ERnursing4me

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1. no more techs for us....

   ERnursing4me replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   I wish we could use more LPN's - we have 2 that rotate in Fast Track they are more or less the treatment/discharge nurse the main thing they cannot do is 2ndary assessments and these 2 ladies have...

2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   ERnursing4me replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   :trout: parent brought in 5 year old after midnight because the child had a bad dream and woke up

3. Emergency Nurses Week

   ERnursing4me replied to ERnursing4me's topic in Emergency

   this is straight from the ena website, but why not celebrate the whole dept, it is a team effort anyway;) sponsored by celebrate emergency nurses week™ - october 8-14, 2006 always ready, always...

4. Emergency Nurses Week

   ERnursing4me replied to ERnursing4me's topic in Emergency

   :balloons: Our WONDERFUL nurse educator has had posters up for well over a month and we have fantastic drug reps providing us lunch (and midnight lunch) and some "goodies", I think our EMS brings us...

5. Emergency Nurses Week

   ERnursing4me posted a topic in Emergency

   :balloons: Happy Emergency Nurses Week :balloons: :smiley_aa :bow: :smiley_aa :bow: :smiley_aa I hope you all get the recognition you deserve and the drug reps are good to you :chuckle...

6. Tips For New Grad ER Jobs

   ERnursing4me replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

   As a new grad starting in an ER, I feel I have learned more in the 3 months I have been with my preceptor than I would have ever learned in a general med/surg/tele unit. I think regardless of which...

7. How Do You Feel About New Grads In The E.r.?

   ERnursing4me replied to RN1263's topic in Emergency

   just4nurses, you mentioned "I'm going to school for R.N. also, and I want to be in the E.R. when I graduate, but I will probably have to put my time in on a Med-Surg floor and hone my nursing skills...

8. ER nurses...what shoes??

   ERnursing4me replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Emergency

   love my crocs but i also have the tripping problem with them. i love them but cannot wear them a full 12 hours, i have tried avia, easy spirit and new balance. what has worked best for me are the...

9. I C E......In Case of Emergency

   ERnursing4me replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

   we use ice in north carolina...not sure if it has ever been used but it is on my husband's cell phone and

10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ERnursing4me replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    amen!!!! if this is offensive to some then they just do not need to read it. if we didn't vent we would wind up in the psych ward.....:smackingf these people we need to educate are the same ones...

11. ER Checkmate

    ERnursing4me replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in Emergency

    You have time to search a book? Fortunately almost all of our drugs with special or specific info has been put on 5x7 laminated cards or in a notebook at each medstation....lot quicker (I am a book...

12. Stupid People Award

    ERnursing4me replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Guy drank OASIS (combination chemical cleaner - I think they said bleach and ammonia) - intentionally It ate a hole in his esophagus and he was throwing up tissue from his lungs and stomach, etc. We...

13. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ERnursing4me replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Kidney stone = real pain......real pain = emergency -----do not

14. New grad

    ERnursing4me replied to bluekitty's topic in Emergency

    I think either you are made for it or you are not. I graduated in May and started my new job in an ED July 10th, finally out of the classroom type orientation I hit the floor Monday with my preceptor....

15. Read the article about calling 911 to get seen faster???

    ERnursing4me replied to missboo622's topic in Emergency

    as a former 911 dispatcher i can verify that people honestly believe that is how to get seen quicker.... i argued (i know i shouldnt have) with an elderly lady one day that was constipated.... (she...