ERNurse0417

I am both an ER nurse and a SICU nurse, and unfortunately I don't deal much with phlebotomist, but in the other areas of the hospital they are a god send. If you want to work in the er have you thought about a CNA? Good Luck,

Kolt, is there anyway you can email me one also. Thanks for you help.:bowingpur

I just transfered to the SICU and I still work in the ER, and I also teach a clinical on a med/surg floor. Someone the other day called me out on talking about the ER and saying we, becuase they thought I didn't feel apart of their team, but I do. I told them I am a we with everybody, because I feel apart of the whole nursing team.

OK so I don't know what kind of hospital you all work at, but where I work we are held responsible to know how to read an ECG, know about CVP, and MAP. It is kind of disturbing that your ER is not considered a critical care area. Think about it where do most of your patients come from the ER. I think before you try to decide what an ER RN doesn't know you need to work a 12 hour shift with them, and I am sure you will see what they know.

Ok you have a certain amount of rooms and that's it. We are constantly revolving patients sometimes we get patients with toothaches and other times we get a MI rolling through the door. When we get a bed and give report we have to get the patient up in order to prepare for our next patient.

steth around my neck with a roll of tape attached, and watch on my wrist, keys to restraints on my badge and keys to the restroom and breakroom on my badge. list of important #'s on back of badge. light flashlight attached to my badge.

4 pens ( my favorite one) and 3 others I could do with out 2x2 bandades paper about my patients gum money for soda roll of tape alcohol pads small gloves ON MY SHIRT hemostats clipped on with a roll of tape and my trauma scissors through the roll of tape.

Ok I have one I work 1900-0700 there is apart when the floors are full we move patients from the ER back there until their rooms become available. We very rarely use this area. Well one night we had to open it and I was stuck back there. I had 4 patients and placed them in rooms with doors and in the back so they would not be disturbed. The room right across from the nursing station the code blue button went off. Now the alarm doesn't sound really loud in the area but in the ER there are flashing lights in the ceiling and sirens. Out of nowhere I have 20 people busting in to help me with this code, and I am reading a book. MY point is there was NO ONE in that room, NO ONE near that bed. A few hours later it happened again to me. The siren never goes off if there is nobody back there but if there are patients its crazy.

I know they tell you not to use the dorsal gluteal muscle however I favor the right dorsal gluteal muscle??? If it is a small dose less than or equal to 1 ml i will give it in the deltoid??? Ask the nurse you are training with for some suggestions. If she doesn't help go to a nurse you trust and explain to her your problem. If none of these people help you go to the charge nurse, your educational person and so forth. I don't know why you are drawing back blood except that your aim is off. Good luck.