E.R. Rookie

I had a pt with the admitting diagnosis syncope. What are some priority assessment for syncope? I chose the nursing dx, risk for injury, ineffective tissue perfusion What Im having trouble with is what I need to include in my nursing notes. I would l...

I did not go to school for years to open someone juice.

Think of the patients. Def look for another job. Suggest to her she use something other than Xanax, its obviously not working. Joking aside I am sorry your going through this it must be very stressful.

Its all about acuity these patients are stable and when they become unstable you call an ambulance. Thats where I would have to disagree with if u can handle 15 you can handle 5. 5 of what? Its sounds like the charting would be a real butt kicker an...

Everything you see! There is a flow sheet that is very easy to follow in my ER where you just make check marks by the drug. I chart like a maniac. Chart on the defense!

The primary nurse charts. Primary meaning whatever nurse is assigned to that room. You would be amazed at how quickly all the tests can be done with 5 people in the room. We call a priority one and all available nurses and techs are to go to that roo...

I could never do Med Surg. I dont know how you guys handle all those patients!!!! I like making my patients stable and moving them onto to someone else. The best part is if they are a lot of drama they are either going to be discharged or admitted. E...

I got to agree with Angel Fire. I don't do well with tantrums and probably would have told him to man up but hey thats just the ER nurse in me. I love to baby my patients but not when they are acting like spoiled brats. Were talking about an adult he...

They can do whatever they want but Im not going to enable them. Some patients are just stubborn/irrational and no patient teaching will help. Personally I would not have fed the patient due to being ordered not to. Either way it was a catch 22, so I...

Oh I am loving reading all these stories!

I have my ADN and Im doing just fine. I plan on furthering my education and letting my hospital help me out with the bill.

I applied with HCA online website

I lost my first patient last night. I cant help but ask myself if I missed something or did something wrong? He was over 80 and emaciated is probably not a strong enough word. I still feel guilt. I hope that i charted everything. One of the great thi...

Neither. I make the same as my co-workers with an ADN and a degree from community college

Thats awesome! Someone who will know and understand your stress at home. Very cool!

No its not stupid of you. I hate hate getting up in the mornings so I work 7p to 7a. It is totally messing me up. I have been in some sort of a funk since I moved 1200 miles from home and I dont get out of bed till 5pm sometimes 8pm. Everything is cl...

If I cared about my patients like I care about my family I would be emotionally drained. Which would lead to burn out pretty quickly. I do my job and have a lot of respect for my profession as well as other nurses. What amazes me is when a nurse is d...

I have to say that being an ER nurse is not what I thought it would be. I often feel as if Im working in a clinic. The "rush" that you are talking about does not happen all that often. Of course there are different levels of ERs. It is hard to get o...

I did Kaplan online but I did 150-200 questions a day. I liked the tutor mode because if I got it wrong I could read why.

That is BS and you need to call your recruiter. In our orientation they gave us a list of about 5 people to call if theres an issue. I feel for you and you sound very strong. Im sure you can get thru it but you dont need to. You could easily burn out...

Nevermind I just found out I passed. Yahhhhhhhh!

I passed lalalalalala. I dont know how I thought I missed like every select all that apply! Wooo hooooooo.

People that are finding out they passed today, when did you take it? I took mine July 2nd and Im trying to figure out if Pearson is going to have them posted today. I finished my exam a little after 2 pm (started at 1pm) and its 1:36. The anxiety is ...

good luck Nure2b

Congrats Cetopr1!!! SO when did you take it?