veetach

veetach

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  1. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    veetach replied to mhull's topic in Emergency

    I have also learned that when you are the only occupant of a single car MVA, its not very likely that the police will buy the story that you were the

  2. now i know when the flu season begins. . . .

    veetach replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    at least 8 today. I cant count the number in the past week. EVERYONE reminds us that there is NO flu vaccine available and they are in a panic over this. I often wonder if they knew that most of my...

  3. now i know when the flu season begins. . . .

    veetach replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    at least 8 today. I cant count the number in the past week. EVERYONE reminds us that there is NO flu vaccine available and they are in a panic over this. I often wonder if they knew that most of my...

  4. Philly Trauma

    veetach replied to trauma_junkie1's topic in Emergency

    sorry cant help you, I am in southcentral PA.. we feed Hershey med (Penn State University Hospital). :) good luck in your

  5. Philly Trauma

    veetach replied to trauma_junkie1's topic in Emergency

    sorry cant help you, I am in southcentral PA.. we feed Hershey med (Penn State University Hospital). :) good luck in your

  6. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    We are live on Meditech hospital-wide. I am on the implementation team for the new ED module, called "EDM". It is working well so far, we are set up for a 3 phase go live, and we have just started...

  7. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    We are live on Meditech hospital-wide. I am on the implementation team for the new ED module, called "EDM". It is working well so far, we are set up for a 3 phase go live, and we have just started...

  8. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    veetach replied to mhull's topic in Emergency

    definately "2 beers".. all of our drunks have only had 2 beers. Its like they have some club out there and someone has told them that if they only admit to drinking 2 beers then they wont get arrested...

  9. Telephone Advice

    veetach replied to SLPorterRN's topic in Emergency

    we give no medical advice over the telephone. period. Our registration clerks who answer our telephones tell people that when they call. It may be a rude and crude way of dealing with these calls but...

  10. Why am I an ER nurse again?

    veetach replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    why are you an ER nurse? Because the ER chose you. Because you CAN work for two hours coding a patient without losing your focus, or losing control of your emotions. Because you can take care of a 13...

  11. Personality traits suited for ER??

    veetach replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Emergency

    I agree with everything the ER nurses said above. I have been an RN for 10 years and 8 of those have been in the ED. I currently work in a very very busy 24 bed ER. -not a trauma center- we see over...

  12. Protocols in the ED

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    This sounds great! Our ER docs are not particularly excited, because they will be giving up that little bit of power, I guess. But they have no choice. What computer system are you

  13. Funny Sign In Slips

    veetach replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    here are a few that come to mind. Sometimes our triage nurses have to be experts at keeping a straight face too. "glubber prumbles" (gallbladder problems) "stomack ake" "I am her to have my told...

  14. JCAHO reqs for ER assessment??

    veetach replied to pkapple's topic in Emergency

    I am on an implementation team for a new computer program in our ED. Our hospital is currently on the Meditech system hospital wide and our program is called the "EDM". It is fabulous. Very user...

  15. Clinical Forensic Nursing in the ER

    veetach replied to dsczephyr's topic in Emergency

    thanks for the info, Denise. I have just joined the IAFN and am only 90 minutes from DC, so I will definately be attending that

  16. Ambulance pts in waiting room

    veetach replied to gotaluvtheER's topic in Emergency

    you took the words right out of my mouth!

  17. Ambulance pts in waiting room

    veetach replied to gotaluvtheER's topic in Emergency

    we commonly place non urgent ambulance patients in the waiting room. We live in a community where virtually every household has a med scanner, they know how busy we are by listening to the radio, some...

  18. Do any of you use PDA'S??

    veetach replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Emergency

    here are a couple of links. Epocrates is the best IMHO http://www2.epocrates.com/index.html http://www.pepid.com/products/rn/default.asp?product=RN&source=overture...

  19. 8:1 ratios in the ER???

    veetach replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    we have 7-8 patients per RN in our ED, but we dont have a "fast track" so, in some blocks of rooms you will have your average clinic bs patient. It can get hairy to have 5 critical patients in one...

  20. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    veetach replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    we do the exact same thing. If a female trauma comes in and we are in a hurry, our male nurses will put the foley in. But if it is possible, the women assist with pelvics and routine foleys. I dont...

  21. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    LMAO Dawn, I do the same thing. :chuckle "If you can walk on it then it isnt broken" :chuckle Greetings from your neighboring county, (Franklin County

  22. What is the most outrageous call or event you been on?

    veetach replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    I have had 2 outrageous experiences, neither of them good. #1 a 450+lb man who has been in bed for over a month, literally. Has not even been out of the bed to use the bathroom, came in to our ER...

  23. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    veetach replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    You girls are so right!! Susan, I am just about to take a small hiatus from the ER to go full time on an implementation team for a new ER computer program. We have been working part time on this...

  24. How do you get assigned patients?

    veetach replied to TaraER-RN's topic in Emergency

    we all have assigned blocks of rooms. 1:4 ratios in CA??? I should never have moved!! we have 1:7 or 1:8 here in PA. Pennsylvania is always 30 yrs behind the rest of the world.

  25. APLS (advanced pediatric life support)

    veetach replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

    You should be able to find both of these courses offered at your local trauma centers and sometimes even at local hospitals in your area. If you are interested in forensic science I would recommend...