raynefall

raynefall

ER then CVICU now

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  1. My sister is on life support

    Oh bless your heart, I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my
  2. Family members that work your nerves!!!

    I would have called security immediately. He went too far on that
  3. Documention in the Emergency Dept.

    We are doing this at my hospital also. They sent us an email saying that the stop time needs to be clicked off in a reasonable amount of time. Let's see, in the midst of all the emergencies, I suppose...
  4. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    When I worked night shift, day shift was much worse off in terms of the work, but I felt like a walking zombie all the time. My eyes felt like I had sand in them, all I did was sleep, I had no life...
  5. I have never in my life seen so many cockroaches in a place of business! I work in a huge and OLD hospital and I have seen cockroaches in the halls, locker room, stairwell, medication room and...
  6. Cockroaches are driving me out of the hospital!

    Nope, not if there are roaches in it. If I come across a picture of one online I start bawling. It is a true fear and I don't care to see them..... I get enough of them at work. We get alot of...
  7. My brain says no but my heart says yes

    Meg, You will never know if you can make it if you don't try it. The emergency department is not for everyone but it is meant for alot of us, and the only way you will know what your niche is is if...
  8. Free ER Care?

    I know it! I don't get the whole food thing. As soon as these patients get to the treatment area it's "nurse, I haven't eaten in 3 days." I'm thinking so? That's my problem how? Are you here for the...
  9. How long of orientation in ER is enough?

    Brand new nurses have to go through a six month orientation, they spend one day a week in class and the other three days on the floor. Seasoned nurses get about 4-8
  10. To echo others, it depends on what kind of student you are. I did not work while going to nursing school, nor did I have children, but I was still stressed and overwhelmed at times. I admire those...
  11. Strange diagnosis

    I get alot of seizure patients where I work and while most of them are real, there are a few people who fake them. I once had a patient who came in with seizures, whose husband babied her.... every...
  12. As long as you have life, it is never too late to do anything you want to do. Good
  13. Multiple Sclerosis

    Hi! I was diagnosed with mild carpal tunnel to my right hand with a ncv. Nothing peripherally wrong showed up on my left hand and my right foot which I normally experience pins and needles there
  14. Now why would I want to do that? If I have a difficult patient in the ED, I want them to be seen quickly so they can get out of there so I don't have to deal with them. I deal with some very rude...
  15. Multiple Sclerosis

    I am crossing my fingers and hoping that I do not have MS, but I am being worked up to rule it out. The tingling and slight numbness drive me mad especially when I feel the tingles creeping up my left...
  16. My mother had a stroke a couple of days after I was born and had spent a month or so in the hospital. She told me that one day during her hospital stay, she had to use the bedpan and told the CNA...
  17. LPNs glorified Techs?

    That is not true at all where I've worked at. The LPNs had their own set of patients and did everything that RNs did, with a few exceptions. Where I work now, the LPNs get the 7 set of hard patients...
  18. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani, Yes, unfortunately I do know where you are coming from. I am half black and half white, however, I consider myself black, and when asked I say that I'm black. Thankfully, I do not have that...
  19. Just a vent.....

    ^^^ She said it
  20. Faxed Patient Report Form

    I'll give you a pro about using fax reports, we no longer have to wait minutes to get the nurse on the line. We just find out who will be receiving the patient and fax the
  21. Why SHOULDN'T one smoke in Amsterdam?

    Exactly, no one has to know your
  22. I started out working on a post surgical/ortho floor, stayed there for 9 months and then left. Now I'm working in the
  23. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    I work in a post surgical unit, and unfornately, it's not rare to have 9 patients at
  24. Florida Board of Nursing

    ^^ Sounds like the CC I just graduated
  25. Florida Board of Nursing

    Here ya go: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/nur_consumer.html scroll down until you see NCLEX passing