atownsendrn

Heartattaq - The ER placement will be unlike anything you have ever experienced. It will probably be a combination of med/surg, ortho, surgery, trauma, L&D, post-partum, critical care, and OR. It is a never ending scenerio. The drama (for me) ...

Hug your brother next time you see him:kiss .... and your mother and your father and your sisters and your grandmother and your best friend. Because you never know when it could be your loved one. Stay strong Happy Student - you are going to be an ...

AMEN!!!!!!

I am a KSU graduate. I will just say that I learned what I needed to learn in the program. And don't think I would go through it again. I just don't feel like I got the clinical experience that I needed. Fortunately, I worked my way through nursi...

Look closer to home when looking. Acworth is only about 15 minutes from Wellstar Kennestone. Very busy, large hospital - but I loved working there. I learned alot and still keep up with some of my old coworkers. I would probably still work in the...

Hi there. We would love to have new nurses move to the area. Most starting pay for new grads in the metro area is between $17.00 - $19.00 per hour. Shift diffs are approximately $2.50 to $4.00 per hour depending on the hospital and the shift. Wee...

HI guys!!! Psych - See enough of it in the ER. I definitely couldn't do it all the time. Thank God for those who do!!!!! It takes every one of us to make the it work. Thanks to everyone for the job that they choose.:)

Hey where are all you ER nurses??? I know your out there.

Okay guys - I need some fresh ideas. I have recently began a new job as an ED nurse manager (in the same ED that I was a staff nurse in) Administration, of course, wants me to come up with ways to improve patient/family satisfaction. Because the E...

Just a few shifts ago I had a man come in the ER with severe (rated 10/10) epigastric and RUQ pain. He was pale and diaphoretic. Really sick looking. Heart rate was 35 in assessment. Needless to say I put him in a room and on a cardiac monitor. ...

Very annoying. Is this doc one that works at your ER frequently? If he is then you need to stop this "very annoying" habit quickly. Call him, tell him that he has a patient, and hang up. And smile sweetly when he comes to evaluate the patient;)

Good school. Work with a nurse that graduated from Georgia Baptist. She is great. There are many good nursing schools in the area. They might be the only one that requires three years of clinicals, but they aren't the only one with high NCLEX pas...

Hate tardiness. We have one particular nurse on nights that has a very hard time getting to work. It has always been a joke with the staff. But in my new position I feel like it needs to be addressed. I discussed it with her during her evaluation...

Welcome. Glad you could join us in our madness!!! About the essay - think of all of the wonderful experience that you have had as a stay at home mom that is relevant to nursing. You must be an expert in time management. You know your child developm...

very sad

We did it. We got move into our new ER. It is beautiful. Some things aren't necessarily functional and you can tell that a nurse didn't design it, but it's beautiful. And I'm glad its over. I am soooooooooo tired. At any given time during the m...

Don't give it anymore. Phenergan, Reglan, and Zofran

Welcome. And good luck with clinicals

Emergency Nurses Day is October 7 (I think). When is "your speciality" day? Does anyone know when Radiology Tech Day, or food service worker day, or medical record person day, etc is? Just curious. I think it would be great to recognize these day...

Okay - I give up. What is cddn?

There are many reasons to file and not to file. I have filed more in the last two weeks than my entire nursing career. Right now we have some really bad:( (and I mean really bad) docs (from an agency)coming through our ED. And risk management has...

Proud of you night owl. Hope you never find yourself in that position again!!

Proud of you

Let us know how it goes. Good luck

Who really cares if someone "higher up" knows what our finger print looks like. In GA, we are fingerprinted when we get our drivers license. But the Pyxis rep was very reassuring about the subject. She wanted everyone to know that their fingerprin...