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Thread necromancy, but I'll bite. I was hired as an ER nurse after graduation last April and was recently hired as a clinical research coordinator for Emergency Medicine. My time in emergency was critical to my application, but I was able to draw on ...

As a follow-up to my original post, I have been working in this position for about a week and a half, getting oriented to the role of CRC. So far I really like it - but WOW, is there ever a lot of paperwork on my desk (and I'm not even running a stud...

Any accredited BScN program will prepare you adequately for the CRNE. It is not an overly hard test. Important, yes, but not more difficult than any test you write in the program.

Bahaha I really enjoyed these - shared to my PP buddies! In particular I liked the "night shift hilarious" and the MIB sunglasses... which I believe apply to all realms of nursing

My current peeve: "how long is this all going to take?" When nana's ABG shows she's severely hypoxic, or grampa's BSL is >30 (sorry that's Canadian, and crazy high), or little buddy is limp and breathing over 65/min. I DON'T KNOW, ask your crystal...

Thanks, I will be working for a major Canadian university. I found the job through their website. If you are looking for a similar opportunity, I would suggest looking to see what centers are doing emergency med research in your area and following up...

Pan, look at healthjobs.ab.ca. There are jobs everywhere at the moment. AHS suddenly decided it needs to hire more nurses FT. Can't believe it's only been 2 years since Duckett thought having adequate staffing was an extravagant request...

I heard a story about a physician conference from the presenter. One session addressing electronic order entry. An example of completely illegible orders was posted with the identifying information removed. One MD shouted out "Who could possibly read...

Upvote for Littmann Cardio III. My Master Cardiology grew legs after 4 years of excellent service, which I then replaced with a chocolate/bronze (read:SUPER OBVIOUS) Cardio III. My advice - engraving only helps if you can get close enough to identif...

When you're working as a nurse, managers don't care where you went to school. They only care that you're registered with CARNA.Go where you think you will get the best education. For me, that was not CBL-style classes.

Based on what you said, I will provide 2 points of advice that helped me tremendously. I am a new nurse working in emergency and place at least 5 IVs q shift. Often more. 1. Don't forget to drop your angle and advance the needle 1/4" after you get fl...

Hi everyone, I have a general question regarding how you dose your patients with narcotics. Frequently we'll get patients in acute severe pain (kidney stones, dislocations, low speed MVCs) in our Level V ED, and the docs often order analgesics like t...

We stock 10 and 15 mg/mL vials of morph. I don't know why the docs are so in love with 2.5 mg and multiples of same (5, 7.5 mg). The 10 mg/mL math is straight forward though. I have literally never pulled a 15 mg vial because typically if the patient...

Thank you for this post. There was a lot of food for thought here, and yes, since the culture is quite embedded with these orders (which I never realized were illegal) I think that I will need to be a lot more forward in seeking guidance from colleag...

My pet peeves are the misuse (or non-use) of paragraph breaks and semicolons. Nobody likes a wall-o-text, and periods are usually a better choice than joined sentences that could then be their own paragraph... Oh, I also tend to give up on walls-o-te...

People usually only question my experience if I need multiple pokes to get a line on them. Luckily it doesn't happen as often as it used to. "Is this your first time??"

One of our MDs won't see any patients until the doc's work area has been completely cavi-wiped, including the chair and computer peripherals. He also refuses to sit at any other computer except that particular one.

Pick up a PRN casual position in acute care and keep your day job. Problem solved :)

Thanks for that advice! Nice to hear it from pharmacy. The problem I am running into is that the orders are written with no frequency. The docs are leaving it up to nursing judgement to manage pain. I feel like it is important to aggressively manage ...

I was hired into my current position before I graduated. I worked there the summer before as a student.

My facility operates on 8 hour shifts. I like them a lot, especially because I have time to decompress and enjoy my family after work. We pull occasional 12's to fill staffing holes (for OT) but, by and large, we're here for 8. People complain about ...

What is the root cause of her problem? Start there.

We use the same tubing. There is no need to remove the end cap as it is "flow through". There is a chance, however small, of contamination if the end cap is removed or loosened - especially if, like me, that end hits things like the sink or garbage w...

Try home agencies like WeCare, Bayshore, etc. or even personal support delivered privately (check Kijiji). Jumper, I know how demanding the program is and I really encourage you to talk to peer support or the macewan student support Center not just ...

Our region had a great night out for all the ER Nurses. Free booze, free food, and some excellent entERtainment. It was super fun!