KatERRN

that is happening right now in my ER and I am leaving in a month! our issue is also managment and we do have a new manager, but now we have all these travelers ( i love them cause we aren't soo short staffed, but its hard with a bunch of nurses who are not used to our hospital and don't know policy/procedures) ! its so bad i'm willing to give up my lovely day shift for a night position somewhere else!

I don't know if anyone lives in california, but in california there is this insurance (state/fed money) called mediCAL and it lets people go the ER for free and get all meds for free (basically free medical care all together), I definetly feel your pain, my personal favorite is the subjective fever or pain x 5 years. but i constantly tell all of my patients to go to their primarys and i give them all a list of clinics in the local area. on a better note, a coworker told me that apparently the gov is coming out with tv commercials about usage of Ers in orderr to educate the public and to hopefully decrease Er visits. but i consistently tell patients that if they come to the er with non acute problems they will wait in the waiting room for a long time.. i think it all leads back to lack of education

being an ER new grad is a tough job to start in, I know from experience, but I have had a very positive experience. anywhere nurses work, nurses make mistakes because nurses are human and i think everyone should try and remember that. My preceptor was amazing and i thank god for for 4 monthes with her, but honestly it gets really old constantly being criticized (especially when you are trying to get your work done and your preceptor would rather speak to you about how you aren't going fast enough). but yes, obviously you don't need to wait for the MD to order an IV on a patient who clearly needs IV meds or a route for meds incase something unplanned happens.