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  1. 5150 patient absconded from the ER........

    I am sorry that that happened. We are a rural ER without a psych facilty as well. But we have a few more beds. Our policy recently changed regarding 5150's. We were told by our hospital that we cannot...
  2. PBDS panic (long)

    I feel your pain, i hate the pdbs. I am a new grad and had to take pdbs during orientation. I sucked bad, I didn't put down enough detail about what I would do. Some of the stuff I had no idea and for...
  3. patient satisfaction

    We just had a big meeting about this the other day, Thankfully our current administration finally listened and we are getting a new group of docs in (the last bunch was horrible, 2 hours for medical...
  4. Starting Ed Soon

    As TazziRN said ASK QUESTIONS! As a grad and a new ED nurse I can't tell you how many questions I ask on a daily basis. Like today, I asked many questions because I was unfamiliar with something or...
  5. First full day in the ED...

    Lurksalot, I am in the same boat with you. I am a new nurse and am on my own now. I didn't get much precepting due to the staff shorted but I did extern there for about 7 months. It definitely feels...
  6. Rules for the ER (long)

    OMG these are so true! I had one of those days today! Thanks for the
  7. I live in San Joaquin valley in CA. New grad ip nurses start out at 19.11. When I take boards and hope pass, it will be bumped up to $28. Another hospital nearby pays $31 for new
  8. What is "orientation?"

    Our orientation is lengthy. We have 2 weeks of class stuff (hospital orientation, wound care, pain mgt ect. We Even got certified on peritoneal dialysis). The some of us have even longer class time...
  9. crzmomof3boys I know how you feel. Every time I even think about boards I get a little panicked. I have 4 books to study from and a couple of programs. I feel like all I am doing is studying....
  10. Kaplan, yay or nay?!?!

    I am taking hurst review tomarrow. Our school told us not to take Kaplan becasue of the problems in the past. The class before us had arranged for Kapalan to come to our campus. On the first day, the...
  11. Pinning Ceremony Music Suggestions

    "let it be" by the Beatles is nice. It's what we are using for our pinning ceremony. Also using beautiful day and I believe I can fly... Everything is so close to being finished I can't believe
  12. Arterial blood gas interpretation

    try this link:
  13. Aching legs and feet... Advice?

    I just plopped the j.rubios shoes into a search engine and didn't find nuthin. Ya got a website for
  14. Any one familiar with either facility

    I live near Porterville and have had a couple of clinical exp. at sierra view. It is a very nice hospital. The third floor is dedicated to valley children's, nurses are employed by valley kids (the...
  15. My sister suffers from trich, she doesn't feel pain when she pulls. For her its more of a tension releaser. Ineffective coping is a good one. Also realize some people eat the hair the pull which can...