I've worked for DCMH for 6 years and loveit. I did 10 years of agency all over Delaware county and Philly, so I have a lot of hopitals to compare. The pay and benefits are good, scheduling is not a...
I had 10 years of ICU, now in the ED for 2 years. It takes time. You are constantly setting and resetting priorities. The hard thing to get used to is that some things (and patients) just have to...
bill4745 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency
We do 100-120 per day with one triage nurse. When the list gets long the float nurse will help out, or we will bring Fast Track patients back aand triage them
We had a construction worker who got tired of his pants flapping around his work boots. He tried to attach the pants to the boots with a three-inch nail - shot from nail gun, right through his foot....
Our normal staffing is 4, but we pick up a 5th 'hallway' (stable??) patient at times. I sometimes have 8-9 Fast Track patients when things get busy and staffing is
I work every fourth weekend, but my hospital has a very well-compensated weekend program. Working two 12-hour shifts every weeekend is almost a full-time salary and
I would suggest a year of critical care first, something that my ER now requires. It is tough to pick up crtical care skills in the ER-you can easily kill a patient in the