sarahdeez BSN, RN

sarahdeez is a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency Room.

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1. Patients on Medicaid

   sarahdeez replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   While I have never been in poverty myself, I have lived amongst it most of my life. You may find it hard to believe but I could give you a long list of people to support that accusation. I will also...

2. Patients on Medicaid

   sarahdeez replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   These are harsh words for someone so acusatory about

3. Patients on Medicaid

   sarahdeez replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I agree it would be a difficult line to judge and probably not very realistic to do so. The fact is no one would want to make that decision. It's just very frustrating when you care more about...

4. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

   sarahdeez replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   You must really be the most understanding person in the world. I am wonderful to my patients and am known as a softie in the ER but, but have a hard time truely believing in them like you seem to....

5. Are accelerated programs fair?

   sarahdeez replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. I would have liked to have gone in the summers in order to finish sooner or spread out the load more. Our nursing school said they could not get approval from the university to pay...

6. Patients on Medicaid

   sarahdeez replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I believe if you have insurance available to you (ie at work) you should not expect your coworkers to pay for your insurance (ie medicaid). I know people at work who deny their insurance coverage...

7. Nursing student tips for ER

   sarahdeez replied to fusster's topic in Emergency

   Brush up on chest pain treatments... our protocol is labs, chest xray, 0xygen at 2L, 12 lead ekg, place on 3 lead monitor, 18 guage IV, asa, nitro. we do not normally use morphine unless the nitro...

8. Want the real scoop on new grad pay in Mississippi?

   sarahdeez replied to manna's topic in General Nursing

   There have been several raises in the last month or two for nurses in Mississippi. I know state employed nurses (RN) are in the 18.25-18.50 range for starting and some hospitals pay that as well....