TraciRN

I work at a critical access hospital in Taylor Texas. We see around 35-50 people per day. Mostly ESI 3 but lately the acuity has been higher (covid) and our population is out growing our capacity. We lost 2 full time ER nurses retired and carrier change. Posted for 2 Travelers and 2 full timers but no applications yet. It's not a bad place to work. Any ideas on how to get applicants?

A little boy was explained the 0 to 10 painscale. He rated his pain a "Shark bite"...

I would love to help you Sue, but I think I heard my patient's call Bell.

Invest in a good pair of shoes.

I felt the same way, so I took NRP and PALS, then started studying for the CPEN and passed then took ENPC. all of these are pediatric certs. it made me feel less insecure, however I still get nervous with the truly sick Kiddos. I think its normal. Hope this helps/ Traci PS I would start with ENPC if I had to do it over its a whole kid course

Thanks! I had been kicking the idea of taking the test for over a year. I did the online review thru the ENA this summer with Jeff Soliem. He is great! But I got busy with life and stopped studying. Then decided to take a practice test in the CEN review book from the ENA only scored 104 correct and thought i needed 105. Finally decided to schedule the test and force myself to get busy. That tends to work for me. I took the remainder of the tests and listened to an audio CEN success set. Ended up with 125 correct on the real test but never got above 108 on the practice tests? OH but I did go over every rational in that book even for answers I got right! Good luck Sorry for the delay. The hospital I work at almost closed the day I took the test (What luck) so probably no bonus or raise for the Cert. Even though I am the only nurse in the hospital with it. (we have 10 ER nurses) Just happy to have a job for now!

Doing the "Happy Dance!" I passed the CEN today yeah!!!!!

OH I hope that is a joke about the sparrow's airspeed! I take the test tomorrow ugh! I may need to pick up a book on avian aeronautics!

Last ACLS instructor advised CPR compressions to the tune of "Staying Alive"..... or if its not looking good "Another One Bites the Dust"

THANK YOU!!!!!:)

Yes, thats what I thought too. It opened in March of 09. Diagnostic only, they see about 10 cases a week.

Update just heard from the ER director. We will keep 2 nurses at night, days will have 1 nurse and 1 tech at least for now.

Thank you Altra, I wrote a letter to the DON Wednesday and have not heard a thing. I just need a little feed back from other ED nurses. I keep hearing "we use to have one nurse back in the day" from other hospital employees. I am not comfortable with the proposed staffing change.

I work at a critical access hospital. We average about 15-25 patients a day some clinic type and some critical. We currently staff 1 RN and 1 LVN at night and have a tech off and on. Admin wants a 10% cut accross the board of all departments. There is talk of cutting the LVN to a 11am to 11pm shift. Our Docs work 24hr shifts and are sometimes hard to find at night, we do not have a RT department, some nights I am the only RN in the building, EMS has been encouraged to bring all pts to our facility no matter the accuity by our Cath lab director (Cath lab is scheduled diagnostic only, non-emergent). we have no security or even locking doors. I am seriously considering looking for a new job. Am I over reacting? Thanks Traci