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  1. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    tiredfeetED replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    or dont use trauma scissors for cutting of tape from a 1yr olds hand...you never no what u might find missing! (story i heard from a er doc) still makes me cringe!

  2. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    tiredfeetED replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I know i will get dinged by this...but like another poster said, less careplans...tell you the truth i truly believe they helped me very little. I believe there should more on medicine. I had to learn...

  3. Phenergan Supp given to toddler; child dies

    tiredfeetED replied to Mom23's topic in Emergency

    wow... in the ED i work at, we tend to give phenergan PR often. With symptoms worsening as was described to you (vomiting blood?) There should be other intervention. The epi is pretty much out of the...

  4. giving iv meds

    tiredfeetED replied to HOOPS's topic in General Nursing

    I have a Idea......The DON has A RN lic. ..Page her/him to come over and push your meds...the DON can monitor these meds.

  5. ER experiences with cooking

    tiredfeetED replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    couple of days ago...(Not cooking, Feeding) a guy at 2am who had been drinking, went to feed his pet Snake...RattleSnake! As you can imagine..his judgement was impaired. Think he still in the

  6. Breaks in the ER

    tiredfeetED replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    Im charge in the ED..7-7p. I make sure everyone gets a quick morning break..because..lunch sometimes comes late.. The float nurse (if we have one) covers lunch and I usually break some nurses too for...

  7. Not exactly the Motel 6, but....

    tiredfeetED replied to FZ1Tom's topic in Emergency

    wow..I wish i could pull your post tom and show it to our pts...Our pts wait at the most...10-15mins. One lady waited 5 min the other day with a small lac, walked out because she waited to long..Your...

  8. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    tiredfeetED replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Cali..hospitals are saving money to pay OT instead of paying all of our trav. and agency. At my hospital there is so much OT that even the Trav turn it down...We even get double time on...

  9. Scary doctors!!!

    tiredfeetED replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry...but that one made me chuckle! I love to see new students or new hires in ED that freak out because the Monitor says VFIB, never mind the patient is talking to

  10. With an ADN can I be a ER nurse right out of the program?

    tiredfeetED replied to zlip14's topic in Emergency

    Although i spent one year working on a Tele floor as a Nurse Extern, I went straight to the ED out of school.... This is what i wanted from day one. I had only been in a ED prior to working there...

  11. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    tiredfeetED replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    As a profession, teachers in California are underpaid...they might have less days to work but remember just like nurses who have spent many years training..Requiring at least a BA with atleast 6more...

  12. 4th of July, no time and half

    tiredfeetED replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Two paid holidays for us...Christmas and Thanksgiving...Luckily i am off today and

  13. 4th of July, no time and half

    tiredfeetED replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Two paid holidays for us...Christmas and Thanksgiving...Luckily i am off today and

  14. nurse practitioner or RN?

    tiredfeetED replied to koan's topic in General Nursing

    Yes CA has Stanford Primary Care program and Davis Primary care programs that are PA/NP progams...There is a Track for BSN students that wish to aquire there MSN while obtaining there NP. These...

  15. nurse practitioner or RN?

    tiredfeetED replied to koan's topic in General Nursing

    Yes CA has Stanford Primary Care program and Davis Primary care programs that are PA/NP progams...There is a Track for BSN students that wish to aquire there MSN while obtaining there NP. These...

  16. Charge pay

    tiredfeetED replied to ikimiwi's topic in Emergency

    2 dollars per hour extra...here..surely not worth the hassle....Just stick me in the trauma rooms!!!! Today was my first time in 3 months not charge...just in a the trauma bay!!! A totally different...

  17. IV Toradol?

    tiredfeetED replied to OZ88's topic in Pain Management

    Toradol 60 mg IM is my life saver when i get a HA at work....I hate shots..but it works for me..Funny most of our frequent flyers are allergic to Toradol...I have yet seen one reaction from

  18. Triage Practices

    tiredfeetED replied to asapstat's topic in Emergency

    WAS I just dreaming?? That sounds Great! You missed out the part about the white pickett fence!

  19. IV in AC

    tiredfeetED replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of the other day when i sent a patient to the TELE floor with a 18 ga. in the hand...They said i was mean...They will thank me later when there pushing D50, Atropine ETC....lucky i...

  20. IV in AC

    tiredfeetED replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    If im not mistaken when someone is discharged who needs IV meds they usually come off the floor??? Where is there PICC? When puting in a line my attentions are to get a quick line in that will hold...

  21. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    tiredfeetED replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    1) No RN will ever laugh at you for education, you will never stop learning.. 2) In the ED i work on the Floor with Drs., FNPs, nurses with ADN, BSN and MSN/CNS ( the pay for CNS is not much better,...

  22. IV in AC

    tiredfeetED replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    Forget the AC..I love sending them up with a 18guage in there neck!! jk Took me along time to get a comfort level even starting a line in the AC...just something that sticks out from school was to...

  23. The loss of a doc

    tiredfeetED replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

    Yes..it hits home to often..couple of years ago a ER doc was killed by a drunk driver only a few miles away after getting off of work. Last week a ER nurse lost her 3 yr old in a drowning....that was...

  24. Residents

    tiredfeetED replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

    while talking with one of the ER docs about which doc to follow up with for my niece ...they ran across one doc in the phone book that works with other pulmonologist (sp) and they know for a fact...

  25. CT scans and how long to wait?

    tiredfeetED replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    by using water only...are times are alot faster...usually have there person back from CT after an hour if CT is not slammed..which it usually is..