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    Just a question to understand the ER better

    hiddencatRN replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    Aside from allowing you to determine who needs a room first and who can wait (and for how long) triage levels are important in data gathering for research and
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    All the Nurse Residency Programs you ever wanted

    hiddencatRN replied to creative scholar's topic in Nursing Career

    There are a lot of different residency programs out there with a lot of different
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    "You take the BUS to work!"

    hiddencatRN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The OP is over 3 years old, so hopefully they've dealt with it by
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    What's in your pocket - ER Style

    hiddencatRN replied to Frizbeeboy's topic in Emergency

    Pen, phone, stethoscope, scissors, eye drops (for my contacts). I love taking notes on paper
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    New Grad Starting in ED - Advice on Good Assessments

    hiddencatRN replied to ecf1972's topic in Emergency

    We had an ankle injury come in once who turned out to have ragingly high blood sugar. Known, non compliant diabetic. Ended up being a lot more than an X-ray and
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    Immediate bedding

    hiddencatRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    We were given no training. To sit out at triage at my hospital you need experience, to be deemed as "ready", and to pass an educational program that includes a short preceptor ship. To in bed triage...
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    Certifications for an ER nurse

    hiddencatRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    Where are you getting 600 ml/hr for a 24 g? We routinely infuse more volume than that over 24 g IVs without issue in the peds
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    Good idea to keep job in hospital while in RN school?

    hiddencatRN replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you don't get hired where you work as a tech that experience will benefit your job hunt....plus it will give you additional experience in a patient care
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    Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

    hiddencatRN replied to rawlinz's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, those ads are all randomly generated. Why borrow trouble? You can flag it as inappropriate and go on with your
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    Good idea to keep job in hospital while in RN school?

    hiddencatRN replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Nursing

    That wasn't my class's experience. Working as a tech was definitely a plus for many in the job search. A lot of facilities like to promote from within, and I've seen several new grad RN programs that...
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    So...you've had a bad day?

    hiddencatRN replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My bad days aren't the days packed with back to back sick patients, they're almost always the days packed with entitled, healthy patients with vomiting times 1 eating McDonald's and oh I need a cab...
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    "I love my job monents" in peds

    hiddencatRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    I work in a peds ER that is normally pretty busy, although we do have our down times. The other night, we were having a pretty slow and quiet (yeah, I said it) night. To help out a coworker, I held a...
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    Immediate bedding

    hiddencatRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    They have a lot of the same objections the nursing staff does- mystery patients plopped in rooms who might wait for triage, inappropriate rooming of patients, is a little chaotic, doesn't allow for...
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    Just a question to understand the ER better

    hiddencatRN replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    Without knowing what else was in the waiting room to be see, it's hard to say. There are plenty of chief complaints that would need to be seen first. Waiting 15 minutes to be triaged is not a long...
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    Defibrillation question

    hiddencatRN replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it was a tube feed for a
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    I feel so dumb... I got flustered - about a patient in respiratory distress

    hiddencatRN replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    In the ER, you call a "Rapid Response" by sticking your head out of the patient's room and saying "I need some help in
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    Immediate bedding

    hiddencatRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    We do this in my ER, and as others have said, it works well when things are pretty empty and you don't really need to "triage" which patient gets seen first because there are so few patients they can...
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    Certifications for an ER nurse

    hiddencatRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    I work in peds, so I think I'm more tolerant of smaller gauges too (on some patients, a 22 g IS "large bore"). Better to get quick access initially, than to blow a couple attempts at an ambitious...
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    Growing increasingly despondent due to nothing but job hunting rejection

    hiddencatRN replied to georgevk4853's topic in Nursing Career

    Westi, OP has been an ADN nurse *since* 1984 and went to complete the BSN in 2010. OP's wording indicates that she worked from
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    Sample sched office daylight hours that include Sat

    hiddencatRN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Saturday is the end of the week everywhere I've worked, and with every other weekend commitment you work Saturday and Sunday next to each other, so it's one day from the previous week and one day from...
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    I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    hiddencatRN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. It's one thing to have a staffing emergency once in a while but when it's all the time, it's not an emergency, it's a chronic understaffing issue. Hire some of these new grads! Work on...
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    Rejected from ASU post-bacc nursing program, need some advice?

    hiddencatRN replied to rosesxforthexdead's topic in Arizona Nursing

    ASU is not the only accelerated program out there. I'd try to take some science classes to raise your GPA while applying to other
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    benadryl inj, in anaphylaptic shock?

    hiddencatRN replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    It's part of our standard anaphylaxis kit: we give IM epi, IV benadryl and solumedrol, and IV zantac after the previous 3 are
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    Polite Way to Turn Down a Job?

    hiddencatRN replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "I truly appreciate your offer, however I have accepted another position that is a better fit for me at this
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    Advice on Dealing With Condescending Nurses Need

    hiddencatRN replied to MotherRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd go with a combination of ignoring her attitude and directly addressing her repetitive questioning. I like BTDT's suggestion to just ask why she's asking you to repeat