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  1. Samford University

    ecat81 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone heard anything about Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama? I know their program is fairly new but wondering if anyone out there has heard good/bad/in-different? Thanks,

  2. Unit Based Staff Educator??

    ecat81 replied to BSN2CRNA's topic in General Nursing

    We have unit based educators but they more fill the role of policy making and meetings than actually holding classes and providing up to date information. I think it is a wonderful idea if educators...

  3. EtOH Levels...

    ecat81 replied to Aneroo's topic in Emergency

    715:banghead: is the highest I have ever come across. Many times you have to check the anion gap because the etoh will be through the roof due to the patient drinking rubbing

  4. Informed Consent Dilema!

    ecat81 posted a topic in Emergency

    In the ED we have patients that undergo procedures in the ED and of course many that go to surgery. Many times the patients going to surgery do not see the physician until they arrive in pre-op....

  5. ED t-shirts Hilarious

    ecat81 posted a topic in Emergency

    Check out this site for some great laughs! I would love to wear some of these to work! Maybe when I decide to leave:rolleyes:.

  6. Shoes for the ER??

    ecat81 replied to TJG618's topic in Emergency

    I love Brooks shoes. They are expensive but well worth it walking all shift and hold up very

  7. Tell us about your ED ?? =)

    ecat81 replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    One thing I do want to ask everyone. Do you have locum tenems doctors or full time? Are they board certified in ED med? Luckily we have 8 board cert. ed docs and recently added 1 board cert. locum due...

  8. Tell us about your ED ?? =)

    ecat81 replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    I work in a not-for-profit 32 bed Level II ED. 8 of those are express beds but we have up to 8 other patients in the hall. We start at 4:1 but sometimes it goes 5:1 very rarely is it 6:1. In express...

  9. ER "One Stop"

    ecat81 replied to insatiable's topic in Emergency

    I work in a non-profit community hospital seeing 58,000 ED patients a year. This year the hospital has been hit hard by the "charitable care" given to the community. The hospital has for years let the...

  10. Patients who stick around after discharge/legal risks

    ecat81 replied to JKL33's topic in Emergency

    This recently happened to one of our patients on a night I was in charge. Except the patient was intoxicated when brought in and was about an hour away from his home. We exhausted every relative and...

  11. Emergency Differential

    ecat81 posted a topic in Emergency

    Was wondering if anyone else had an Emergency differential and what it is? We saw 57000 last year in a 32 bed ed. We have just found out we got a raise but administration decide to take away .50 of...

  12. Salary questions for AL nurses

    ecat81 replied to 12breakfree's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Medical Center in Dothan finally went up to 18.50 with still 8%/16% diff. ACLS is .50, Certification in area 1.50, Charge 1.50. Only unit diff in hospital is ED took .50 away down to

  13. dilantin

    ecat81 replied to bigmona's topic in International Nursing

    Just remember Cerebyx can be given 150/min but slower for women b/c it will cause outrageous lady partsl itching. And also on anyone if going to fast can cause

  14. 10 Hour Shifts

    ecat81 posted a topic in Emergency

    If There Is Any One On 10 Hour Shift In Their Ed Please Reply And Let Me Know What Your Rotation And Shift Times Are. We Are Looking At These Shifts But It Has Been A Struggle Trying To Get The Shift...

  15. 10 Hour Shifts

    ecat81 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We Are Looking At 10 Hour Shift In Our Ed. Is There Anyone On This Schedule? Please Reply With Your Shift Times.

  16. Our coworker wants to be the manager and we get to interview him...

    ecat81 replied to Freshman RN's topic in Emergency

    I Love another one bites the

  17. Triage Quailifications

    ecat81 replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    In our ED only RN's with atleast a year experience in our ED can triage out front. But EMS that comes in usually whoever has the room triages the

  18. Salary questions for AL nurses

    ecat81 replied to 12breakfree's topic in Alabama Nursing

    In the southeast region the base for new grads is a dysmal 16.50 and hour and hasnt budged in 3 years. This is a ridiculous wage considering that there is a definite shortage in our area now. We have...

  19. Emergency Room Charge Nurse

    ecat81 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    We get $1.50/h for charging and only selected nurses get to charge. We normally dont take pt's but at times on nights we have to take

  20. Protocols/Standing Orders

    ecat81 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    1. What protocols do you use. i.e. Abd pain gets a line, labs, etc, We have a Chest pain with meds listed, Fever with meds, Pneumonia with beeper alerts to charge nurse if infiltrate shown on...

  21. Protocols/Standing Orders

    ecat81 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    1. What protocols do you use. i.e. Abd pain gets a line, labs, etc, We have a Chest pain with meds listed, Fever with meds, Pneumonia with beeper alerts to charge nurse if infiltrate shown on...

  22. Protocols/Standing Orders

    ecat81 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    1. What protocols do you use. i.e. Abd pain gets a line, labs, etc, 2. How invasive are your pain protocols. i.e. Can you give an isolated extremitiy injury i.e. obvious fx get narcotics in triage....

  23. woe scenarios in ER

    ecat81 replied to davidppp's topic in Emergency

    Unfortunately making wireless monitors would be great except we had to quit buying remotes and phones (we now have the old huge phones in the rooms that have buttons but used to have the round dials)...

  24. Faxed Reports- Does it decrease length of stays in the ED

    ecat81 replied to MDRRAJ's topic in Emergency

    We are very autonomous in our ED. As soon as a pt is brought to a room we do draw a rainbow, send urine, get an ekg, start our bedside cardiacs, etc etc. We cant afford to wait til the doc sees the pt...

  25. Faxed Reports- Does it decrease length of stays in the ED

    ecat81 replied to MDRRAJ's topic in Emergency

    We fax our reports up to the floor and it works well for us. We call to confirm that the report was recieved and then the pt goes to the floor. Jacho stated to us that report was a courtesy. We fax...