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  1. What do you NOT like about Cath Lab????

    wayover20 replied to wayover20's topic in Cardiac

    Poor Wayover having to ciphon through all of these opinions! I wonder what she chose to do...Inquiring minds want to know! So sorry....been working too much OT! Well check this out....I put in for a...

  2. Should BSNs be paid more?

    wayover20 replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ADN nurse and I have never had the desire to spend thousands of dollars more to get the BSN only to make 50 cents/hr more for it. I work in the ED along with BSN's and even one MSN prepared...

  3. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

    wayover20 replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    While I've never had to take call in the ED, it's not something that worries me at this point. I'm the single mother of a 21yr old that's pretty much "on her own" in that she works part time and goes...

  4. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

    wayover20 replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    I think if you can shadow some one for a day or so to get a feel for the place. It will also depend on what you do. Are you going to circulate or scrub? Do you want to be a first assist? And is it the...

  5. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    wayover20 replied to mhull's topic in Emergency

    I've learned that our CT bed REALLY DOESN'T hold anyone over 350lbs! I learned that just because you are independant at home doesn't mean that once you come to the hospital you still know how to wipe...

  6. Need advice/giving report to uninterested nurse

    wayover20 replied to ernurseafterall's topic in Emergency

    I agree, I was referring to ER nursing reports

  7. Funny Sign In Slips

    wayover20 replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I have flee bitus There'a a ball on my bag Virginia smells bad I'm vomiking and throwing out He fell and hit his head 2 days ago and we won't let him sleep All the kids have

  8. Techs Triaging

    wayover20 replied to tracelane's topic in Emergency

    Oh yea...And only RN's who have taken a triage course can do triage. And the course becomes available to you after 2yrs of ER experience. I guess I understand why....you develope a 6th sense and KNOW...

  9. Techs Triaging

    wayover20 replied to tracelane's topic in Emergency

    It won't happen where I work. Not even is an LVN allowed to triage patients. One otherwise very good lvn was recently terminated for triaging 3 patients because the RN's were "too busy". As recently...

  10. Need advice/giving report to uninterested nurse

    wayover20 replied to ernurseafterall's topic in Emergency

    While I'm not a supernurse I do not like blow by blow details like where the iv site is and how many sticks it took you to get it, how many family members are with the pt and bugging you, or reports...

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    wayover20 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Ok, get ready....I'm in triage and a pt comes in. He and his wife explain he just spent 3 days in another hospital for a kidney stone. His admitting doctor could never get the nephrologist to come see...

  12. ICU gets differential and not ER??

    wayover20 replied to jentenrn's topic in Emergency

    Well all I know is that our ICU nurses tell us "We hate to get pulled down there.....you all (er) work TOO HARD!" And they're right. So paying a critical care differential for ER is, I believe, our...

  13. i have a chance to triage...

    wayover20 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    Wow...I'm surprised a float pool nurse is even asked to try out triage. At least in our hospital, if you're not a "dedicated" ER nurse with all the credentials, then the only other person they would...

  14. ICU holds

    wayover20 replied to samie's topic in Emergency

    I know samie....I'm finally realizing that as much as I love(d) the ER, it has changed for the worse. And it's not just where I'm at, it's everwhere. I feel sorry for the newer nurses who really want...

  15. i have a chance to triage...

    wayover20 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    OOOhh you're scarey! It sounds easy until you're informed that the young boy complaining of pain to his "pee-pee" that you sent over to the waiting area was actually a testicular torsion that had to...

  16. ICU holds

    wayover20 replied to samie's topic in Emergency

    ER has been HECK lately and last night just as I came in to start my 7-7 night shift, a full arreast was coming into my assigned room. The patient "made it" but remained on the vent, drips all over...

  17. ER to CATH lab?

    wayover20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please bear with me as I am researching other areas to work....I've been in er over 20yrs, totally burned out now, want a change. Wondering about cath lab but I've never even been inside of one. I...

  18. Any San Antonio TX OR Nurses for Advice?

    wayover20 replied to Lunamara's topic in Operating Room

    Hello. I work in a small hospital in San Antonio and have been a nurse here for the past 30yrs. I am an ER nurse so sorry on that perspective. What I can tell you is the larger hospitals that are...

  19. Thinking about PACU

    wayover20 replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in PACU

    I have been an ER RN for almost 20yrs and am totally burned out. I have put in a transfer request for PACU hoping that will be what I am looking for. As a nurse for the past 30yrs, I can go down the...

  20. PACU Nurses........I'd like your input!!

    wayover20 posted a topic in PACU

    I'm on my last 15 yrs of a so far 30 yr nursing career, with the past 10yrs being in the ER. I need a change badly but don't want floor or clinic or home health nursing. I'm really curious about PACU...

  21. Thank You To All Nurses and Staff..

    wayover20 replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure the doctor won't bill for the 2 days the pt. wasn't seen...yea right. That response about not know what level of care you were expecting is a "canned" response that administration is pushing...

  22. PACU Nurses........I'd like your input!!

    wayover20 replied to wayover20's topic in PACU

    WOW! You must be a busy unit.....for them to go back to the ER! I work at a small (125 bed) hospital, the only one within many miles of another, and the ER is a zoo and getting worse. I've been an er...

  23. Burned our ER nurse needs new home......any suggestions???

    wayover20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an ER RN for the past 10 yrs, and I'm totally burned to a crisp. I have at least 15 more years to work before I can retire and desperately want a change. I've actually been a nurse for 30...

  24. Burned our ER nurse needs new home......any suggestions???

    wayover20 replied to wayover20's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the great suggestions and for not making me feel like this was a dumb post. I have nursing "in my blood" but the last few years has really made me feel so much more like the old timey...

  25. Scheduled sick time??

    wayover20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    New rules per our nurse manager say if you've already used 2 days sick time and the 12 month eval. time isn't up yet, no more can be used unless it is "approved in advance" by 2 weeks time. This gives...