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1. How long did you stay on your first nursing job?

   nurse/mom replied to Linda J's topic in General Nursing

   I still enjoy nursing! My first job was on a med/surg unit right after graduation at a city/county hospital. I stayed there 2 1/2 years. I transfered to the MICU/CCU where I worked over 5 years, then to the trauma ICU,then PACU/Day Surg. Total in tha...

2. ED nurse from Australia

   nurse/mom replied to Aussie Nurse's topic in Emergency

   Our ER in Colorado,nurses do pretty much everything that is ordered: labs,EKGs,splints,transporting to and from procedures,admitting,discharging,teaching,etc. I also work in the ICU where recently they started the RAT program which has helped with un...

3. emergency dept staffing with paramedics/emts

   nurse/mom replied to CTURNEY's topic in Emergency

   korn: I work in a Kaiser facility - recently we had to admit a patient that was initially triaged by AMR. The call was routed from AMR to our psych person in the ER who had the relatives bring in the patient to be medically cleared. The patient turne...