tigger86334

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1. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   tigger86334 replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   I guess you didn't read all of my message. I DID walk a mile in your shoes, I was a floor nurse before going to the ER. Can you say the same? Our code team is made up of the ER Doc, ER Nurse, ICU Nurse and RT. Not all hospitals have code teams ...

2. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

   tigger86334 replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   :angryfire Oh my Gosh... Just sat here and read all of this remarks. Just shaking my head. I have been an ER nurse for over 15 years and I started out on a tele unit fresh out of nursing school, I do remember what it is like, but it seems that the ...

3. Nurse Patient Ratios in the ED?

   tigger86334 replied to acutecarenp's topic in Emergency

   Our staffing ratio is really bad at the ed that I work in and seems to be getting worse. we have a 15 bed ED, staffed with 3 nurses, one doc. Per "state" one of the 3 nurses is a "triage" nurse which leaves our staffing ratio 7to1. Most of the oth...

4. Name Badges

   tigger86334 replied to melsay's topic in General Nursing

   Every place I have ever worked we only have our first names on the front of our badges and a last name on the back. Working in ER's for most of my nursing it only makes sense. We also never give a last name to any patient or family member even if i...

5. Green employees (nurses) in ER

   tigger86334 replied to JS_2BRN's topic in General Nursing

   scary!!!! i have been working er's for most of my career, but i started out as a floor nurse, worked my way to the icu and then into the er. just getting out of school and jumping into the er alot of people can get hurt patients as well as nurses. ...