craigrn4er

craigrn4er has 2 years experience and specializes in Emergency Room.

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1. Insulin drip?

   craigrn4er replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   If on insulin gtt we check FSBS every 1 hour

2. New Grad orientation

   craigrn4er replied to errneducator's topic in Emergency

   I went through a detailed ER Internship that involved time on the floor with a preceptor as well as time in class. To me, the class time was pretty much a waste of time with little exception. Most of the classes seemed like a repeat of nursing school...

3. The War with the Floors

   craigrn4er replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

   Few things really irritate me as much as feeling like the floor is dodging a patient. This seems to happen all of the time. We are actually working on changing the process in our hospital. We are working on a form that will be used for any patient be...

4. ED triage

   craigrn4er replied to fearful's topic in Emergency

   In our ER, the pt signs in with registration first. They get the name and cc. I really do not like this b/c I think the 1st person a pt should see is a medical type person not registration. They do however, let the triage nurse know if cc is somethin...

5. EMS abandonment?

   craigrn4er replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

   I am not sure who would have been responsible. Probably depends on the lawyer and who had the deepest pockets. I would probably lean towards the ER facility. My question is did the EMS not see the ST elevation on their monitor and tell the charge or ...