cccnurse

cccnurse has 9 years experience and specializes in E.R. Peds, PICU, CCU,.

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1. How many visitors in the ED?

   cccnurse replied to twright's topic in Emergency

   Our ER is a small critical access facility with 7 beds, 2 nurses and 1 doc. We only allow 1 visitor with adults and maybe 2 with peds. We simply do not have the room and/or the people to play all the games the visitors want to play. Of course we usua...

2. Does it ever get easier?

   cccnurse replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Emergency

   When it comes to kids it never gets easier, after awhile you will be able handle the sting a little better. Myself personally, in the case of a pediatric demise, when I can't feel the sting anymore I will need to get out. I hope that day never comes....

3. Your One Best Piece Of Advice Please.

   cccnurse replied to whitman's topic in Emergency

   All of the above advise and more... Take care of the ones with breathing troubles first, then chest pain or bleeding, you'll have to assess which one of those is worse. Put the rash X's 2 weeks in the waiting room, they may itch for a while but it's ...

4. BEST trauma shears?

   cccnurse replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

   Avelox Shears!!! Oh man am I jealous. All we get from Avelox is boxes of antibiotics, and an occasional banana bread from Tim Horton's. Well I can't talk too bad about the banana bread... I almost got to see a smackdown over the banana bread once bet...

5. "IM doesn't work for me"

   cccnurse replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

   OK... Just wanted to get in here before the "righteous" did and start bashing us "bad" ER nurses because we also have the ability to assess BS. I agree with everybody so far. My experience has been that they don't think they are actually getting what...

6. Help me find the positive in this

   cccnurse replied to Faeriewand's topic in Emergency

   I work in a small rural ER 1 doctor and 2 nurses for both day shift and night shift. After midnight the RN isn't only the ER Nurse, we are also needed to be the code team, trauma team, IV team, triage nurse, lab tech, maintenance, security, pharmacy,...

7. blood gases

   cccnurse replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

   I have seen several different ways to draw ABG's I'll try to explain how I was taught to draw ABG's by a very respected Pediatric Intensivist, I almost never miss (not that I'm the best by no means) it's just this way seems to work. First locate a...

8. why did you go into nursing?

   cccnurse replied to nghtfltguy's topic in Men

   I wanted to be like Hef... I mean; come on... What other job allows/requires you to come to work wearing pajama's

9. How do you deal with female patients?

   cccnurse replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in Men

   Sal, nursemike nailed it. If I was to add anything, or anything that I feel helped me, was to loose any apprehensions about being a male in healthcare. I don't go to work thinking I'm a male nurse, I go to work KNOWING I am an RN, I received the sam...

10. Best ways to deal with the stress?

    cccnurse replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in Emergency

    You have to talk some of this stuff over with your co workers. Other nurses don't quite understand our sense of humor or frustrations. I have been lucky enough to have been able to swing my leg over the seat of a dirtbike since I was 6 years old. To...

11. Charm school for new RN?

    cccnurse replied to RNSurf's topic in Emergency

    I still say the best thing any "new" nurse can do is use "confidence" and "competence". All your co-workers know your a new nurse so fortunately for you they don't expect a lot from you at this point. So be confident in the procedures you have learne...

12. Am I in the wrong place?

    cccnurse replied to NurseFeelGood2005's topic in Emergency

    Only you know what is best for you to do. Not that I don't want to give you a straight forward answer, it's just that I personally don't work with you. As far as feeling out of place in a certain situation; we all have at some point and still do a...

13. What do you love about ER nursing?

    cccnurse replied to jollyjenny's topic in Emergency

14. What do you love about ER nursing?

    cccnurse replied to jollyjenny's topic in Emergency

    Pushing Narcan, killing their buzz. Pushing Versed, waiting for the snore. (then push the buttons to cardiovert) Watching an 80 year old man recover from Ketamine. Getting a hug from the little peanuts after giving them an injection.

15. Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    cccnurse replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    We as ER nurses do not need to justify ourselves. If your facility doesn't consider you a Critical Care Giver they are misguided. I don't care how many gadgets are attached or who attached them. Without us up front they don't get a chance to play w...