danielleRN76

danielleRN76

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  1. On Call SANE 24/7

    We have 5 SANE nurses at my hospital. We have a calendar that we sign up for the days that we want to take call. We generally take 24 hour shifts, but sometimes take 12 hour shifts. We get paid $3 an hour to be on call. Being on call means being able...
  2. Dumbest thing a student/newbie ever said/did?

    I can't tell you how many times I have done this in my years of nursing. It happens all the time!! Don't feel bad.
  3. Dumbest thing a student/newbie ever said/did?

    I was precepting a new grad. We were priming the tubing for a pt's g tube feeding that ran via pump. This nurse said to me, "Why can't we just give this IV? Oh I know now, because it is too thick." She was dead serious. She kinda scared me as a nurse...
  4. Possibly Abused Young Girl

    Way to go for following through. You'd be surprised how accurate our gut feelings really are. I hope that she isn't being abused by her father, but something sounds not quite right. Nurses are in such a great place to be able to help others, not only...
  5. Demented Residents & Funny Comments

    OOOh, I have a few good ones back from my years in LTC. This one cute little lady, I got her washed up for the night, into bed, and I pulled the covers up nice and neat over her, she looked at me so seriously and said, "now don't forget to butter it...
  6. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    OOOOh, yesterday... Hypothermia 7 y/o Mom states she has had a fever for 5 days, tonight checked temp at 0300 it was 96.8 so I wrapped her up in warm blankets and brought her in.. um hello, maybe your child is feeling better????????
  7. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Today, no lie... Pimple, center of forehead. clearasil $1.99 ER visit $100.00 nurses laughter, priceless!
  8. Frequent Flyers in the ED

    Our documentation system has a pull down menu where we can see all of their visits and notes from each visit after 2004. we have a FF who came here last night for her 37th visit in 2007, plus we found out about 16 visits to a hospital about 15 miles ...
  9. Personality Type and Nursing

    ESFJ, I'm an Emergency Dept RN.
  10. I would still work, but definately not full time nights! I love being a nurse, can't imagine not doing it at all, but not feeling the financial stressors would make my life so much better!
  11. Happy Emergency Nurses Day

    That is really sad. it says a lot about what things are coming to in our profession, HOWEVER>>>> HAPPY EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK!!!!! Have a great one!:balloons:
  12. What do you like about your ER?

    Teamwork, autonomy, you get to know the docs pretty well and variety!!
  13. If your job went from 8 hour to 12 hour shifts...

    Where I work there are a variety of shifts. In the in pt units it's a mix of 8 and 12 hour shifts. Usually if you work 12's you do 3 a week for 36 hr full time. I had a hard time at first adjusting to the 12's but once I did, I love it!! The in pt s...
  14. A lot of places will require you to be on a rotation of some sort. Most will accept a day eve rotation. Most hospitals that I amfamiliar with actually have a harder time filling evenings than nights so that might be a big plus for you. I have battled...
  15. Anyone use Meditech computer charting?

    When I worked on the telemetry unit, we used it for all our order entry, Emar, labs, basically everything except the bedside notes, and bedside assessments. The admission was through meditech and the hospitalists entered their progress notes on it to...
  16. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    There's a nurse that I work with that tells us in report that a pt is alert and orientated times three. Makes my skin crawl!!! my other pet peeve, is heighth. Oh look we are about the same heighth! AHHHH! Not too many come to mind from patients thou...
  17. I just transferred a few wks ago to the ER from telemetry. I had a pt come in claiming to be having a miscarriage, she was 15. In her hx she stated having an elective abortion in the past. She was brought in by her 16 yr old boyfriend and his dad. Th...
  18. authorization to treat if pregnant and 15??

    The triage nurse took the hx, I was just kinda observing for this one since I am still on orientation. We went into the room where the pt was crying and stating she had been bleeding huge dark clots at home, much much worse than a period, so the nurs...
  19. Computerized ED charting

    We have a computerized system for documentation and labs, etc in our ER. The only problem I have is that it is not directly linked to the computerized program the inpatient units have (meditech). You can read the ER notes and such from inpatient, but...
  20. What do you *LOVE* about nursing?

    I love knowing that my job is important, and that I can impact and change lives. I am proud of a profession that challenges me, changes me and helps others. I never know what to expect. I love the fact that I am never done learning. If I could do it ...
  21. Views on New Grads Entering the ER.

    I think that new grads would be okay only if given a very, very exensive orientation. Some ED's have separate sections for acute and subacute in which case a new grad could move into critical situations over time. My ED is a pod system, with a mix o...
  22. What's your average nurse to patient ratio?

    1 nurse and 1 tech for 6 beds. Generally with this pod system they try to assign a good mix of acute and non acute pts, but that doesn't always happen. If you are the only one with beds open, you get whomever. It works out pretty well for us.
  23. Schedules

    That would be really tough, how could you make dr appts or anything? we get ours about 4 weeks at a time..
  24. Need counseling on a life decision

    My advice would be to take nursing school out of the picture for the moment while you decide. It sounds as though you are facing a huge change in your life no matter what... Trying to tackle school full time while settling into a new state, with a fr...
  25. Do you allow Tele patients to leave unit to smoke?

    No, no tele pt is allowed to leave the hospital to smoke. If they have demanded to in the past they have had to sign out AMA. It has only happenned a few times at my hospital that I am aware of. Usually it's the ones who really need a beer that are d...