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night shift . i don't deal well with people who wear suits.:bowingpur

Worked for a Union once:crying2: . I paid them alot:twocents: , I got nothing in return:banghead: . Won't do it again:deadhorse .

What's a Break? I work Night Shift in a busy ER. We grab what we can, when we can because there is no float person. If your patients are caught up, you ask a co-worker to cover for awhile. That being said........... We really ate good tonight. E...

Let's see:confused: I've been a nurse for over 25 years. Spent a year on a tele. floor:nurse: , a year of ortho:monkeydance: , a year of ccu:smiletea: , a year of hospice:icon_hug: and the rest have all been in Emergency Nursing:yeah: . I've worke...

Just a thought but....A. the hospital is going back on their work:angryfire ....B. The ER Manager is leaving..... Maybe it might be wise to keep your options open and look elsewhere, Most places would be thrilled to have a nurse with both med/surg...

I have to agree. Getting out on the floor will give you the best exposure. Once you learn to read a monitor you know it. Check and see if your hospital uses Nursing Students in the ER. Ours does. First year students (Nurse Associates I)are taug...

First thing you should learn is Wash your hands, never forget it, it really makes a difference. I work in an Emergency Room and "Knock on Wood" have never taken anything home. Seldom get the "bugs" myself. Good luck in your progrram.

I know that in our state it is mandatory reporting and the hospital I work for reports quickly. It doesn't take that long to check a couple charts and you only need a couple. One might be a mistake, Two carelessness but 3 is unexplainable. If the ...

On the same line we have a patient that comes in every once in a while to have something removed from his rectum, You would think by now he would be embarrised :imbar enough to go to different hospitals. His last three abdominal surgeries were to...

After 20+ years of dealing with New Grads I've had plenty of experience with all three kinds. Your type:welcome: I adore. You may start out timid, but you watch, you learn and you grow into terrific ER Nurses. The second type :chair: tend to remove...

I believe somewhere in the past the hospital provided cab vouchers for truely needy people. Accident victums with no family, Pt's who arrived via ambo who's significant other was too old to drive at night and our large population of Orthodox Jewish...

Our hospital has always been all private rooms. It's an excellent selling point. And now with HIPPA we have the privacy required. Our hospital aquired infection rates are also below the norm.

I'm in the Baltimore Metro area. We work every 3 rd weekend and it may soon be a little less. I work in a moderate size ER and we just posted and filled 8 weekend option positions. 3=7A-7P 1=11A-11P 1=3A-3P and 3=7P-7A. Day shift option is Satu...

ERnurse04, From past experience using many agency nurses over many years both as charge nurse and Clinical Leader, I have found that the nurses that have had at least 3-4 years experience in a stable ER environment that they are comfortable with and ...

Just a side note. My husband has a very strange side effect to propofol as well as other asesthia agents. He is a "breast man" at heart. The first time he had surgery it was at a very small hospital where I was a supervisor. I was sitting outsid...

I agree with Shammy. Go through the appropriate motions first, even if it means changing preceptors. It is not unusual for new grads to switch preceptors when they are concerned that they are not getting the attention they need. It's possible you ...

I also work at a non-union hospital. We get paid from the time we punch in till the time we punch out except for 1/2 hour lunch. If we have a busy night and don't get lunch we get paid for that to. If you work more that 40 hours a week you are in ...

My licence plate holder is an ENA plate holder. The only people who notice it are our fine county and state police officers. They have helped me several time get around blocked roads so that I could get to work to take care of the wounded they woul...

My suggestion {from experience} is to go with her to a community group meeting about Diabetes. Even though our families run to us with every broken nail, when it comes to the big things sometimes they listen to people their own age and to strangers ...

Just be general in the information you give. There is no need for times, places or names. If it is easier to use name, make them up. John Doe always works

A nurse I worked closely with for many years took on the position as Nurse Manager of our unit. She did interm first and was given a nice boost in her hourly salary because they were hunting for both ER director and ER Nurse Manager. She stayed in ...

As well as everything below, are you pulling her Lugs for controlled substances she withdrawls and wastes intermittently to make sure the patient was...1} Orderd the Med. and it wasn't given by someone else 2} The the med was taken...

We use a program called "Freedom to Achieve". It is a computer based program that once learned is way more time efficient that the old written ones. It keeps track of the prior evaluationa as well as the prior goals. I do evaluations on about 25 ni...

I work on a unit based staffing comm. Our ER is self scheduling. It used to work really well until theybuilt us a larger ER. We had some problems staffing the old one and filled in with staff. Now it is insane. At 7 PM I am supposed to have 12 n...