flychick08

just a side note to the excellent explantation that flightnurse2b gave....the patient may develop respiratory alkalosis (i think) because they are very tachypniec in an effort to compensate for the collapsed lung (pain causes tachypnea,too). i'd sus...

hmmm...where to go after er nursing?!good question!!! i've been doing er nursing for 5 years and am starting to feel the "burn-out". i just started flight nursing and it seems like a very natural transition. ems stuff-100 mph with your hair on fire ...

glad to see nurses so interested in flight nursing! it's a tough field to crack. for those of you just starting out in nursing, i would suggest you do the following: 1)3-5 years of icu experience. know your swan-ganz, art lines,vents,etc inside out...

Nice. My first phone call would have been to the nursing supervisor or unit director. Second call would've been to the police. THE NERVE!!! People NEVER cease to amaze me with their stupidity. It was child abandonment...no matter what kind of spin...

I am so sorry this happened to you. The fact is....this didn't happen because of the fact that you drank. You were taken advantage of. People know when someone is too altered to consent to something, including this. This was absolutely not your ...

I had an 18 year old once who needed an IV. He had tatoos and piercings EVERYWHERE and freaked out when I told him I needed to put an INT in him. I asked him why he was scared when obviously he'd been exposed to needles multiple times in the past. ...

Yep....I feel your pain!!! Our hospital is building a new tower-6stories. The ER has seen the most growth as far as sheer pt. volume in the past several years and the ER is NOT going to be in the new building!! The nurse to pt. ratio is horrendous ...

you are right about agency nurses getting( and taking) the blame for all the ills of a hospital, floor,unit,etc. i just joined an agency this week. i figured if i'm going to get abused anyways, i might as well get paid better to take the nonsense f...

Geez.....I thought that was just my hospital that was in bed with their union. Union representation on the state level was a laugh.....they are indeed in bed together. Union reps in the unit (fellow nurses) were great, but their hands were tied.

I am so sorry you are going through this. I have been subjected to a very similar experience within the past month. I am(was) an RN in a community hospital ED with a total of 17 years as a nurse under my belt. I'd been in the ED over 3 years. I g...

It's too bad that happened. Most of the EMT's and Paramedics I work with are professional and pleasant. The problem described in your second scenario is this.....if an ambulance crew is called to a nsg home for a resp./cardiac arrest or distress, t...

Hey....I don't know where you work, but I work in a large city ED and you have multiple pts. and sometimes 50-60% of them are high acuity. And we are a well-staffed ED in comparison to most. We have a very low turnover because our director absolute...

Sorry....let me try to clarify that last statement. I mean that you very well may feel like you are in over head as far as pt. acuity, the demands of the pt.,the demands of the docs and your co-workers. They all aren't TRYING to make things hard...t...

Ok...I'm ashamed to admit it, but I initially went into nsg.school because I was madly in "love" with a gorgeous Italian med. student. Our plan was to graduate college and travel the world saving people. Yeah, it's goofy!What do you want?! We were ...

Actually, float pool is a VERY good idea! That way you can get an idea of what might be a good fit for you. Don't get me wrong.... I love being in the ED, but I would have been eaten alive if I hadn't had ICU experience first. If you really want to...

Yep...you're right. It is easier to get a job in an ER in most places. Why do you suppose that is? High turnover rate because they throw fresh-faced nurses into the lions den. If the trauma and general human misery of what rolls in daily doesn't ge...

OK...yes, "parametics" AKA paraMEDICS do get paid less than RN's. But guess what?? They have it ALL OVER nurses when it comes to field medicine. It's apples and oranges,pal. If you want to be a good flight nurse,ER nurse,etc. you'd do well to get yo...

So True!!!!

OK....you obviously are NOT a nurse or you are one and have been in a coma for oh,say,25years. Supportive families help grandma eat her lunch tray, don't eat OFF the tray. Supportive families help her get on and off the bedpan and help clean her up, ...

Hi. Hope I can be of some help to you. I've been a nurse for 16 yrs.,currently entering my 4th.year of ER nursing and LOVE IT! I too did a preceptorship in an ED back in the day and fell in love with the specialty. Been where you've been, so here's s...

Just saw this thread...sorry it's 2 months out. I've been in ER nursing for 3 years and have some friendly advice: 1. Trust your gut. As a paramedic friend once told me "if it doesn't smell right,look right,feel right, it probably isn't right" 2.Do...

Honey...I've been a nurse for 16 years and can tell you that it IS worth the aggravation, most of the time. Just smile sweetly and do what ever it was you were doing in the first place. Most people are too lazy or stupid to carry out with their threa...

How about when a patient comes in to the ED triage and gets huffy that they aren't taken straight back for toe pain that they've had for 2 months but all of a sudden its an emergency at 1:00am on a Tuesday morning and you have just had an arrest come...

Nice!! You think bedside nsg. is tough-give ER and prehospital a whirl:-)

Hi. I'm not sure where you are from, but I think as a rule you have to become pre-hospital certified(RN license, EMT and/or paramedic licensure); you typically are required to have at least 5 years of ICU and ER nurse experience. Also need to have ...