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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
cccnurse replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....