ERJunkieBSNRN

ERJunkieBSNRN has 5 years experience and specializes in ER.

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1. Need advise on staffing problem and employee moral

   ERJunkieBSNRN replied to TracieRN's topic in Emergency

   Traci, Your ED sounds almost identical to the one I work in and we have the same issues. We have 17 beds and a trauma bay w/ 2 beds. One thing that I think will really help is to have add'l support staff. We have one medic who floats the entire ER...

2. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

   ERJunkieBSNRN replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

   The hourly nursing rate in NC is awful! Contacted three hospitals in my area and was told I would get paid 18-19 per hour as an ER nurse with experience....RN pay. Graduated in 2002 with 5 years of ER experience.

3. Anyone else with higher than normal volumes?

   ERJunkieBSNRN replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

   We have had a huge number of patients for the past month and staff has been overwhelmed, especially because we are short right now. We have been getting an increase in both the seriously ill folks and the people who are coming in for superficial thi...

4. ER Nurses. Read This!

   ERJunkieBSNRN replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   We have this posted on our bulletin board at work. :smilecoffeecup:

5. Hey ER, what takes so long???

   ERJunkieBSNRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

   Hey There, This is my first time posting and I would like to start off by first saying it would be beneficial for us all to spend time in different units to see the adversities within our jobs. I am an ER nurse, have only been an ER nurse but have wo...