Emergency RN

Emergency RN

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  1. EKG readings

    Emergency RN replied to hard working student's topic in General Nursing

    As the heart is allowed to move into a downward orientation more with standing (from the effects of gravity), there is a slight and overall axis change downward (right), usually more pronounced in...

  2. I can't beleive this!

    Emergency RN replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

    Contact a lawyer and sue the doctor personally for slander as this is a rather open and shut case. Name the hospital that employs her as a co-defendant. Some doctors mistakenly believe that it's OK...

  3. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    Emergency RN replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather not be specific, as many of my colleagues do read this forum, LOL... Let's just say that it's lower midtown on the east side (ie somewhere along bedpan

  4. What is a good resource for learning medical Spanish?

    Emergency RN replied to IfnotnowWhen's topic in General Nursing

    skyscape, the pda medical programs vendor, sells two programs that you may find interest in. one is their rapid rescue spanish: ...and the the other is english & spanish medical words and...

  5. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    Emergency RN replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in NYC and make six figures, but am looking to move to Texas, where Cost Of Living is a lot less despite the smaller

  6. I need a registered nurse to answer these interview questions for one of my classes

    Emergency RN replied to b.householder96's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed; mine starts at $50 per

  7. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    Emergency RN replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    The Scrub clothing was, at one time, legally mandated clothing required by the department of health that was only to be worn by authorized personnel (those with invasive surgical contact) within a...

  8. Sleeping on the job.

    Emergency RN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    Termination? Correct action. Holding her against her will AFTER she was terminated? False Imprisonment. She should have called the police. Miranda Warning? Not applicable because the hospital is not...

  9. Houston ED's - Which are the Trauma Centers?

    Emergency RN replied to Emergency RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thank you for your reply, Pinkynbd 99. I had worked in Bellevue and the old Booth Memorial (before their takeover by New York Hospital), and I work in a non trauma ED right now but want to get back...

  10. Houston ED's - Which are the Trauma Centers?

    Emergency RN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Considering a working retirement move to Houston's burbs; have recent ED experience in New York City. I would like to know which of the Houston area hospitals are level one trauma, which ones are not,...

  11. Sleeping on the job.

    Emergency RN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding; but I bet he's going to come up with an excuse, eg like he's diabetic, ate too many donuts and then fell into a HHNK Coma,

  12. Does an employer have to have staff phone numbers?

    Emergency RN replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    So is -maintaining only bare minimum staff -expecting full time employees to cover sick calls regularly -guilt tripping anyone that will answer the phone -not thanking the employees that work extra...

  13. Does an employer have to have staff phone numbers?

    Emergency RN replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Providing your employer a valid point of contact is considered part and parcel of being a professional. Suppose the shoe was on the other foot, that you had no way to reach your boss except to see him...

  14. Sleeping on the job.

    Emergency RN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    I remember some nights when I used to work up on the floors where we would bang into the sleeping aide's chair as we opened the door to a patient's darkened room. It's an old trick where the sitter...

  15. Sleeping on the job.

    Emergency RN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the rationale but technically, what is described above is considered theft of time from the employer. Part and parcel of attentively watching a perfectly stable ICU patient usually...

  16. Sleeping on the job.

    Emergency RN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    Your preamble (detailing how dedicated she is, hard she had worked, and how she had only "dozed" off) only served as excuse making. Sorry, but if sleeping on duty can be forgiven, I wonder if your...

  17. Lazy Charge Nurse

    Emergency RN replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in General Nursing

    Thread like this often reminds me of the story of the Friendly General. His troops loved him because he wasn't afraid to get down into the dirt and get his own hands dirty. On the day of a big battle,...

  18. An RN with a Bachelors in Biology instead of BSN?

    Emergency RN replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in General Nursing

    I think that there's a lot of misconceptions regarding the BSN being only for management and that any ole baccalaureate can substitute it. In a word, ...NO. The BSN was specifically designed to focus...

  19. IV Gauge for CT

    Emergency RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Pardon me, but... I think you're only reading a part of the discussion. I wasn't talking about whether or not to place the IV without having a MD's written order in an emergency, as just about all...

  20. What is the term for word confusion in the elderly

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

    it's obvious here that given the amount of care giver uncertainty in terms of labeling, i would focus more on describing the actual deficit rather than giving it a diagnostic name, for risk of either...

  21. IV Gauge for CT

    Emergency RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for your observations, but I respectfully disagree. Your usage of fluid dynamics theory is absolutely correct, but your real life application of it in this case IMHO, is not entirely on the...

  22. Tuberculosis Exposure

    Emergency RN replied to kritter01's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A positive skin reaction just means that she has developed antibodies to TB (exposed somewhere in her lifetime, she can be active or not), or if she was from a foreign country, had been vaccinated...

  23. Tuberculosis Exposure

    Emergency RN replied to kritter01's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i concur with all that everyone else stated, and wanted to just add another observation: this "boss" was also under the impression that tuberculosis was a blood-borne illness, not a highly-contagious...

  24. IV Gauge for CT

    Emergency RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Forgive me, but the thing that I see repeatedly, is that many nurses don't seem to understand, is that there is NO hospital policy anywhere that supercedes state nursing license rules, requirements,...

  25. IV Gauge for CT

    Emergency RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    i beg your pardon, but an invasive procedure such as an iv insertion absolutely requires a doctor's order. if the doctor says to d/c it, it is a medical, and not a nursing judgment. "...sorry, it's...