TexNurse

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1. Admitting Patients from the ED

   TexNurse posted a topic in Emergency

   I have a question. What is your admission process for timely admits to the floor. Our current process: Take orders over the phone or wait for the doctor to come in and write them themselves. Call...

2. CT scans and how long to wait?

   TexNurse replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for all the info. We pretty much did decide to change to gastrografin. Some of the docs- not long out of residency- had used it at larger, out of the area hospitals. They had great...

3. CT scans and how long to wait?

   TexNurse replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

   The problem is that I don't agree. I don't think it is good enough to say "oh well, its going to take 4 hours anyway" It doesn't have to. If you give barium, you can scan in 1 1/2 hours. If you...

4. CT scans and how long to wait?

   TexNurse posted a topic in Emergency

   I have an issue that I need help with. Our ED recently went from barium to gastrografin for CT's. Supposedly you can do a CT in less time, pt's tolerate it better, move patient's quickly....

5. Triage in the ED

   TexNurse replied to Horton's topic in Emergency

   In our ER, an RN is the 1st person to greet a patient and ask for the medical need. You do a quick assessment, triage in order of priority. We also do a paper care plan- something that was added...

6. Conscious Sedation Recoveries

   TexNurse replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

   So do you get patients back from EGD or outpatient procedures and recover in the ER? Just

7. Conscious Sedation Recoveries

   TexNurse replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

   Nope, when we send someone to OR or EGD they become an inpatient or an outpatient. They are no longer an ER pt. We do conscious sedation too, but we rearrange staffing so that the nurse involved in...

8. Conscious Sedation Recoveries

   TexNurse posted a topic in Emergency

   I have a question- when ED sends a patient to EGD, and the patient receives conscious sedation, do you receive the patient back immediately afterwards to do the recovery? Our hospital has started...