cccnurse

cccnurse

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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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  8. why did you go into nursing?

    cccnurse replied to nghtfltguy's topic in Men in Nursing

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

  9. How do you deal with female patients?

    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...

  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...

  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....

  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...

  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...

  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....

  16. Best Peds/PICU reference books???

    cccnurse replied to peds4now's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hazinski was almost considered a bible at the PICU I worked

  17. Incometent Doctor

    cccnurse replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I must rephrase what I meant I said. Or something like that. I didn't mean not to chart "Dr. Aware" after re-reading what I wrote that was what I said. I meant that you should not put in the pt's...

  18. Guys: How do you handle the female aggressiveness/possessiveness

    cccnurse replied to lpnguy26's topic in Men in Nursing

    The "game" is a trap your not trained well enough to play in and you never will be. Ignore the looks, be jovial in your conversations, DO NOT go near the flirting line. That line is crossed faster...

  19. Incometent Doctor

    cccnurse replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Document,Document,Document. I know you have heard all of this before, but it works. Do Not put any of this documentation in the patients charts you will be looked down upon. Talk this over with your...

  20. Dealing with death...

    cccnurse replied to RN in pink's topic in Emergency

    It does get easier; it doesn't get better. What helped me cope was becoming more comfortable with the thought of my own death and becoming comfortable with knowing that someday it's going to happen to...