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  1. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    ernurse728 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    One year we got nail clippers....need I say

  2. 4 10-hr day workweeks?

    ernurse728 replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I hated the 4 10hr work days. In my opinion if I am already there for 10hrs I might as well finish the last 2 and have off an entire extra day a week. I worked 4p-2a and I also never got out on...

  3. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    Y2K - I am curious as to what kind of system you have for your fax report, guidelines etc? For instance does there have to be a return call to the nurse receiving the pt prior to the pt's being...

  4. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    Unfortunately we have a big problem in our facility with the floors saying that the bed isn't clean when it really is. That in itself has nothing to do with the fax

  5. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    Well Caroline...I am sorry if you have incompetent ER nurses at your facilty. I am however very competent and do know how to write out a fax report. Maybe your facility needs to come up with a...

  6. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    I totally agree Fab...that was a point that I was going to make in my earlier post. Not getting any help when we take the patients upstairs is a chronic problem. In our case we only have to take up...

  7. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    I am sorry that where you may work Carollady that you do not have secretary's. As for the facility where I work the floors do have secretary's, sometimes more than one. They are there to answer the...

  8. Faxed Report

    ernurse728 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    We use the faxed report system in our hospital. The way that it works is that after you have a bed assignment and admission orders you fax up to the appropriate unit...after that the nurse receiving...

  9. Conscious Sedation Recoveries

    ernurse728 replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    We absolutely DO NOT recover the pt's that go to endo...that is the endo nurses resposibility...once the pt's leave they are removed from the ED system and placed in as an outpatient. I will say that...

  10. cops 'n nurses

    ernurse728 replied to rachel h's topic in General Nursing

    I am married to a police officer....we didn't meet while we were working. But in my ER there are several nurse/police officer marriages as well as nurse/paramedic

  11. Embarrassing moments...

    ernurse728 replied to RoadRunner's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure if this is the most embarrassing...but it happened fairly recently....I have a very anxious women in our ER for abd pain....pt to have an abd and pelvic ct scan...walk into the room to...

  12. Crazy, abusive patient? What do u do?

    ernurse728 replied to Anagray's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can you say Ativan and leather

  13. Pregnant and working as RN

    ernurse728 replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your first baby! I can relate to what you are going through. I just had my first baby 6 months ago and worked in an extremley busy ER, 3 12hr shifts a week ( 12n-12mn ) up until the...

  14. Waiting Room Signage

    ernurse728 replied to willa76's topic in Emergency

    YOU CAN NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE ER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T CARE IF YOU CALLED