dortizjr1

dortizjr1

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  1. Staffing and covid

    dortizjr1 replied to litbitblack's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Does anyone have an example of a PRN/Per diem staffing model that is working for their

  2. best practices

    dortizjr1 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello, I have a question for Operating Circulating nurses, (or any nurse that can point me to articles), the OR I work in has the practice of having OR RN's pull local anesthetic from a pyxis in our...

  3. Racist surgeon?

    dortizjr1 replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    True More or less what my parents taught me, though I'm not

  4. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    dortizjr1 replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I've been very interested in this topic, mainly because my hospital adopted a no hiring smoker/tabacco users policy several years ago. The policy actually states that new employees will be nicotine...

  5. Racist surgeon?

    dortizjr1 replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I happen to work in an ED in a community hospital in eastern Pennsylvania. I'm not too far from Philadelphia and not too close. I've had very similar experiences to what OP relates. It's not just a...

  6. Higher Calling

    dortizjr1 replied to guest449786's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a nurse in Pennsylvania and I was told many times by my instructors that nursing was a "higher calling" and that those of us who were there for a paycheck wouldn't make it through nursing school,...

  7. mens shoes in nursing

    dortizjr1 replied to RandomRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I hope linking isn't against the rules. I currently wear these when I work in my ED: http://www.skechers.com/style/76832/work-rockland-systemic/blk I'll rotate them out every few times with new...

  8. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    dortizjr1 replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I still consider myself new to informatics. I've been at it for a year and a half

  9. Application Systems Analyst

    dortizjr1 replied to MissRN11's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Ikarus7401 thank you for your insightful comments. I moved from Emergency Nursing into Informatics and because of my clinical and I.T. background I'm labeled a Clinical Analyst. Some of my peers have...

  10. Patients need a nurse, not a computer

    dortizjr1 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So does mine!!! The thing is part of a contract my institution has with a larger stroke center... so my ed doc will do the initial medical assessment, determine that the patient requires the attention...

  11. Anyone attend RACC's (Reading Area Community College) RN program....help!!

    dortizjr1 replied to michelle2369's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I also had 0 medical experience when I started the program. Never bothered working as a nurse aid during the program either. I have a strong I.T. background and maintained that type pf work part time...

  12. Anyone attend RACC's (Reading Area Community College) RN program....help!!

    dortizjr1 replied to michelle2369's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I graduated from RACC's RN program in 2007. It's interesting reading that nothing has really changed. One of my sisters graduated from Alvernia with a 4 year degree in nursing around the same time. We...

  13. We can't go on divert!

    dortizjr1 replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    The hospital I work at is 30 minutes from 2 level 2 trauma centers and 1 level 1 trauma center. These three organizations are substantially bigger than the hospital where I work and they routinely go...

  14. Help me find the positive in this

    dortizjr1 replied to Faeriewand's topic in Emergency

    At the risk of sounding very ignorant, what is and ER tech. I have a nurse aids in my ED and they do nurse aid tasks. An ED tech sounds like a person who does more than nurse aid

  15. Help, ER getting swamped.

    dortizjr1 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

    Yeah but what happens when the hospital is full? I work in a small rural hospital. We total at 150 beds and we've ended up holding patients in the ED for three days. The ED i work in has 20 beds...

  16. "IM doesn't work for me"

    dortizjr1 replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Ah... me

  17. who does your casting and splinting?

    dortizjr1 replied to cjthegreat's topic in Emergency

    Almost the same where I work. We dont' have ED techs though. The nurses do all routine splints (metal or ortho glass), the ED Docs may do more complex fractures or just punt those to the orthopedic...

  18. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    dortizjr1 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    How about nursing homes sending people who are hospice patients AND total DNR's to the ED because they are....

  19. Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    dortizjr1 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not trying to be smart here I honestly want to see what opinion is. How about an RN or an LPN that is infected with HIV? It's against federal law to ask people if they have it, but we have to...

  20. Allowing suicide vs. not allowing suicide????

    dortizjr1 replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a busy ED and we don't call an ethics committee. I have patients routinely leave the ED AMA or at least sign a voluntary limiting of treatment agreement. This past week I had several people...

  21. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    dortizjr1 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Emergency department

  22. is anyone else worried they are going to have a hard time finding a job?!?!

    dortizjr1 replied to glamgalRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hey Glamgal, A lot of hospitals seem to start recruiting in earnest between april and may. Well thats how it's been in my area for the last three or four years. I'm in Berks county, but I found...

  23. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    dortizjr1 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hated my first year of nursing school. I'm a career changer though and maybe it had something to do with that. I'd been a programmer analyst for 12 years and I found the terrible attitude of most of...

  24. is anyone else worried they are going to have a hard time finding a job?!?!

    dortizjr1 replied to glamgalRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Almost every hospital needs/wants med surg nurses. I know some students that had problems getting into specialty nursing, but out of the 80 people I graduated with, 95% acquired med-surg with no...

  25. Lancaster General

    dortizjr1 replied to chester427's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    my wife started there with one year experience and is making $27 an hour including the