veetach

veetach

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  1. ACLS Question

    veetach replied to Stitchie's topic in Emergency

    ACLS is no longer a pass/fail class. It is the responsibility of the instructors to make sure everyone completes the course and is knowledgable upon completion. If you study the questions at the end...

  2. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    veetach replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    why are there so many ICU holds??? In our case its because of over utilization by the admitting docs. Some absolutely refuse to admit patients to med surg even though they are med surg patients. I can...

  3. NTG IV and compatability

    veetach replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    In a perfect world you can have a separate line for all critical drips. In my world unfortunately that isnt always a

  4. Tell me why you love/hate it.........

    veetach replied to CardioTrans's topic in Emergency

    why do I love the ER? I love it Because, as nurses, we can function fairly independantly. We dont need a doc to tell us what to do, we are trained and should respond before the doc gets to the...

  5. Taxi vs. 911

    veetach replied to susswood's topic in Emergency

    OR about 3 drops of 1% lidocaine. Same theory. It dies and floats up. We had a guy call an ambulance because he had a small non-repairable lac on his toe.... and then there are always those who come...

  6. Scripts

    veetach replied to Rain's topic in Emergency

    sigh.... we give them out also. Most of the medicaid people we give them to are smokers and paying $40 per carton for cigarettes :angryfire :angryfire I always make a point to tell them that they...

  7. Tonite was...tonite was...

    veetach replied to Stitchie's topic in Emergency

    sounds like my weekend!! And to top it off, the super duper clinical manager who is soo powerful and changes everyones schedules just to piss people off. "Forgot" that one of our regular RN's had...

  8. Bad ER experience...what went wrong?

    veetach replied to luv2yoga's topic in Emergency

    Stretch, I think you and I must work in the same hospital, only 2000 mi apart!! We also have to call in our CT tech, and we fax our results to Australia too!! only 300 beds in our hospital though....

  9. Eat Before You Get Here!

    veetach replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I believe that somewhere in this society of needy, greedy, demanding people, there is a law that, upon arrival in the ER for that "emergent" sore throat or finger pain, then you must do the following:...

  10. NTG IV and compatability

    veetach replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    If Nitro is compatible with the drug, I run them together. Especially

  11. How many visitors in the ED?

    veetach replied to twright's topic in Emergency

    One visitor at the bedside for an adult, two for a pediatric patient as long as it is two parents or one parent and a grandparent. We do not deviate from this policy if possible. We are already...

  12. Student In Emergency Nursing.

    veetach replied to Rav_810's topic in Emergency

    Be patient, Ray. It is a common misconception that because you are a nurse, you have no feelings. (for ER especially, we are perceived as seeing bad stuff so we must get "used" to it) It is normal to...

  13. RN signs for LPN discharge

    veetach replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    Our LPN's sign their own discharge instruction sheets. RN's do co-sign for their initial assessments though. We have awesome LPN's, some are better than many of our new

  14. Bringing the entire family to ER

    veetach replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    why do they bring them??? Because it is a social outing. It is so much better than staying home, maybe they will have an opportunity to see some blood or, even better, see the state police bring...

  15. Real ER vs TV ER

    veetach replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    I dont know about everyone else but our nurses do not have time to stand around and talk about this and talk about that, while the entire dept is is total chaos behind them. It also irritates me when...

  16. Hold patient wants to change docs NOW!

    veetach replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    my suggestion exactly.. It should be a discussion between the doc and the patients

  17. Question about Emergency Techs

    veetach replied to tmiller027's topic in Emergency

    I think the ER tech position has different duties if your Er techs are paramedics. Ours are not, they draw blood, do ekgs, splinting, strapping, bandaging, transporting to ancillary departments and...

  18. emtala question

    veetach replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    we NEVER call report when a patient is transferred to a behavioral health/detox facility. We discharge them and they are transported. Anyway, it is a COBRA violation not to call report, isnt EMTALA...

  19. How Emergency Room Nurses Really Feel!

    veetach replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    I am only annoyed when I have 15 people all screaming at me at the same time and 13 of them are demanding food, something to drink, a blanket, a telephone so they can call the entire neighborhood and...

  20. If ONE more person tells me......

    veetach replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    I have never heard of this ridiculous mindset. EMT's have their place pre-hospital and RN's have their place in the hospital, they are not alike nor does being an EMT make someone a good RN....

  21. The "Queen and her son" of Frequent Flyers

    veetach replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    we are in the middle of a major remodel too, and someone suggested a "hospitality cart" be circulated through the waiting room for those who have to wait. OMG.... what a friggen

  22. The "Queen and her son" of Frequent Flyers

    veetach replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    talking about weird patients, and FF'ers. I had an FF'er last week who thought his heart stopped while he was watching a movie, so he beat on his chest, not once but twice (he saw that on the TV show...

  23. the Subpoena Blues

    veetach replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Gldngrl, I dont think you are going to find very many "attorney lovers" in the nursing profession. Its just my opinion, of course, but I think attornies are the cause of the major problems in the...

  24. the Subpoena Blues

    veetach replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I guess I shouldnt complain about Lawyers either, my sister is one.... on second thought..... Yah I can complain!

  25. the Subpoena Blues

    veetach replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    so do their lawyers, they all belong in the same boat! :chuckle