:welcome: to the wonderful world of E.R. nursing. You did do a good thing!!!! Let us all not just say it is the Silverback nurse it is any nurse that works in a specific area that has been there...
:balloons: Excellent point. I'm an E.R. nurse with experience in ICU also. We all need to respect one another and quit cutting each other up. We only have each other. No one else understands us like...
Don't let anyone make you feel that you have to give a medication you feel uncomfortable. Call the pharmacy and see what they say as well as consult the nurse manager for the unit on what there...
The last E.R. I worked in we had to do them on every pt. that came in. It was even reported to my travel Co. because I hadn't done one by the time the Dr. came into evaluate the pt. for possible...