MAISY, RN-ER BSN, RN

Anything that allows someone to pass in comfort is a good thing....they wouldn't need comfort care if they weren't going to die. Medications are not given to kill someone-I am not sure where you are working or how this has been presented to you but...

Picked Martha Rogers for a presentation to teach for my graduate class....wanted to kill myself! Actually, finding information (that is understandable and basic) is very difficult on this theorist. Fawcett has a book which breaks down all of the the...

Since we really didn't have a lot of information-I will blame the nursing home. The admission nurse documented family informed consent and refusal. An automatic trigger should go off under these circumstances in which the nursing home must has a ba...

The OP states that their belief is that healthcare is not a human right..... A nurse in her early 50's has been injured repeatedly during her career. One day she cannot more.....it is found that she multiple disc injuries which will not allow her to...

I can't even believe this thread is still viable..... It's been four years since I posted on this thread.... The reality is RUDENESS is not tied to poor people! ENTITLEMENT seems to run rampant regardless of socioeconomic status! And, most importa...

Georgetown's program is online learning; however involves set classroom time-you must be on the webcam and attend the class like all of the on-campus students. Online learning is hard and in my school there are no papers or tests that can be submit...

In case there are PAs or medical students perusing this site, I will also add that working in a teaching hospital truly opens your eyes to the standards (or lack thereof) by which all are oriented, precepted, or learn. As a nurse in a critical care ...

Look for an internship or externship at your local hospitals NOW!!!! Although you will be graduating, this may give you an edge as this is usually 3mos of paid training (not at an RN rate). Normally, this is something you could've done during your s...

I know you are in school and they are still preaching about the nursing shortage, but it does not exist in NJ! I know of nurses who can't find work who are experienced much less all of the new graduates who are leaving colleges every semester in sea...

" I wonder if this is something that will change with more prestigious and recognizable schools like Georgetown starting to churn out outline grads?" As someone who has taken graduate level classes at a private college, I can say without a doubt my c...

Hi everyone, Looking for any patient transport policies your facility may be using for critical patients..... do you transfer seizures with a nurse? with ativan? monitored? If so, standing orders? time table (last seizure) do you transfer patient...

Also work on a non-smoking campus; have smoked in my life-but was always cognizant of others and did not smoke around non-smokers. Glad I haven't smoked for a very looooooong time. That being said..... Smoking and so many other things are bad..... D...

While the RN has to answer for having the task done, the ancillary staff is to help facilitate getting it done. In the ER, clinical technicians positions are to do ekg, phlebotomy, and assist with patient care. If this person does not want to perfo...

Ancillary staff answer to you....plain and simple. Write him up as many times as it takes; refuse him as your staff member; report him to patient safety or risk management. That attitude, behavior and his actions are dangerous in any unit much les...

I'd like to believe it was just who they know, but it's obvious when I look at the new hires in my ER and they are all young with BSN's to boot! If you have a younger person, they are still so unsure of themselves: they don't question authority, the...

Everyone is going to block colors, because they can! It's an employer's market and color coding is more recognizeable to the patient. HOWEVER, I will say your bargaining unit should then push for everyone else to be out of scrubs! They tried this i...

Judge much? ED nurses can't pick their patients, they are sick maybe because of what they did, maybe because someone else helped them along to their states. Regardless of the reason, compassion needs to be part of your makeup. Family dynamics make...

Not illegal...also not surprising... Why should any facility hire any other nurse when there are so many looking for jobs in NJ. Let's face it, they still have to provide orientation to both; but will never have to pay for the BSN education. It's a...

Thanks for the reply, but the ambulance is a little wider than what my hallways can handle....should have noted intrahospital! :LOL

Congratulations on your job in the ED! Your nursing instructors may be concerned that you will not get what you need as a basis for nursing. While I agree that new nurses can succeed in the ER; I have also seen some pretty spectacular failures. I...

Thanks for the post, I just find it sad that we are so many in numbers yet due to the squabbling about what a nurse is-there are so many factions. Permanently splintered because a degree makes it that way. As for the education, the economic climat...

Was a tech... Was an ASN.... Now a BSN..... Soon to be MSN..... You can start in the ER as an ASN and be perfectly fine-you are an RN! While I agree the ASN is better at the tasks and hands on, it is important to continue your education. There is a...

EDIMS Piece of cake!

Nursing on the whole should be supportive, and push for legislation in their own states for ratios and patient safety. I would like to see the ANA, ENA and other nursing related organizations place a spotlight not only on safety through ratio, but i...

We have been practicing triage at the bedside with the theory that the pateint is safer with the nurse than in the waiting room. The nurses have revolted and truthfully feel that this compromises not only patient safety but their licenses as the pat...