nurse97mommy2000

nurse97mommy2000 has 11 years experience and specializes in Medical, Pediatric and ER.

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1. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

   Untold Stories of the ER........LLLLOOOOVVVVEEE it!!!!!!!!!

2. Restocking

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to EMSnut45's topic in Emergency

   At our facility our techs do the stocking unless we do not have one scheduled for that day. In that case we are suppose to stock our assigned rooms, but most often it is too busy.

3. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   One of the worst was when a girl was driving impaired on drugs and did not even see the man on the motorcycle infront of her. The man on the motorcycle was about 1-2 miles away from home when struck from behind. The man flipped over her car rolled ...

4. Admission Process

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to nurse97mommy2000's topic in Emergency

   I really need help on this topic. Can someone please let me know your process. I would greatly appreciate it. I am meeting with our committee on Saturday am and would like to have some ideas to bring to the committee. Thanks

5. RN at triage window?

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to RNintheER's topic in Emergency

   Hello All. At our hospital when a patient comes in the front door of the ER the registration clerk is the first to see the patient. They get the patients name and c/c. If the c/o is chest pain, difficulty breathing or even if the patient is bleeding ...

6. Terms we will not admit to using

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

   Withdrawal -- EMS picking up a patient Deposit -- EMS bringing in a patient DRT -- Dead Right There DRH -- Dead Right Here OTD -- Out The Door Code Brown -- You can guess this one:chuckle TMI -- Too Much Information Circling The Drain "They're on the...

7. Admission Process

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to nurse97mommy2000's topic in Emergency

   And I too wasn't trying to offend anyone either. I worked 8 yrs as a floor nurse, so I have been on both sides of the fence. Where I work we hear comments like "you have held this patient in the ER for 8 hours and now 1 hour before shift change you...

8. IV tips and tricks

   nurse97mommy2000 replied to kloock's topic in Emergency

   I have to disagree. I think you can be a see'r or a feeler when it comes to IV's. I am definately a see'r. If I can see the vein, even if it is a shadow I do MUCH better when sticking. Infact, if I can see the vein, I don't have to feel it to get a g...

9. Admission Process

   nurse97mommy2000 posted a topic in Emergency

   :confused:new here and i know this may have been asked before. our er has recently started "committees". i am on the admissions committee and was wondering if anyone could tell me what your admission process is? our tat (turnaround time) is not where...

10. Dilaudid Question

    nurse97mommy2000 replied to Y2KRN's topic in Medications

    I work in our ER and our dosing has been 0.5mg - 2mg. Our doc are still getting use to dilaudid. It is scarry, especially when you have a co-worker give it to a patient and the family comes out as the alarm is ringing with sats in the 30's. We try...

11. Computerized charting in the ED

    nurse97mommy2000 replied to Cindy Bruns's topic in Emergency

    We have been using MEDHOST for several years for documentation and recently upgraded to order entry. I love it. We have touch screens and it make the charting so much simpler. I actually helped build our MEDHOST to our facility specifications and ...

12. ER nursing in NC

    nurse97mommy2000 replied to awpanda_99's topic in Emergency

    Hi Amanda. I'm an ER nurse in the triad area approximately 45 min - 1 hr away from Winston-Salem. We have a lot of nurses come from the mountians to work at our facility, and there is a lot of nurses that travel the 45min - 1 hr trip to work in Win...