UtErRnEmt

UtErRnEmt has 8 years experience and specializes in emergency.

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1. Fastaff

   UtErRnEmt replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

   I'll tell you my experience with Fastaff. I was supposed to have gone to work for them outside of D.C. I finished my notice where I was working and called the hospital I was going to to verify when...

2. A Mother Seeking Healthcare Career Advice for High School Junior

   UtErRnEmt replied to Psata's topic in Nursing Career

   PT, OT, or medical billing. no night or on call

3. What are your pet peeves?

   UtErRnEmt replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

   the wrong size bp cuff, if you have to manually keep the Velcro from ripping away, use the next size up. going to get a portable monitor or dynamap and it wont even turn on (you actually have to put...

4. if you could do it over again....

   UtErRnEmt replied to abiggie's topic in General Nursing

   RUN, DO NOT WALK away from nursing! If you are looking for a new career, investigate a business degree as the bean counters are the only ones with security in healthcare anymore. If you are...

5. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

   UtErRnEmt replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   A friend of mine was triaging a pt when out of nowhere the pt hauled off and slapped my buddy in the face. She was told by administration that she couldn't press charges because "it would look bad"....

6. getting walked on

   UtErRnEmt replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

   even if the person threatens to come after you

7. getting walked on

   UtErRnEmt posted a topic in Emergency

   after having a pt curse me out and than losing my temper, which i'll probably get pulled into the office over, i was wondering how management at other hospitals react in this type of situation. do...

8. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

   UtErRnEmt replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

   i had a manipulative pt come with a c/o vomiting blood so of course the er doc ordered an ng tube. i lubed the tube with lido jelly. well the pt refused to cooperate and wouldnt swallow and started...

9. Your One Best Piece Of Advice Please.

   UtErRnEmt replied to whitman's topic in Emergency

   don't tick off the ems crews. they can make your life he** and bring every pt they pick up to your er. practice stretching out your bladder for the time where you don't get to pee for the entire...

10. er visitors...a funny

    UtErRnEmt replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    nursingis4me i hope you dont plan on working in an er. without some type of sense of humor you'll be burned out within a year. as another poster said we're just blowing off steam so we can return to...

11. er visitors...a funny

    UtErRnEmt posted a topic in Emergency

    thought these were funny and true. add on if desired.... Alas, sometimes in the ER the family is harder to deal with than the patient. Here are some family member we all have seen in our ER: DOORWAY...

12. treatment of "vip's"

    UtErRnEmt replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    thanks everyone . maybe one day the vip's will open hospital usa that they teach us about in nursing school where there is extra staff in the wings to get us thru a brown nosing

13. Attention all ER Travelers!!

    UtErRnEmt replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    i tried travel nursing 2 years ago. i compared it to being in dante's seventh level of hell if that tells you anything. however if you decide to do it just remember the agency recruiter and the rep...

14. two questions

    UtErRnEmt posted a topic in General Nursing

    i don't know enough about legal nursing but maybe someone can advise. the manager of my department can read any email we send or recieve via hospital email. i would think this is an invasion of...

15. treatment of "vip's"

    UtErRnEmt posted a topic in Emergency

    how do other hospitals treat board members and their friends/family when they come into the er as a pt? i don't have a problem doing one on one care with mi, cva or other critical pts but i do have a...