VICEDRN BSN, RN

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    Do you like ER or ICU better?

    And I remember this user from several other discussions I have had and she/he specifically stated that they worked ICU. (we discussed whether ICUs were more inclined to BSNs or
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    ER Personalities

    find i fit right in with an honest/blunt personality, a dark sense of humor, a compassionate and patient heart, a type A personality who isn't aggressive or hostile, (just naturally firing on all...
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    Unreasonable female 30 something p'ts

    Anytime you feel that the patient may be acting in a manner that is unsafe to herself or others, you should immediately ask her if this is the case and remind her that the "nursing process" requires...
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    Huge Dilemma...please help!

    Go to the interview. Pinning will be old news in a few hours but not having a job is something you won't forget and even if you do find a job a couple of months down the line, GOOD opportunities like...
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    Unreasonable female 30 something p'ts

    I agree with the last few lines here. Other than properly addressing their needs and listening to them, establish and maintain the proper boundaries. I think we all get "runs" of particular types of...
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    Vaginal Exams

    At our county boards of health here in Georgia, most paps and pelvic exams are done by RNs. The exam and the collection of the cultures is not, for any reason, reserved to Mds or mid-levels. I...
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    Floor Emergencies

    Ha! Our ER responds to floor emergencies. Most recent patient report we received? "I Don't know,we found her like this." wish they would have stated: the patient's admitting diagnosis, length of...
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    Saw this on Facebook. Felt the need to share.

    I have to say I sit on the other side of the aisle on this one. I was a patient once too and I sat and wondered why they weigh the babies at 3 am in the morning. The answer is because that is what...
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    One bad egg...

    Its the floor's cultural preference because their leader expressed that that is what this particular floor (among the few in the entire country) wants all of its RNs to wear. Not every hospital thinks...
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    One bad egg...

    In my opinion, student was probably darned if she did or darned if she didn't. If she had ignored the floor's cultural preferences for lab coats, she would have been called out for being a fish out...
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    ER handoff report to floor

    Who's patient care? Yours or mine? Why do you think they can get the care they need from me if you are just presently not available to take care of the patient? It makes me sick thinking that...
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    Ethical dilemma at work?

    Agree in total with this post. I am so tired of taking care of defensive patients who come to ER ready for a fight because other healthcare professionals have well, lied to them. Approach the topic...
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    ER handoff report to floor

    I think I understand better than most med/surg nurses which floors take which kind of patients because I have to send my patients all over the place. If it happens that I have a patient with an...
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    ER handoff report to floor

    In my facility, we use a fax report. Er nurses call to confirm that the unit received the report. We then give a few minutes to the floor to prepare themselves and then bring the patient up. I work...
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    maybe I wasn't being nice.....

    I agree with the poster above: You will not be HEARD if you speak so harshly. Further, I suggest that you focus on your own actions instead of the actions of others. If you decide to report to the...
  16. I heard verbatim from the office manager at my PCP's office that the office manager was directly instructed to tell the MAs to refer to themselves as nurses because only the term "Registered Nurse" is...
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    Reporting to ICU

    GM2RN: You took the words right out of my mouth for fiveofpeep. I know ED is well-regarded for IV access but honestly, if the patient is a hardstick, its going to take an hour! In my head, I was...
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    Reporting to ICU

    You know...I work in the ER and share my bed with an ICU nurse. We can go round and round about ER versus ICU. It really comes down to completely different personalites as someone here has already...
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    Inept New Grads?

    I think the answer to this debate lies in the OP's post. She or he went to the manager and the manager indicated that they saw no problem with the new graduate RNs. It is OP's "problem", not the new...
  20. I have to go against the trend. I am a new grad and I am either learning new skills for the first time or using skills often that I rarely used or had the chance to use in nursing school. Quite...
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    ER New Grad Hire questions

    I want to clarify something here: Not all ERs are the same. I am a new grad in an ER but its also a Level III. We see no virtually no traumas but still treat a variety of ER type complaints. I do...
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    New Grad RN taking a Tech Position?

    I have friends that are doing this *right now*. From what I have seen, you will quickly come to regret it. First of all, once you are on the schedule, the facility has filled an empty tech position...
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    Nursing and sexual orientation

    I imagine that you probably haven't spent much time working in health care yet. lol I have to be honest with you and tell you that, for the most part, nursing is a gay friendly profession in this...
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    LPN in the ER

    I guess it depends on where you work. My ED lets LPNs have their own teams of patients. They can't take any chest pains, possible stroke, asthma patients but they do staff our express unit and...
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    New Grad dilema

    I vote for you staying right where you are at. I have to tell you that we share some things in common. First of all, I am a new grad RN in an ED. I also work an hour from where I live. I am also...