCAHO card that was pocket sized. It listed all the NPSG and what measures were in place in their ED to satisfy each goal.We did this in our hospital along with...

3. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

   runneRN replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Nurse Management

   We were just surveyed....uggghhh. No really surprises on the survey other than the day they showed up...That was a surprise.They looked at all of the Patient Safety Goals. This was the first survey...

4. Capnography

   runneRN replied to GilaRRT's topic in Emergency

   We use it and we are a level III...not widely accepted by our RT

5. "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

   runneRN replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency

   you use an emesis basin as a bowl and urinal as flower vase without thinking

6. Locking up IV solutions

   runneRN replied to Bwick's topic in General Nursing

   Only the IV's with meds get locked up in our PYXIS...what is the rationale for locking up plain

7. Funny patient names by nurses

   runneRN replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

   It never ceases to amaze me how cruel but weirdly creative parents can be when naming their children...two of my "favorite" names are Deja vu and Chlamydia try going in to the waiting room and asking...

8. No empty beds allowed

   runneRN replied to mom2special3's topic in Emergency

   We strive for this philosophy in our ER and it works MOST of the time...we have MD approved protocols which allows us to begin diagnostics before the MD sees the patient ....we also have changed our...

9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   runneRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   We have patients who call EMS to bring them to the ER for a bogus complaint..then get inside the ER proper...refuse to be seen.... and then walk to the supermarket next door...they just needed a