I_LOVE_TRAUMA RN

As usual, there is some animosity amongst the ER nurses and the ICU nurses at my hospital. We are a very large level 1 trauma center. The managers of both of these departments would like us to become more educated about the very different roles that ...

IMO if someone is that weak, then they should be NPO or at the very least a feed anyways. Very dangerous to be drinking thin liquids when you can't even scoot yourself over a bit to get out of the water- sound like you may be surgical to be. I find i...

that would surely explain all the bleeding though!

WOW, $18.80 for advanced care!? I made a lot more than that as a grad nurse, and that was in 1997, and without any specialty training or floating! I'm in Ohio, where are you? I had no idea that there are RNs out that getting paid such low wages! How ...

yeah it's so awful when resident's are left dirty for more than a few minutes...nothing upsets me more! I would like to make those caregivers sit in their mess all day. But as far as the shaving cream thing goes...almost all of us "old" nurse use it ...

yeah, but then you'd have to do it in the other one...dont wanna be lopsided ya know!

we do IOs & ABGs regularly at my job. We also do sq route for fluids now. And if we get certified we can do PICCs routinely, but no EJs. I have also started ivs in all kinds of weird places, (& the boob is a great place-very vascular if they ...

an EJ is a peripheral iv that goes into the external jugular vein

nope, we can't do them, only docs, PAs, and NPs/CNSs. Not in our scope of practice (ohio)

I agree, that's all I'm saying.. I don't let my chest hang out of my scrubs...not professional, & men shouldn't either. I wear a t-shirt so my breasts are very covered...men should have to cover their stuff up as well as well.

Just saying... The original question was how we think it LOOKS, and should it be covered or not, plain & simple. It had nothing to do with the risks of infection associated with shaving, & I think most nurses do not need a theology or biology...

Um... I didn't really bring up God or how he must have had a grand plan for our body hair, but anyway, sorry if I hit a nerve or something. You must be a. Either a man who obviously likes woman who don't shave their legs or pits, or b. A woman who d...

Sorry, but I decided that chest hair is more nasty than head or arm hair. And appearantly so did a lot of other people on this forum. It's BODY hair & it should be covered. And if woman have chest hair they should cover it too... Very unprofessio...

Yeah, I can see where not ever being able to breathe may make you a little controlling, anxious, and inflexible. I hate lungers, can not do a thing to help them... they are so sick and so miserable, and get absolutely no relief ever...as long as they...

Totally agree with these...but don't you mean 1 15-16y/o repeat GSW PER WEEK, lol

Call the pharmacy...they are your best resource

I believe you did do the right thing. & coworker of mine once had a addict pt. Who was in for a severe arm abcess from iv use. The docs put in an EJ...her and her mother preceded to go outside (without our knowledge) & use heroin...she OD'd ...

No, your right, we don't have 2:1 staffing; we usually have 4 or even 6:1 or more. I said that we have 45 beds, not a max of 45 like you mentioned. It would be a very, very slow night at work if we only saw 45 patients-try 245 and you would be a litt...

oops, I flipped the ICU pt:nurse ratio;most of the nurses have 2 patients, but several have 1. But the ER staffing is right, we always have right around 20 nurses on, spread out over all parts of the dept. Sorry about the confusion

Very strange concepts mentioned here...have not heard of this... We have 80 ICU beds and 45 ER beds. We have over 160 ICU nurses on at a time, and right around 20 ER nurses. Also, we don't swap responsibilities, we can all handle our own jobs. I wou...

Amen!! Then which ever staff member states to the md that the pt is "threatening to kill themself" will be met in the parking lot by a bunch of angry er nurses!!

I see some like to dip the tube in ice water to make the tube more rigid. I like to do the opposite. I soak the tube in hot water for a few minutes, makes it like a wet noodle & it will slide right down And just like everything else, it will get ...

I just wanna say that last night I saved the life of a pediphile who tried to off himself after his wife caught him molesting their 3 yo daughter. He will probably recover fine...that little girl NEVER will.I challange anyone here to do this without ...

This patient also could be receiving TPN right now, because they may not be a canidate for gastric/duodenal feedings d/t disease process, I'm just saying... If as you said the patient is "very old" then it is their time to go, why prolong it...what g...

Actually, in my state (and it may vary greatly), you do not have to have any ER experience before you take the CEN exam. Although I don't think I could have ever passed it without having a lot of bloody-up-to-the-elbows hands on experience!! TNCC, AC...