No way! Our management thought about that for about a split second. At my facility, if there isn't any critical care beds, the medical resident has to stay and monitor the patient. You would be suprised how fast a bed becomes available.
OO7Trauma replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency
My hospital may as well have no security at all. The few "guards" that we have are contracted employees that are instructed not to touch anyone. They spend their day telling me and others where not to park. Mind you, I work in a inner city hospita...
Our ED had about 48,000 visits last year. We are on track to see about 20% more people this year. We are a level II that see some trauma, mostly blunt. Most of our patient load is high acuity medicals and hearts. We admit 56% of all hospital admi...
OO7Trauma replied to Jim Rodgers's topic in Emergency
Hello, Due to the nursing shortage, ED's have really no other choice than to hire new grads. I feel that new grads can do very well in the ED. I myself was a new grad, and many of the best ED nurses that I know started off as new grads. The ...
Hello Everybody, I am an ED nurse in the Flint area. I have been in the ED for 8 years, the last 2 as a manager. I am looking forward to hearing more from the Michigan Nurses.