Looking4Seaglass replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency
I am new to the site, and looking through there is certainly alot of non-nursing people throughout. You can tell who are nurses and who aren't, that's a definite. I was told about the site by a...
Looking4Seaglass replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
Functioning as a team is a great thing and our teams do so. I'm wondering when nurses start taking medics jobs or medics taking nursing jobs away from each other if attitudes about this topic will...
Looking4Seaglass replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
Well, we can agree to disagree then I guess. Being a licensed medic and being an RN are different. Don't get me wrong, I love our medics. But the licensure is
Looking4Seaglass replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
Yes assessing is a fat of life, but they are not legally able to then chart that assessment in the medical record. I have no problem either with anyone telling me something is wrong with my patient. I...
Looking4Seaglass replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency
At one time a hospital near me had a McDonalds as well in the lobby. Then, the Cardiac Surgeons and Pulmonologists took issue because it's a hospital for goodness sake......And fast food is the worst...
Looking4Seaglass replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
I think if you read the post. This Traumanursern meant and said they are not allowed to assess in their ER. Of course they assess outside of the hospital. That was not her/his point, inside they are...
Looking4Seaglass replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency
As an RN in the ER, we too have medics working as techs. I would never assume to walk into a medic's role with my RNBSN nor should a medic be able to walk into RN. My states guidelines do not allow it...
Looking4Seaglass replied to motivated2nurse's topic in Emergency
Brandylove, ED work is stressful and to be perfectly honest, sometimes tempers do flair, or there's the "cluster" mentality in my opinion at times. I have been on the giving as well as the...