debbyed

debbyed

ER, Hospice, CCU, PCU

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  1. Pitocin

    debbyed replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    I was 6 weeks late with my first child and the doctors chose to use Pitosin. They told me there would be no ill effeects or adverse reactions (I wasn't a nurse yet) Well Lo and behold..I had an acute...

  2. Team Nursing with Paramedics........

    debbyed replied to CEN35's topic in Emergency

    "You just have to learn to accept their inbred limitations " There is no such thing as imbred limitations..never has been, never will be.... I can't believe an educated person could ever use that...

  3. Team Nursing with Paramedics........

    debbyed replied to CEN35's topic in Emergency

    We have several Medics that work as ER Techs. Besides routine tech duties our ERT's also start IV's, draw bloods and do all the splinting/casting with accompaning teaching. Most of the Medics work...

  4. first code blue

    debbyed replied to tonia's topic in General Nursing

    Like everything else the mechanics of a code will come with experience. Don't worry about counting the right way just do compressions at a steady even rate; if you aren't going fast enough or going...

  5. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    debbyed replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    We anounce Code Blue and the room number for floor codes. Code Blue CCU for unit coded and Code Blue ER for ER codes. When we know we have a Code enroute a "Code Blue Alert ER" is called to let...

  6. Cancelled???

    debbyed replied to NurseTami's topic in General Nursing

    Darn, I'd sure like to be cancelled some time but it never happens here. Actually THe policy for cancelling is pretty straight forward. 1-Agency 2-OVertime people 3-Registry 4-Part-timer 5-Voluntary...

  7. Do you mix your own IV's?

    debbyed replied to deespoohbear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In the ER we mix most the antibiotics, and most of the Cardiac/Resp. drugs. The drugs we don't mix are Potassium which pharmacy has to do now and some of the more frequently used drips like NTG and...

  8. Nurses.... Our Own Worst Enemies??

    debbyed replied to MaineNurse67's topic in General Nursing

    You know, after reading the first post, I thought "This nurse (Notice I didn't think Manager) is new here and it takes awhile to understand what you are really seeing and hearing." It takes awhile to...

  9. CBL

    debbyed replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an old nurse, I don't even know what CBL

  10. Forced to float?

    debbyed replied to rn500's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First off I'll state that our hospital doesn't have L/D so when that "Popping Peach"(no disrespect intended) shows up at the ER door we have the pleasure in the ER. Are we trained for it? Not...

  11. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

    debbyed replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

    In our ER it is always team nursing. To actually do primary nursing would be impossible. We have a Clinical Coordinator (usually a Senior Clinical Nurse -Me) who over see's the entire ER, keeps the...

  12. Believe it or NOT...IV stories

    debbyed replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    1. Never personally hit an artery, but had a new nurse that did and couldn't understand why the blood kept going up the IV tubing. 2. Sent a Little Old Lady to the floor with a butterfly in a scalp...

  13. Listen, Nurse

    debbyed replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe this poem was written to be offensive and I don't take it that way. I believe these to be true sentiments expressed by many of our patients. No it is not all the nurses fault but yes...

  14. Men vs. Women

    debbyed replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

    FU-FU Balls is what we call

  15. Men vs. Women

    debbyed replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the reasons stated. They also happen to be the reasons us "tomboys" tend to be attracted to ER's. And by the way, Hopefully I'll never get to old for ER. Wildtime, Where do you find an...

  16. admission delays

    debbyed replied to NinaC's topic in Emergency

    Our administration noticed about 5 years ago that >75% of all admissions came from the ER, so for the time being we are the golden children for once. If the floors can't be staffed with regular...

  17. Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

    debbyed replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bought a cap for graduation, haven't seen it since. Had a pin too, don't know where that is either. Sorry the "Part-zimers" got me, can't remember what either looked

  18. length of orientation for ER

    debbyed replied to NickiP's topic in Emergency

    In our ER our orientation is flexible depending on experience. An Experienced ER nurse would have 2-4 weeks out of staffing and another 2-4weeks with a preceptor in staffing. An Experienced Critical...

  19. Expiration dates of sterile medical supplies.

    debbyed replied to huckfinn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our instution no longer puts expiration dates on sterile supplies, they put the date it was sterilized. Their rational is that is the package is intact it is still sterile. It caused quite a bit of...

  20. "Warm and fuzzy" nurses

    debbyed replied to natalie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our Customer service Policy doesn't really start with the words Warm and Fuzzy. It is actually a customer service contract that all employee's have to sign. When you sign you acknowledge that a...

  21. ? Need Benchmark for LWT (LWBS) & AMA's

    debbyed replied to catalyst's topic in Emergency

    I head up the task force on Diagnostic Results Flagging. Just finished a power-point presentation (my first) The problem is that we are in the process of building a new ER and none of the work we...

  22. ? Need Benchmark for LWT (LWBS) & AMA's

    debbyed replied to catalyst's topic in Emergency

    This wouldn't be" H-Works, Building a Clockwork ER" would it? Sound like what we are working on currently. We see about 150 patients a day with about 5-6 LWOT's(usually all non-urgent patients)...

  23. ER or ICU?

    debbyed replied to 502Nurse's topic in Emergency

    Although Iam an ER nurse I would suggest to you to choose ICU. The experiences in ER are great, but they are fast and furious with no follow through on what you have done. We either "treat and...

  24. AMA's & LWOBS

    debbyed replied to kaycee's topic in Emergency

    We used to have to do incident reports on AMA's but that stopped about a year ago, nothing was done about LWOT's. Since I useally am in charge I do place the patients sticker on the management report...

  25. Funny things patients say !

    debbyed replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other night I received a Phone call while working in the ER. It was from a frantic older lady who was yelling to be heard over the sounds of breaking glass and cursing. She said she needed help...