CEN35

CEN35

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  1. Blue Collar or White collar?

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is nursing a white collar job??? OR Blue collar

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

    CEN35 posted a topic in Emergency

    Does or has anybody ever done this before, in the ER? Does it work well or not? If you haven't done it, have you thought about it? Any suggestions on teams/patient ratios? d/t the...

  3. how do you handle this?

    CEN35 replied to Ms.RN's topic in Emergency

    call the urology group and get an acute urinary retention tray down there............ ever see it done? EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not me looks painful as

  4. Should a new grad try ED or not?

    CEN35 replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Emergency

    I started in ER out of school. The first 3-4 months seemed overwhelming. After that the learning curve dropped a little bit at a time over the next two years. After 2 years I was completely...

  5. Too much pain medication

    CEN35 replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    Most ridiculous ever.............. Dilauded 4 mg IVP Fentanyl 100mcg IVP Demerol 50mg/Phenergan25mg Im Demerol 50mg IVP Morphine 14 MG IVP ALL in 1 hr and 10 minutes. 28 yrs old wide awake...

  6. Too much pain medication

    CEN35 replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    I work 2 jobs right now. ER and PACU - In the ER most docs I have met are always hesitant to give much more than 50-100 of Demerol much less anything else. I can tell you that, one patient will...

  7. Ketamine for conscious sedation in peds in the ED

    CEN35 replied to nanb's topic in Emergency

    I can tell you from working in pacu, with adults it is horrendous to keep the patients tame afterwards. However, our peds ER uses it also. They come as suckers that the patient can suck on. They...

  8. CEN questions!

    CEN35 replied to janejoeben's topic in Emergency

    once a year paycheck here: $325 before

  9. Propofol

    CEN35 replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    We do in PACU at times. Also I float to the pain center. They use it all the time for spinal blocks. Propophol is dose based, and wears off quickly. I believe you can only use it here, if the pt...

  10. Last clinical in ER

    CEN35 replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in Emergency

    Not sure? Seen quite a few. The only thing I can say, is it seems like as time goes on and you see more, it isn't as bothersome. Although, every now and then there are certain situations that can...

  11. how much experience did you have before becoming an ER nurse?

    CEN35 replied to liljsmom02's topic in Emergency

    None - went in right out of school, stayed 7 years and went to

  12. what treatment do patients who present with migraines......

    CEN35 replied to froghair's topic in Emergency

    Ours was doc dependant. 90% Compazine. If they are allergic to compazine (allegedly), Demerol vistaril. After CT Toradol. Always the variance of triptans and sometimes

  13. propofol

    CEN35 replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Quanik - I didn't say you were downing the use of propophol. On your quote "Maybe age, weight, fluid status, circ time, biotransformation, metabloism and a few hundred other factors might play a...

  14. Nursing shortages/careers

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last Sunday or Monday (about 12/24/05') I had the TV on after a football game. It was something like dateline? They did a quick thing about nursing and the shortages and expected outcome. They...

  15. Nursing shortages/careers

    CEN35 replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    True for all of the above. However, despite a hospital being a bussiness it needs to consider the staff and other issues. At the same time, I know they are being crunched by the insurance companies...

  16. propofol

    CEN35 replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    just for the record, patient response after propophol is no different than any other drug. It is based on the amount given. In reality, you can give someone 2 mg of versed IV, and have them become...

  17. ER Nursing--Can I start in MAY 06?!?!?

    CEN35 replied to pikevillenursing21's topic in Emergency

    I went to ER out of school. Despite the cries of my teachers "That's not real nursing", "You can't do that, you need experience", "they will never hire a new grad", blah, blah, blah. While when I...

  18. propofol

    CEN35 replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Our ER is not allowed to use it, without an anesthesiologist present. So the ER docs would use versed and Demerol. Which I did not really like. To long to wear off and hit baseline. As an ER...

  19. Nursing shortages/careers

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last Sunday or Monday (about 12/24/05') I had the TV on after a football game. It was something like dateline? They did a quick thing about nursing and the shortages and expected outcome. They...

  20. Nursing shortages/careers

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last Sunday or Monday (about 12/24/05') I had the TV on after a football game. It was something like dateline? They did a quick thing about nursing and the shortages and expected outcome. They...

  21. Nursing shortages/careers

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last Sunday or Monday (about 12/24/05') I had the TV on after a football game. It was something like dateline? They did a quick thing about nursing and the shortages and expected outcome. They...

  22. Certification pay

    CEN35 replied to grammyr's topic in Emergency

    ya........... $325 before taxes, paid out 3rd qtr of each year. That's

  23. Man shoots himself in the ER

    CEN35 replied to SANDMAN_RN's topic in Emergency

    This has happened at our ER a few times already. Although usually, it's the person that comes in by themself, doesnt register and does it in the waiting

  24. Dilute IV meds or not?

    CEN35 replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have pushed many different things, over and over. I almost never dilute, with the exception of ABX, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Dilantin, Levaphed, tPA, and nitro. Stuff that is meant to be on a drip or...

  25. Elevated Biliruben and Gilbert's Disease???

    CEN35 replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen it twice in almost 10 years between ER and pacu. It is genetic, but the individuals do rarely show signs or symptoms. For those who do, there really isn't much treatment to my knowledge....