SecondGenRN

trekfan, the triage nurse assesses each patient and decides who needs to be seen first. Although someone may appear healthy or sick to you the nurse may have found something different after triaging them. Please trust their judgement:) Also if many s...

Last time I checked, I don't put in central lines personally. If the ER doc or intensivist wants to I'm more than happy to set up. HOWEVER, I will not take credit for a central line not being put in because the ER doc didnt have time and the intensi...

Favourite: cardiac and/or shock Hate: strokes

I started in the ER part time as a new grad... best thing I ever did, I recently took a full time position in critical care but plan to return to emergency when a job opens up

It sounds like your manager is thinking about her own staffing issues and not your career. I too am a new grad, I started working in the emergency department part time in Jaunary of this year. A full-time critical care/ emergency position became av...

Very very sorry to hear about your brother... I think most of the frustrations ER nurses feel is because we are not equipped to properly care for these pts. In my hospital, we have two psych rooms, pts may have to stay there for up to 3 days before ...

It seems we too are having an increase in psych admissions... our psych dept is closing 7 beds though... good times ahead for the ER!

Perhaps thinkertdm and PhoenixTech can sit in ER waiting rooms across the country and force pts to stay until they are seen...

Where were the guardian's/ people who brought the child in?? They would be the one's responsible for the child IMO. It the pt is an adult and is not in the WR when we call, we simply move on to the next pt. We call the pt 2 more times, if no response...

Hi all! There are so many threads on here about new grads being stressed and frustrated about their careers that I wanted to start a thread from a different angle. I love my job! I am a new grad who got hired in the ER right away and I have had the ...

I do the same! I'd rather chug it luke-warm in the first 5 minutes of my shift than attempt to reheat it in the microwave 5 hours later :wink2:

We have 4 IV tray's where I work. Each is stocked with cotton swabs, alcohol swabs, saline locks, syringes, tourniquets and various sized angios... we grab the kit by the handle, walk in pt room, start IV, return IV tray to nursing station... very e...

If you work in the emergency department, don't speak the phrase "you know what I've never seen? A (insert trauma here)" Not only will you see it within 10 minutes but you will be forever blamed for causing said trauma lol

ok I always pronounced it meh-TOE-pro-lol people I work with say it meh-TAW-prolol glad its not just me

And here I thought that only happened on Grey's Anatomy!

and here I thought I was the only one! It also happens frequently with my stethescope that I keep in my pocket... doorhandles and bedrails

Interesting... thanks for the reply

Hey Lunah Yes Im still in orientation for a couple more weeks. I pretty much do my own thing at this point and use my mentor when I need help with certain judgement calls or prodecures I haven't done yet... Definitely good to know that I have a few ...

Hi all, I'm a new grad who got my first job in the ER. I have been there for almost 2 months now and am SLOWLY gaining confidence. Last weekend though, I took a big blow to my confidence... I was taking care of the admitted pts in the unit. Two of ...

Me to pt sitting in triage: "Have you had any surguries?" Pt: "Yes, I had a hysterectomy 5 years ago" Me: OK. "So when was your last period?" Pt: "Oh about 5 years ago" lol

Then there's the always famous "oxygen stats"

Hi everyone:) I am a smoker too. Have been smoking since I was 13 years old (now 28). My longest period no smoking was when I had my daughter (quit for 14 months). I wish I hadn't started again! My most recent attempt was last summer when I quit ...

Thanks for the replies:) I will definitely stick it out, I'm not a quitter! Besides, ER is my happy place :)

I'm guilty of this one! I'm very picky with punctuation when writing by hand but I think I've picked up some bad habits with IM!

Hi there:) I realise this is a very old thread, but I had a quick question about ET meds... I was taught that the acronym for ET meds was NAVEL Narcan Atropine Vasopressin Epinephrine Lidocaine Is the other list an older version? I just took ACLS fo...