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  1. On-call

    erjulie replied to CB's topic in Emergency

    We have call in our ER: two 12 hour night shifts/month, or two 8 hr week-end shifts per month, or one of each. It's mandatory, and we are not called in for "call-ins", only if acuity suddenly...

  2. psoriasis

    erjulie replied to meownsmile's topic in Research

    I use flax seed oil caps as a supplement, I have a mild case, but 70% disappeared after I started taking them...and I didn't know it was to help the psoriasis, took it for Crohn's (which also helped,...

  3. lidocaine for IV starts?

    erjulie replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    I've used lido multiple times in Endoscopy, where almost all is elective. No difference in starts, except where the vein is really tiny, then you can have some obliteration. We are going to start...

  4. Ketamine

    erjulie replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    ]undefined We do have separate peds guidelines, and have to re-cert yearly with testing...in our hospital, there seems to be a territorial issue with anesthesia re: conscious sedation. However, they...

  5. Charting Bloopers

    erjulie replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: the best is the 300 rabbis kvetching and davening til the fool patient

  6. Is it me.....

    erjulie replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    boy that's scary! I'd be afraid to carry a gun BECAUSE I'D USE IT ALOT! No, seriously...I worked in an ED where EVERYONE had to disarm at the door. Latin Kings put their weapons in one corner, El...

  7. loved ones in Iraq/Afghanistan

    erjulie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey- Does anyone out there have a kid/loved one in Iraq? I have a son there, and because he's himself, I don't get too much info back from him. I don't think he'll be coming out at the end of his...

  8. Should I even consider ED??

    erjulie replied to lesjen's topic in Emergency

    I go back and forth between the two...er and icu. it's two sides of the same coin. always remember when changing jobs, there's nothing written in stone that you have to stay. but stay longer than 2...

  9. Lingo

    erjulie replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    we use drt- dead right there or rfd really-f**** dead or (most popular in our er)- FN f***** nuts:D (respectfully, of

  10. Tele transports from the ER

    erjulie replied to Surfnurse's topic in Emergency

    QUOTE]Originally posted by EMT-JEEP In my ED, Nurses refuse to push a bed. I work as a medic and I tend to do all of the transports. To RAD, MICU, SICU, PICU, CCU, Angio, Cath Lab. Any medic, or...

  11. negative attitude

    erjulie replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    I worked in level 1 pedi ER- had a kid come in by ambulance that had sustained a neck lac when dad shut the window and it shattered. Kid was OK at the outset, but during the course of the ambulance...

  12. Your last day in the ER

    erjulie replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    My last day would have choice words, also, but I would have to direct them to administration, upper management, stupid er docs and units that can't take the patient now becuase the nurse is "on...

  13. Ketamine

    erjulie replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Hey- Use ketamine alot in ED for conscious sedation with kids- great drug, though they do get tachy, but no real compromise. However, when I was young and dumb, in a tiny hospital in Indiana, had to...

  14. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    erjulie replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    HERE! McHENRY COUNTY- CRYSTAL LAKE! (BUT ORIGINALLY FROM WISCONSIN, GO

  15. patient lingo...

    erjulie replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    LOVE THE LINGO... hAD AN ELDERLY WOMAN ONCE TELL ME THAT HER "AUNT MARGARET" WAS HURTING.. HAVE USED THAT PHRASE SINCE THEN WHEN SPEAKING WITH ELDERLY FEMALES THAT NEED A

  16. CT scans and how long to wait?

    erjulie replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    I think it pretty interesting that rads in Australia are reading your cts. It's becoming more common, I guess.

  17. CT scans and how long to wait?

    erjulie replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    Is there a protocol at your place for the contrast + reglan? That is interesting. We, too, have 3 hour waits with the oral contrast, and it's a bit

  18. New Grads in the ED (?)

    erjulie replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    Anyone who is a fan of Frank Zappa (actually anyone who can actually remember him) is a friend of mine. There aren't too many of us in the world, veetach! Who's the author of "Code Green?"

  19. New Grads in the ED (?)

    erjulie replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    New grads in the ER? Absolutely. They are excited, eager, and often put me to shame with their energy (and I'm pretty energetic). I have more difficulty with staff transferring in to the ER from...

  20. customer satisfaction in the er

    erjulie replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    We also have Press Ganey- what a crock that is! First, I'd like to comment on the poor person whose ED sees 135/day and fast track only on weekends...we see about 130/day and fasttrack is open from...

  21. pain in the ed

    erjulie replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    :) and that's exactly what i mean with "there but for the grace of god, go I" people have pain, whether real or really real, it's all the same to them I am lucky not to be in pain, addicted, drunk,...

  22. Things I've learned from my ER patients...

    erjulie replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    never trust that a virgin really is a virgin. always leave the door open, with you next to it... always strip your "psych" patients, and always strip your detox patients if they are coming in for...

  23. pain in the ed

    erjulie replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    we use the computer run sheet also, but unless the docs all get on the same page, and treat the pts the same, it makes no difference. I think it's not a hippa violation, because it's "continuity of...

  24. pain in the ed

    erjulie replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Hey all ed workers: all I can add about addictions is : there but for the grace of god, go I. and my family. I do try to remember this when they are over-running the ed. An interesting thing: we...

  25. Triage in the ED

    erjulie replied to Horton's topic in Emergency

    Triage must be performed by an RN, and in our facility, one that has taken our triage course, which is a review of the 5-tier triage method. ENA is promoting this method. I believe it's the State...