Emergency RN

Emergency RN

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  1. Differential for Floating

    Emergency RN replied to Pixienurse123's topic in General Nursing

    $50 float differential per shift. There is an in house float pool that does nothing but float; they get an additional $4000 bonus on their salary per year, which works out to be about $25 per shift....

  2. New health care bill..

    Emergency RN replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    of course we're going to have to pay more for this; but guess what? we were going to have to pay more for this to begin with. what this bill does is take more of the money that would have gone to the...

  3. Multiple wrist bands

    Emergency RN replied to cgSN2010's topic in General Nursing

    It's rather silly as the absence of a particular band could simply mean that someone forgot to put one on, rather than a patient really being without allergies or is not a fall risk. I agree with...

  4. Surprising diagnosis

    Emergency RN replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    yes, tb is typically presented as a pulmonary issue, but can infect just about anywhere else in the body; including the heart, brain, kidney, liver, spleen, stomach, skeletal muscles, and even the...

  5. Surprising diagnosis

    Emergency RN replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    respondent classicdame is right; bubonic plague (yersinia pestis) is actually fairly common within the us southwest, with it's primary reservoir in the rodent (including prairie dog and ferret)...

  6. Just started Nursing School and could be homeless!!

    Emergency RN replied to cjveronica's topic in General Nursing

    you know, this may sound draconian, and i'm sure that a lot of people are going to "boo hiss" me for this, but consider this; if you have a malignant tumor within you, you would not hesitate to cut it...

  7. PDA of some sort for nursing

    Emergency RN replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Nursing

    A word of advice to all; unless one plans on using that exact same phone for one's entire career, I wouldn't put any professional programs on it. Otherwise, one will have to re-upload and re-configure...

  8. Lasix

    Emergency RN replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    CARDIAC ASTHMA is a diagnosis that loosely describes the pulmonary presentation of some patients with Congestive Heart Failure, in which they present with Shortness of Breath, Wheezing and Cough; ie....

  9. Someone signing "RN" when they are not

    Emergency RN replied to SweettartRN's topic in General Nursing

    wait, can i get a bit of clarification here; is she signing the document with her real name, and then inappropriately adding the "rn" behind it; or is she fabricating a name out of thin air? say......

  10. You know you're an ED nurse when.....

    Emergency RN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    ...while in the process of simply walking by, in the midst of delivering Jello to another patient, you casually administer a pre-cordial thump and successfully resuscitate a patient that you happen...

  11. You know you're Old School when...

    Emergency RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember the difference between YOU'RE (a contraction of You Are) and YOUR (a possessive adjective of You)... Honestly, nurses used to get dinged on spelling and grammar. Nowadays, with some...

  12. Deemed unsafe

    Emergency RN replied to mimi225's topic in General Nursing

    first off, i would not have called you unsafe. what i would call your instructor however, is overly harsh and non forthcoming with rationales. if i were in a position to give an evaluation on her, i...

  13. Nursing Deals

    Emergency RN replied to SDALPN's topic in General Nursing

    Cell Phone plans, varies between 10 to 25 % off (depending on the vendor) for public sector employees. However, they don't necessarily tell you about it. You have to know enough to

  14. Sex offenders

    Emergency RN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, coming from a hospital that has a black list (do not admit under ANY circumstance) I can't say that we won't do something like that. From what I understand, the black list contains names of...

  15. Organ Donation Opt Out

    Emergency RN replied to XB9S's topic in General Nursing

    Being selfish unto our graves is not the way I want to go out. IMHO, let 'em take whatever they can use... This idea is so far fetched. It may be contingent upon some insurance policy reduction, or...

  16. Conflicting test question...

    Emergency RN replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    He's screaming and squirting? ABC check was completed by the preceding statement. Move to the next problem. Take care of the

  17. question regarding nursing pay

    Emergency RN replied to srleslie's topic in General Nursing

    In my institution, 37.5 hours is considered a full work week. Anything worked in excess of that is paid at time and a half (overtime). The French have been wrestling with this "what is a work week"...

  18. Something I have noticed during clinicals re: Dr's and privacy

    Emergency RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I've been complaining about this for years; but has anyone else noticed that GYN rooms are positioned so that the table end with a woman's business is always full view towards a door that...

  19. computerized order entry-what would you do?

    Emergency RN replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Tell your institution that the software vendor needs to make corrections as a part of their ongoing systems support. A few lines of code would make the choice of IV or IM available. Send a copy of...

  20. Advice regarding termination

    Emergency RN replied to surfnbeagle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    go to your union, and if you're one of the unlucky nurses to not have one, hire a lawyer. miscounted narcotics happen with such regularity that if they used that as the standard for firing nurses,...

  21. The Shower Room is for ?????

    Emergency RN replied to Reigen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    years ago, i remember the circulating whispers of the head of a medical department being caught on film performing a sex act with a housekeeper in a remote corner of the medical library. the...

  22. Is this heart failure?

    Emergency RN replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not going to address the medical aspects of the op question (as that violates the tos) but what i will do is throw in a philosophical red herring. the story goes like this... i agree with...

  23. Is it ok for your work to call you after you called in sick?

    Emergency RN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, if one doesn't want info spread around, one has to recognize that often, the biggest mouth can be our own. Nobody can repeat anything that I said, if I never let it slip in the first place....

  24. is this shady or not?

    Emergency RN replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    excuse me? but who is hiring whom? kyrshamarks' answer hit the nail on the head. no offense to the op; i hate to break this to you, but the world does not revolve around you; the recruiter has a...

  25. Chemo and WBC Question

    Emergency RN replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    absolute neutrophil count is probably one of the more important parameters (normal being > 1500 cells per cubic milliliter) that can dictate whether you give a dose of chemo or not. the obvious...