Emergency RN

Emergency RN

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  1. Is it legal for them to have me take sick call unpaid?

    Emergency RN replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in General Nursing

    Bill them accordingly; send them a copy of your phone bill attached with all the calls itemized, along with the demand for daily overtime x 2 hours. I'm sure the practice will stop real

  2. Use of morphine for tachypnea

    Emergency RN replied to Menji's topic in General Nursing

    Morphine is used primarily for its effect on preload and afterload reduction. It is also anxiolytic and analgesic. This is why it's so effective in Myocardial Infarction. As veins dilate, the amount...

  3. salary Rn

    Emergency RN replied to JonB04's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing salaries are different, depending on regional cost of living economics. They can vary from $40K to 100K for what some would say is essentially the same work. Also, this can depend upon...

  4. Bloody secretions from trach-normal or no?

    Emergency RN replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Nursing

    MattiesMama, I know that from a student's point of view, everything is possible, but from my experience, it's being able to discern the matter of degrees that leans possibilities towards one clinical...

  5. Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

    Emergency RN replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

    the fault isn't the nurses or the doctors, but with the medical authorities that run that emergency department. like someone stated, getting someone radiologically cleared so that they could be...

  6. Pulse Sites

    Emergency RN replied to healthstar's topic in General Students

    First off, there's a major difference between checking heart rate versus checking circulation. In the ED, most of the time, we never ever check a pulse; that is, we note the heart rate as seen on the...

  7. What CPR is best?

    Emergency RN replied to SAHMStudent's topic in Emergency

    Just an FYI, you're required to have an active BCLS card before you can take ACLS or PALS. If your basic cardiac life support certification (CPR) has expired, you won't be allowed to take the ACLS...

  8. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    Emergency RN replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    the reason why nursing salaries are low for so long is because the hospital systems work in collusion with the public to keep it that way. public law requires certain standards of care, which can only...

  9. White Supremacist patients

    Emergency RN replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...

  10. White Supremacist patients

    Emergency RN replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the SchutzStaffel was not the Feldgendarmerie (military police). The SS were more of a political paramilitary organization. They were also responsible for the majority of German perpetrated...

  11. Air bubble in Heart chamber

    Emergency RN replied to FREDhp's topic in General Nursing

    Gas diffuses directly into liquids and freely mixes, even if you don't see it. The classic example of this would be a fish tank. If anyone has ever owned one, all one needs to see is the bubble...

  12. Leaving for Haiti tonight

    Emergency RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Be in the airport middle of the night; into the Dominican Republic early in the AM, then overland for about 3 - 4 hours. Got plenty of bug spray and a huge mosquito net. Also on MALARONE 250/100...

  13. ER nurse to patient ratio

    Emergency RN replied to MGHERRN's topic in Emergency

    Heck, when I'm covering a colleague for break, my ratio sometimes goes to 16:1. It really depends on the charge RN and how they distribute the load. If the charge is someone good (who looks at acuity...

  14. "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    Emergency RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Photography in hospitals in general is usually prohibited by policy simply because of the HIPAA risks. Further, if you did not give permission for your picture to be taken I would ask the person to...

  15. Have any of you ever bought the Nursing/Medical PDA off ebay?

    Emergency RN replied to on eagles wings's topic in General Nursing

    considering that the palm tx is no longer in production and the company itself was recently sold to hewlett packard, i would be very wary about buying anything that may have zero support. further,...

  16. Making corrections to a computerized medication record

    Emergency RN replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would chart the medication as "given" and then append a notation "as administered by and then reported to me by RN so and so" We have this problem all the time with floats or per diems who don't...

  17. White Supremacist patients

    Emergency RN replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Well, let's flip it around; suppose you're laying in that bed, and the nurse has SS tattoos all over his or her arms; how would you expect them to take care of you? Would you care to listen to his or...

  18. On the call light like a Jeopardy buzzer

    Emergency RN replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    lol, ...send in someone big, ugly, and scary looking every time she rings the bell! that'll cure her call bell-itis real fast. sorry, couldn't resist but seriously, i've noticed that with patients...

  19. Can a doctor write you up or fire you??

    Emergency RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations on experiencing your first damned if you do and damned if you don't nursing moment. firstly, i think you're really reading too much into this. any doctor that would have really wanted...

  20. I hate my supervisor

    Emergency RN replied to kikwon89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That said, the idea of withholding medication without a doctors' order being something professionally wrong, is a non starter. We, as clinical professionals, are required by the tenets of our...

  21. 1 year ICU...ready for ER?

    Emergency RN replied to jmblair1's topic in Emergency

    Your year in the ICU will DEFINITELY help you out because you're now a thinking, hands on, seasoned and clinically articulate nurse. It will just be a matter of adjusting work priorities and learning...

  22. 1 year ICU...ready for ER?

    Emergency RN replied to jmblair1's topic in Emergency

    Completely different gears; ICU's fine tune, while the ED is more concerned with keeping them breathing and getting them up to the ICU where definitive care is performed. Each clinical setting has...

  23. Do I automatically get a CNA after first year in nursing school?

    Emergency RN replied to onlyjesus22's topic in General Students

    Thank you for your response. While I agree with the crux and thrust of what you said, the problem here is, legally you're not a CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT just because you've attended nursing school....

  24. Can someone please explain this ECG statement?

    Emergency RN replied to karyan06's topic in General Nursing

    That's because the total 12 views are given by a combination of bipolar and unipolar leads. The Bipolar leads (RA, LA, LL, RL) produces views of I, II, III, AVR, AVL, AVF; while the unipolar leads...

  25. Do I automatically get a CNA after first year in nursing school?

    Emergency RN replied to onlyjesus22's topic in General Students

    IMHO, A CNA program is a completely different scope of practice. While RNs do direct CNAs, partially completing an RN program of study does not qualify one to be a