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I always did until I started working in a military hospital. My logic might be flawed, but it just doesn't seem necessary right now. If I go back to a civilian hospital, I will get a new policy then.

I messaged you just now :)

I work for MedTrust at NMCP. Feel free to direct message me with any questions. My department isn't staffed by Loyal Source (I think they used to be), but I assume they are pretty similar in how they handle things.

I've been looking in to Navy Nurse Reserves and I've been told only your years as a BSN nurse count toward your rank. I'm not 100% sure as I haven't yet talked to a recruiter, but I was told this by someone who recently commissioned into the reserves...

In almost 9 years of nursing, I've never attempted to aspirate blood prior to administering medications. I didn't learn to do that in school nor has it ever been a part of policy at any of the hospitals I've worked at. On that note, I have never seen...

Monitor tech who is a paramedic answers the calls and figures out which room they'll go to. Nurse or doc can technically do it, but the tech is always right there, so it's easiest.

I think it totally depends on the hospital as to what it means. Some places it's a float pool. Others you can even float between hospitals. I am in a labor pool spot right now and it literally only means that I am prn in my dept. I don't float anywh...

Let me get this straight - you're basing your entire opinion of all night shift nurses not off of any actual experience, but off of one complaint from one patient? Does that not seem a bit unreasonable? Then don't "do nothing." You'll have plenty t...

I've skimmed through a lot of the responses here and I just want to say one thing: To the OP - You are right, it is NOT ok to scan meds that you are not giving at that time. I'm completely shocked that so many nurses with experience are advocating fo...

She will undoubtedly be exposed to male anatomy in her clinical training and later in practice. One of the skills nurses learn is how to do catheters on both sexes. Men can often get out of doing it on females, but I've never seen a female nurse not ...

I'm going to have to come to the defense of the OP here. I think many of you are not really reading what she's saying. She never said that verbal report shouldn't be given. Obviously there are times when a thorough report is necessary, but the point ...

1100-2300 is my favorite shift in the ER! You don't have to get up early and you don't have to stay up all night. I also like being busy because it makes the day go faster. At my job we would open 2 more pods at 1100 and then close them at 2300 so th...

I read through Jeff Solheim's pocket pearls, then went to a live course of his, and then did practice tests in the ENA book. I'd HIGHLY recommend Jeff Solheim, I think that review course was what ensured that I passed the exam. Good luck!

I did the RN to EMT-B course a Creighton and it was fantastic. The staff there are wonderful; very knowledgeable, helpful, and nice. I really wanted to do their paramedic program but its expensive and my state offers RN reciprocity. One of my co-work...

Being more contagious later in the disease process actually makes a lot of sense. If you think about how this disease works and how people begin sweating with fevers and bleeding from all orifices, the opportunities for coming into contact with infec...

Wow you guys carry a lot of stuff! When I hit the floor I grab pens, alcohol swabs and flushes. I have a small tote bag with other misc stuff like crit care and emergency references, extra hair tires, gum, phone charger etc, but I just throw that und...

I went through several until I settled on the Master Cardiology. I can actually hear stuff through it now! The Cardio III is probably similar, however the Master Cardiology doesn't have a bell and diaphragm, just one side. You can still hear everythi...

Yup, this is exactly what I would have posted. 11-23 is my favorite also! Home in time to sleep for the night and you don't have to get up early. Plus the shifts go by so fast! Love it :)

Omg that was great! Looks like so much fun!

I've seen it once. 34 beds. And it lasted a couple of hours!! It was a weird morning!

This is the single simplest and useful piece of advice new grads can take from this forum. Obviously we do a lot more than just keep patients breathing, but at the end of the day, and you're feeling frazzled, just look back and say "at least they're ...

Saw a guy with facial fractures being repaired in the OR. They peeled his face right down to his nose to get to the bones. Unforgettable.

Yep, you'd be crazy to pass it up. If ER is what you want to do, then you should jump on this opportunity. The chances that you'll find another ER job that's day shift is probably close to zero. You're a new grad, you'll almost certainly have to do a...

What a great explanation! Thanks hodgieRN!

Great sources, thank you! I'm switching to ED in the next couple of weeks, so I'm sure these references will come in handy at some point.