An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for...
I am an RN in rural Oklahoma. I have been in ER 11 years and have seen LOTS of changes! We see on an average of 1200 a month, the most of which is on the day shift, 7A-7P. However, we staff 2 RN's...
In our ER patients who do not have a physician are assigned one for admission. We have a rotating call list that we call "Dr. None".
We had a brand new intern who went in to examine a Spanish...