VICEDRN BSN, RN

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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    VICEDRN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    Will add that the teaching attendings have recently informed me that new E Med guidelines do not include treating asymptomatic elevated BPs in the ER as it is bad policy (creates revolving door...
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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    VICEDRN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    Hee hee. Of COURSE I don't think
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    E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    VICEDRN replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    Hee hee. Of COURSE I don't think
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    All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    VICEDRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you need to be an NP to evaluate the issue. In fact, I think its helpful not to be an NP for two reasons: the first is that you can evaluate all of the different types of providers...
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    Vent. Should I feel bad about not picking up shifts?

    VICEDRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    No. You are not responsible for the problems that other people create. if the unit is short-staffed, its because the hospital administration have made decisions that make it an unattractive place to...
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    No more fun scrubs

    VICEDRN replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    Before I became a nurse and when I was a patient on the OB floor, it drove me crazy that I couldn't tell the difference between one type of worker and another based on what they wore and those little...
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    New Nurses Precepting Students/New Hires?

    VICEDRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    No idea what you are talking about...i live in the southeast and it is typical for nurses in my area to precept and charge after their first year. (though i have yet to see an ER charge with less...
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    Fired for giving Med late

    VICEDRN replied to Beaubou's topic in General Nursing

    I think its ridiculous to fire someone over one failed med pass. Absolutely ridiculous. Especially a new grad RN. As for the immediate concerns of the supervisor, I tend to agree that its more...
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    Labour and baby-catching in a small ER

    VICEDRN replied to flyingchange's topic in Emergency

    in my two years as an Er RN, I have had multiple precipitous deliveries. last one was 2 months ago. I have no insight. when they deliver, they deliver. be familiar with the location of the ob kit...
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    Last minute TNCC. Frustrated. Venting.

    VICEDRN replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Emergency

    two thoughts... 1. skip to the back of the book and review the scenarios. its the only way to study for the practical portion. 2. pay attention to the lecture for the written test. keep it simple....
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    cen exam pearls

    VICEDRN replied to RN1980's topic in Emergency

    Let's take a different tact then... I am thinkin about buying mo-metrix flashcards from ebay for the exam. Am not impressed by reviews for boswell's book and I own ENA book BUT like a real ER nurse,...
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    Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    VICEDRN replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In a word:
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I haven't forgotten. In fact, I am a bigger believer in new knowledge and practice then in experience. In my first post, I told the OP no one has the right to be rude to her and I have told you...
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Because viral fevers often peak in the evening hours. Patients frequently present to the ER with a temperature, get treated with tylenol AND the fever still goes up because...viral fevers peak in the...
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I stand corrected. its my second post (#23 in this thread) where I state in the last paragraph that the first patient didn't bother me. In another post, I also state it depends on the second patient....
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    At some pioint, it just gets silly. Like super silly. I was responding to someone asking me how long I have been around here. I never claimed any LTC experience and I never suggested that RNs in...
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    The same could be said for you since you clearly display a judgmental attitude about people you don't know that you read a few posts from but don't really pay attention to on the internet but I don't...
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    level I trauma center

    VICEDRN replied to tomjones200824's topic in Critical Care

    I understand that you can use your ER experience to qualify for CCRN. (This is frankly, information you could have learned by reading the requirements on their organizing body's website as I have...
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    Just Giving ya'll an update

    VICEDRN replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    Good for you!
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    Preceding Nurse Never Completes her work

    VICEDRN replied to bsnanat2's topic in General Nursing

    I'd refuse it. If you administer a med and its already been administered but not charted, its actually your med error and you will be the one talking to the manager about it. Thus, I would refuse...
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    why and how can people abuse the ER?

    VICEDRN replied to esunada's topic in Emergency

    Would like to point out that brainkandy is right: in the U.K., there is no EMTALA and you have no "right" to be seen in the ER. In fact, people are routinely turned away when wait times develop....
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    why and how can people abuse the ER?

    VICEDRN replied to esunada's topic in Emergency

    Will add if no one else has... pts with medicaid/medicare cards make no co-pay and have no consequences for seeing the ER doctor instead of the primary care MD that the government has optimistically...
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    What is the most interesting case you've seen in the ER?

    VICEDRN replied to BigDiesel's topic in Emergency

    3rd degree block on a patient with previous hx of renal failure and dialysis. we emergently dialyzed him and watched the 3rd degree block reverse
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    Waiting a year to take TNCC?

    VICEDRN replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    My er says a year's experience. Its our policy, not TNCC. Honestly, ER is quite intensive and there is enough to learn without stressing the
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    I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    VICEDRN replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I am sorry that you guys can not read what I have clearly written several times over. 1. I never said defy the doctors orders. I said ask for clarification. Go ahead and look back over my posts and...