Dragonnurse1

Dragonnurse1 ASN, RN

ER - trauma/cardiac/burns. IV start spec

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  1. 6 months in the ED -- should I "get it" by now?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to dee789's topic in Emergency

    Times have changed. You say a big, busy ED, what does that mean. I had 2 weeks of orientation on days per hospital rules (that were changed to 8 weeks later however if a nurse cannot function solo...

  2. No pain meds in ER??

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    I worked in the ER for just over 9 years and saw many overdoses but those that died did so not from the opiates but from the acetaminophen. Most died from liver failure some time after the fact. Not...

  3. good bye ER... maybe

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Ryan RN's topic in Emergency

    I guess I am weird because I went to the ER straight from nursing school and stayed until a severe latex allergy took my career from me. I miss it still and this is 13 years later. I loved every...

  4. Newbie in ER, feeling hopeless

    Dragonnurse1 replied to MsPebbles's topic in Emergency

    I spent 9 years, 4 months and 17 days in the ER before a latex allergy ended my career. I finished school on Friday and was in the Er on Monday the next week and never looked back but I thrived in...

  5. 0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Rude doctors are everywhere. Each one is different and each situation is different. I have never worked anywhere other than in an ED and never with a hospitalist only residents and admitting doctors....

  6. Med/Surg to ER: General work flow in ER at night

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ArrowRN's topic in Emergency

    I started as a nurse in the ER when 3 months after I turned 40 and was still going strong when I was almost 49. The nurses I worked with were primarily older than myself. When I began I was the...

  7. Med/Surg to ER: General work flow in ER at night

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ArrowRN's topic in Emergency

    I worked a little over 9 years on nights in the ER and many times I got to work to find that we had over 30 charts backed up, every room and every bit of wall space occupied and more patients coming...

  8. New ER RN- does it get better?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to kelbeth's topic in Emergency

    I fear for you that it will not get any "better" as far as the patients, families and sometimes other staff go but it can get "better" if you change just a little. I have been out for about 10 years...

  9. 1st choice for a fresh grad?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Chan891's topic in Emergency

    I am another one that went straight from graduation to the ED as in graduated on Friday and in the ER on Monday. I never left ER night shift until I had to due to latex allergy onset. If you know you...

  10. Trying to figure out what to do with my life

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    27 is not "too old" I started nursing school at 38. But being a nurse is a calling, a passion, a driving force in your life that you cannot ignore. Going into nursing because you cannot get a job in...

  11. Nursing Student does not like PCT job

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I too worked as a PCT while in nursing school. My program went year round so I only worked nights around my school schedule. I went the manager of the department that I wanted to work in after...

  12. 46 year old new nurse - Should I get a BSN?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This is only for you to decide but if it were me I would not start a BSN at this point. The BSN demand is part of the "everyone has to have the college degree" mentality plague hurting this country....

  13. Drug seekers

    Dragonnurse1 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with poppy cat and hppygr8ful. I live with 4 disks in my neck fused(2 separate fusions without total pain relief) and another herniated disk (going on 5 years) in my lower back, arthritis in...

  14. The Patient I Failed

    Dragonnurse1 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have had a few of these patients when I was in the ER. I have performed CPR on an elderly woman and have broken those frail ribs and I have listened to Doctors try to get the family to abide by the...

  15. Working in a Trauma Center but nervous about Traumas, advice appreciated

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    If this was your first trauma with uncrossed blood it is understandable that you froze a bit on the blood. Just remember that when the next one comes in. As far as the IV thing try to start as many...

  16. Advice for psych RN w/ new clinic job interested in ED

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ivyleaf's topic in Emergency

    I am not sure what you are asking but with that said if you want to go to the ED focus on the ED and leave Med Surg alone. Your friend was excited about something that is not in the norm and may find...

  17. Holds in the ER

    Dragonnurse1 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Emergency

    We are a Level ll and often had holds usually for less than 24 hours but there were times when we had patients for 2 to 3 days. It was not fun as on days a nurse came from the floor but on nights we...

  18. Some Days I Can't Stop Crying

    Dragonnurse1 replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    Best thing to do is avoid the local news like the plague. I never watched the news when I was working (come to think about it I still don't watch) because it was too hard. Reach for the little things,...

  19. Clinic to ER

    Dragonnurse1 replied to hawksrn2014's topic in Emergency

    Go for it. You have your certifications already. You will not have forgotten everything and you will remember it quickly and learn everything else fast. Just let them know that you did your focused...

  20. RN that doesn't want to be an NP

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    Times have changed. My Mom and her friends thought RN meant Real Nurse. I laughed so hard at her when I graduated and she told me that she was proud that I was a real nurse (RN). In my area there are...

  21. The Three Types of Nurses (and why it's important you know which one you are)

    Dragonnurse1 replied to rnk123's topic in Emergency

    9 yrs and 4 months and I never would have left the ER if it had not been for a latex allergy. Yes I was a runner (no attention disorder), I was a thinker - my first overdose was a pyridium OD - but I...

  22. Thank you

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Glycerine82's topic in Emergency

    What a lovely letter. He was undoubtedly a wonderful man. One of our greatest generation and I know he is missed and very much

  23. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    Dragonnurse1 replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! The tone of some of these posts. Talk about one of our biggest problems - Nurses eating their young. We are a contradictory lot. We want respect but are busy disrespecting others with different...

  24. How do I deal with the emotions?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Emergency

    I had an 11 year old child rushed into our ER in the wee hours of one morning. He had been discharged from a children's hospital just north of us after having had heart surgery for a shunt placement....

  25. first code/compressions

    Dragonnurse1 replied to buckeyeRNED's topic in Emergency

    Our crash carts were kept locked with a tie and they were never opened except during a code. When a new nurse came to the ER there was a diagram of each drawer and you were expected to learn them....