I'm going to precept for the first time, and am excited and nervous about the new responsibility. I haven't taken the class yet, but was told to take it when it comes up again. My orientee is more or...
In the Corona/Inland Empire there's Corona Regional, Kaiser Permanente Riverside, Parkview Community (in Riverside), Riverside Community, Riverside County (in Moreno Valley), Kaiser Permanente Moreno...
RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency
I have to say, what keeps me coming back are the nurses I work with and the sick patients we see. You couldn't ask for a better team. And with all the various disease processes going on, it's a great...
Recently my hospital has been the subject of criticism in the newspapers and internet blogs and subsequently being investigated in the media. All the stories are very one sided, and not all of the...
RN in pink replied to imanedrn's topic in Emergency
My hospital streamlined our triage area a few years back. Patients are generally triaged within 5-30 minutes of being checked in by a nurse. They are seen by a PA or doctor shortly after that. It's...
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Patient in SVT, connected to cardiac monitor, EKG machine and the crash cart. Doctor orders Adenosine 6 mg slow IV push over 2 minutes. Needless to say, it didn't work. I wasn't the patient's nurse,...
One of the reasons I became a nurse, was so that one day I could become a SANE nurse. I have finally found a program that starts in January and am planning on registering. I am currently an ER nurse,...
RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Operating Room
It's so funny that you recognized me from this brief post. We do work in the same ER...I only hope for a change before we loose touch with the reason we became a
I've been working in the county ER of a level II trauma center for just under 2 years. I love the learning that goes on there and the people I work with. I am used to standing up to residents and...
RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency
I am so greatful for all these responses, they have truley validated my emotions. I spoke with my preceptor yesterday and did not get answers even close to these. He told me not to take it home with...
I can't get this situation out of my head. I'm a new grad and was only observing, but I feel such sadness. I watched as a teenager was pronounced dead in our trauma room after being shot multiple...
RN in pink replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency
Yesterday was my first day in the ED and was very excited to use epocrities for the first time. I bought the one year subscription. I was looking up a medication in order to find out over how many...
I am a new graduate RN who was just hired onto an ED. It is a trauma II ED and also the designated burn center for multiple counties. Since it is a county facility they see the jail inmates and the...