Rena RN 2003

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  1. mandatory scrubs?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    our ER provides our scrubs.......standard issue navy blue drawstring pants and one pocket shirt. ICK. i buy my own in whatever pattern/color i

  2. Does betadyne contain EtOH as an "inert" ingredient?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to shaggy19710's topic in Emergency

    Msds??????

  3. new grad not happy in peds ER

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Bailarina's topic in Emergency

    :chuckle reality shock is a bit unnerving, eh? if you truly don't like ER nursing, i would start thinking about what you want to do but try to stick it out there for 6 months at least. i started in...

  4. more scrubs

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Paige Turner RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    http://www.tafford.com and http://www.allheart.com both have pants in talls, either cargo or boxer

  5. precepting in ER....

    Rena RN 2003 replied to jjbaby's topic in Emergency

    observe what's going on. ask questions. don't attempt anything on your own without checking with that patient's nurse. and have fun. :) i precepted in ER and LOVED every minute of it.

  6. How long does it take?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to moni rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i'm in ohio and graduated june 6. our paperwork was mailed to the board early the following week. i received my ATT the next week and tested on june 22. found out on june 24 that i passed. :)...

  7. Haldol IV??

    Rena RN 2003 replied to dabestrn's topic in Emergency

    ooohh, gotta love those B52 cocktails benadryl 50 haldol 5 ativan

  8. ER Arm Bands

    Rena RN 2003 replied to debx's topic in Emergency

    in our ED, the person that witnesses the consent to treat form is the person that applies the arm

  9. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    Several posters have asked me whether I think it would be all right to let someone expressing suicidal ideation leave the ER, even if they went on to commit suicide. My answer to their questions is...

  10. CNA's in ER.

    Rena RN 2003 replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Emergency

    we have ED techs that have either been trained as a cna or are current nursing students. we further train them in the ED with a 2 month orientation. skills/tasks include: blood draws (peripheral...

  11. Sewing your own scrubs?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    i don't know about anyone else but my mother sews almost all of my scrubs. she's working on a holiday batch for me as i type. (she loves me, i'm spoiled, yada, yada :chuckle) it started with a...

  12. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    this is the way things are in my little corner of the world. regardless of a medical or mental health diagnosis, if a patient comes into my ED either saying or having said "i'm going to kill myself,"...

  13. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    where are your statistics for this? how many different ER's and psych units have you worked? is this something you see in your unit regularly? i question this statement because as long as i've been...

  14. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    you're post would suggest that alternatives weren't tried before placing a patient in restraints. restraints are never used in our ED without cause and are always a last resort. you see, we follow...

  15. Censorship is alive and well

    Rena RN 2003 replied to huggietoes's topic in Emergency

    uggghh, what a horrid situation. i must say that my situation sounds like the polar opposite from yours. our NM is probably the "worst" for laughing and joking but at no time do any of us lose the...

  16. No Jobs?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to KristinWW's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :chuckle same at the school i went to. we had all the area hospitals catering lunches to the senior students in our last

  17. How many of you didn't pass the first try?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to JacelRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    jacel, glad to see you back to the board and posting. :) i took boards with my 2 best friends. we went through nursing school and did everything together. we had all our clinical assignments...

  18. What skills and qualities are needed?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to CarolineRn's topic in Emergency

    you must be able to think quickly. mere seconds in your assessment may be the difference between simple abdominal pain and a ruptured appendix. you must concentrate on the presenting problem all the...

  19. 1st CODE.....

    Rena RN 2003 replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you never forget your first. now i work ED and we see them roll in often and of course we have a few patients that code on us even though they came in walkie/talkie. doesn't matter how many times...

  20. etomidate

    Rena RN 2003 replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    ditto

  21. How many use needle system IV's still?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    nope, not

  22. noc's or eves??????

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Paige Turner RN's topic in General Nursing

    paige, go with what you want to do.

  23. But I have little kids!

    Rena RN 2003 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle this thread is a riot. has anyone ever not been inconvenienced by being asked to work when you aren't scheduled, regardless of the time of year or holiday? we have a set holiday schedule....

  24. Is your charge & triage RN included in nurse/patient ratio grid?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to KKERRN's topic in Emergency

    we have 20 actual rooms. we have 5 slotted hallway "rooms" and use our conference room for some psych type stuff. we have the ability to split our 2 trauma rooms to take 4 patients instead of 2....

  25. Is your charge & triage RN included in nurse/patient ratio grid?

    Rena RN 2003 replied to KKERRN's topic in Emergency

    our charge nurse takes a full load and is counted in the ratios. we don't have a triage nurse per se. when you walk through our ED doors, you walk into the main hub of the ER, not a waiting area....