I had a pt drive 4 hours to our ED, I was stuck in triage, he comes to the window and says " I have a wire stuck in my rectum" WTH? OK sir come on in here and let me get your vitals. While I'm...
medichall replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency
We have a NP or PA in triage that orders meds, labs, x-rays etc from triage, then off to the waiting room for these guys and usually a quick d/c from triage when results are back. Something our...
medichall replied to medichall's topic in Emergency
This nurse did have an extensive orientation process with the other clinical manager and has taken required classes ACLS, PALS, HEMO monitoring etc. She even did a 240 hour clinical before she was...
Help I am the clinical manager in a 13 bed ED that sees about 90 to 100 pts per day. We end up putting stretches around the nurses station and against the wall to expand to 19 beds. CHAOS!!! Here is...