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veetach

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  1. I'm sooooo tired!

    veetach replied to ernurse2244's topic in Emergency

    good question. Sometimes you want to just go outside and scream. Step away, just for a few minutes to regroup. I understand how it feels when everything comes at you from all different directions, try...

  2. New Grads in the ED (?)

    veetach replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    >>ER's are ER's. No amount of med/surg. prep will prepare one to be proficient in the emergency room, anymore than thinking that OB/GYN floor experience is necessary due to the amount of...

  3. New Grads in the ED (?)

    veetach replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    >>I think the issues that we see are the realities are nursing education these days as well as healthcare's state and are blamed on the new grad. It isn't the inexperience that someone didnt...

  4. New Grads in the ED (?)

    veetach replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    Lilgirl, I cant agree more. In the last year I have had a new grad RN start a Cardizem drip on a patient at 60 mg/hr, (he miscalculated the drip rate) and another new grad giving Cardizem had a...

  5. New Grads in the ED (?)

    veetach replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    I will try to stay off of my soapbox, but I dont know if I can do it. LOL I do not think new grads belong in any specialty area. I have only been out of school for 10 years but I dont think they are...

  6. patient lingo...

    veetach replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    HAHAHA.... in the case I mentioned above, bad glubber= bad

  7. patient lingo...

    veetach replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    Ok, here are a few from our area. I need to preface this by telling everyone that I am not native to PA. I am a westerner through and through, born in Montana and raised in Colorado. Move to PA after...

  8. fish philosophy

    veetach replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    I LOVE the Fish idea. I will be bringing it to my managers attention!! Pam, I almost did the same thing on our interhospital email. I sat there reading tons of emails about how this dept or that were...

  9. what are you doing with violence in ed?

    veetach replied to ellencrn's topic in Emergency

    we have "panic buttons" a silent alarm direct to the police dept. One in the triage area and two in the back at the nurses desk. Our administration has told our staff to use them if necessary. About 2...

  10. pain in the ed

    veetach replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    so, what did we decide was the answer for the original question of this thread?? drive through percocet window?? not a bad idea, but unfortunately illegal in my state. I think the whole concept of...

  11. The tortoise or the hare? How do your docs rate?

    veetach replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    I work in an ER that has 20 beds and we see 50,000+ per year. Those statistics alone tell the tale. Most of our docs are Hares. We have 2 or 3 who are tortoises but they are such good docs that no...

  12. LPN in the ER/ED

    veetach replied to Sarah Kat's topic in Emergency

    The administration in our hospital has been trying to phase out LPN's for the last 3 or 4 years. We still have a few, very few in our ED, and it is such a shame. I would match the LPN's in our dept...

  13. migraine faker at the ED!

    veetach replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    KC, we used to have that problem until recently, when our entire hospital campus was declared a smoke free zone. Now we can tell them that they can NOT go outside to have a cigarette while they are...

  14. Who uses scalp veins in babies?

    veetach replied to wandernsoul's topic in Emergency

    CougRN I am not sure where you are going with the article on IO's. Every PALS nurse knows that an IO is the last resort for access in a trauma or critically sick child. The child, in question on...

  15. medications: take home packs

    veetach replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    Can we add Vicodin to the candydish?? It seems like we hand out as much Vicodin as we do Percocet

  16. Who uses scalp veins in babies?

    veetach replied to wandernsoul's topic in Emergency

    OMG you dont want to do an IO on a conscious patient, if you can get a scalp vein

  17. What's your craziest story of the ER

    veetach replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    omg I have many stories: Once in the middle of the winter, I had a guy walk into our ED with 4 bandaids across the bridge of his nose and dried blood everywhere. He wanted me to call him a cab for a...

  18. medications: take home packs

    veetach replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    back to the original topic.... take home packs of medications. IMHO it makes my job easier, I dont have to count the narcs and they are already packaged. It helps speed up the discharge process and...

  19. ER Arm Bands

    veetach replied to debx's topic in Emergency

    our registration clerks put the armbands on all of our

  20. Who uses scalp veins in babies?

    veetach replied to wandernsoul's topic in Emergency

    I have worked in various ED's over the last 8 years, and have no problem sticking a foot. However I have only seen docs use scalp veins. If we cant get the IV in the ER, we usually leave the scalp...

  21. Flu epidemic?

    veetach replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    The flu has reached epidemic proportions in my area-southcentral PA. Our emergency room is overrun with patients with the flu. We have resorted to putting masks on every one that comes in with flu...

  22. CEN exam

    veetach replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    >>congrats on taking this next step to be a professional ED nurse. This mindset is exactly the reason why I have worked in the ER for 8 years and do not have a CEN. I AM a professional ED...

  23. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    veetach replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    In PA you can get what is called a "Pre-hospital RN" certification trought the PA board of EMS. Try contacting your states board of EMS and ask them. The PH-Rn can work prehospital just like the...

  24. Question about IV therapy....

    veetach replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    OH! LilgirlRN, I saw that happen just 2 weeks ago, it freaks you out doesnt it???

  25. Nurses rat on nurses

    veetach replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    of course, patient safety comes first. If I see another nurse making a mistake, I try to help them. If they are merely using a different technique than what I am used to, but the outcome is the same....