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allstudentnurses ASN, RN

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  1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    They'll change their tunes when they start getting
  2. Joining the team!

    I would also recommend this book very highly: Amazon.com: Fast Facts for the ER Nurse: Emergency Room Orientation in a Nutshell (9780826105219): Jennifer Buettner RN CEN:
  3. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    I have had patients tell me they came to my hospital because they had been waiting at Grady for 18 hours, not sure if that's true, but I have seen Grady have 80 or more patients in triage at a
  4. Joining the team!

    Congratulations, now be ready to learn a whole new way or nursing.
  5. Why I'm sick of the ED

    I have to agree with Runner, I don't feel like I'm restricted in my E.D., I order a lot of things based on my nursing judgment and that is why I love the E.D. and will never work anywhere else unless...
  6. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Okay, I think I have the best one yet. Two days ago, a man came in via ambulance, chief complaint was he ran out of his prescription medications. Seriously, he wasted a 911 call on THAT. Why he didn't...
  7. Ring Cutter Question

    We use the GEM ring cutter system, works great for us.
  8. Ballpark pay rate for experienced ER RN's in Atlanta

    I work in the Metro Atlanta Area, have worked in downtown Atlanta and can give you lots of information about all the hospitals and pay around here, message me privately and I'll help you
  9. BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That's sooo
  10. That's why when I hand out pills, I ALWAYS tell them to hold their hand out, palm up and I drop the pill in their hand. If they drop it, they feel it's their fault and they find it themselves, has...
  11. Temps in the ER

    Triage checks the temperature and unless they've been running a fever we don't re-check it as
  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

  13. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    @ DeadHeadRN, you're lucky. I rarely get any paperwork from the Nursing Homes at
  14. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Had one the other night, had a "injury" to his arm, he came in via ambulance. It was a very minor bruise. He was triaged and discharged in all of about 15
  15. Fibromyalgia

    I personally make an effort not to care if the diagnosis is valid or not, if someone comes in and says they are having pain, no matter where it is, I do everything within my nursing power to resolve...
  16. How to warm IV fluids??

    Interesting responses, I've recently brought this up in my dept.; they're response was to submerge the bag in warm water until the bag is warm. We have a level one fluid infuser, but I was told not to...
  17. Feeling some heat after a nurse aid was fired...

    People who are angry / cause trouble for other people have their own problems / demons that they don't know how to deal with so they project / cause problems for others, that doesn't make them saints,...
  18. Blood cultures and antibiotic iv meds

    I have had MD's give antibiotics without drawing cultures many times, do I agree with it? Of course not, other hospitals I've worked at drew cultures on just about anyone getting antibiotics, but it...
  19. Blood cultures and antibiotic iv meds

    You could start having laboratory put something on the patients wristband (like a green dot) indicating cultures have been drawn, giving you the "green light" to give the antibiotics, just a
  20. Toradol IM Injection.

    I will typically give Toradol 30mg/1cc in the gluteal area, but I also give in the deltoid, but 60mg/2cc is too much fluid for the deltoid and may cause muscle damage. When you are giving a...
  21. ED Nursing Book recommendations?

    Honestly, I've got most of the books on E.D. out there and there are a few that are my favorites because they do a great job of giving you the "meat and potatoes" of daily E.D. work. They are: 1....
  22. triage question

    Disclaimer: I completely HATE working in triage...okay, had to get that out LOL... Based on your description I would say 4, but there are so many variables when triaging a patient such as what they...
  23. IV Gauge for CT

    18G is what is desired in my hospital, but they take what they get because there have been a few times we could only get a 22G. 18G is my go to guy, occasionally a 20G and rarely a 22G. The only time...
  24. Normal to feel so stupid?

    It's normal to feel dumb, slow, and inept... Over time you'll get better, faster, and (in my case) my memory
  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    I was going to say mosquito bite, because "it hurt", but I think pregnancy test beats that