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  1. Do you have a nurse manager dedicated to the ED?

    MissERN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi! My question is this: Do you have a nurse manager that is dedicated solely to the ED, or is he/she also managing other departments? I feel that the ED is a department that needs a manager who...

  2. Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    MissERN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My grandmother had severe dementia prior to passing away, but she ALWAYS laughed about everything. Last week I had a patient that reminded me so much of her. She presented to the ED after a syncopal...

  3. ER VS ICU NURSING

    MissERN replied to Johnny1414's topic in Emergency

    Johnny1414, Your peers are sadly mistaken. You must realize that, generally speaking, in the ED you are starting from scratch. Your patients will arrive with nothing, and often they need many...

  4. Starting as an ER Tech, what do you nurses want from me?

    MissERN replied to NurseMaybeBaby's topic in Emergency

    First of all I want to congratulate you! Secondly, you will NEVER go wrong by bringing King Cake, just as long as you don't make the one who gets the baby actually bake the next one! :) (I'm...

  5. How do you manage staffing in the ER?

    MissERN replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Emergency

    The number of nurses we have on a day to day basis is fixed, despite the number of patients we have in the department. From 1a-9a we have 4 nurses, and then another comes on at 0900. At 1000 we get...

  6. Merry Christmas to the nurses who will be working today

    MissERN replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Tweety, Would you please bring me some takeout Chinese when you get yours?!?! I couldn't find anything open when I got off, so I got frozen pizza from Walgreens...I think I'd have been better...

  7. Passed CEN!!

    MissERN replied to murphyle's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations to you! Have you signed your name with CEN behind it

  8. Nurse-initiated interventions

    MissERN replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely time for a rapid response! Sat dropping to 85% and heart rate of 180 on a post op femur fracture...I'm definitely thinking PE, and I'm definitely giving more oxygen! In a situation such as...

  9. Smelly question

    MissERN replied to allie1230's topic in General Nursing

    I find it incredibly helpful to wear a soft scented lotion on my upper arms. It has saved me from wretching many times when cleaning someone. I am able to "sniff my arms" when I feel that I am about...

  10. ER speedbump

    MissERN replied to t.houck's topic in General Nursing

    I would also like to encourage you to continue on with your plan of working in the ED! Before I started nursing school I worked in a phycisicans office, and one day I almost passed out while watching...

  11. And What Did YOU eat today?

    MissERN replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many days that I realize on my way home from work that the last thing I had to drink was 14 hours ago when I brushed my teeth that morning. Food? Who has time for that? Sad, isn't...

  12. 1st Day Off exhaustion

    MissERN replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    I work 6 day stretches (12 hrs) and then get 8 days off. However, it doesn't take me a day to get over it...it takes 2!!!! Love my days off

  13. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    MissERN replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work ER and was bitten a couple of months ago. The bite broke the skin...this guy would NOT let go despite multiple people attempting to restrain him. You better believe I pressed charges! He...

  14. I want to know more...but how?

    MissERN posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been in the ER for 2 years this month, and I absolutely love it! I work in a Level 3 ER, where we don't see a lot of trauma, but get some SICK people (duh, I know...it's an ER :) I look back to...

  15. Giving thanks

    MissERN replied to ramkatral's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Batman! I appreciate what you do immensely! I can only imagine that the conditions in which you provide care are often less than desirable. Thank you for your thanks!!

  16. Help with understanding the capillary action of glucometers

    MissERN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you also might be able to get some information from the manufacturer. I know that when we switched to new glucometers we had an inservice and they actually instructed us to place the test...

  17. I want to know more...but how?

    MissERN replied to MissERN's topic in Emergency

    Thanks so much for the reply! Yes, I joined ENA this year and went to the conference in Baltimore and really enjoyed it. I bought a CEN review CD for my computer at the conference, and wouldn't you...

  18. Holiday Season and Weight management

    MissERN replied to Katie5's topic in Health, Stress Management

    As I clicked on this thread I was swallowing the last of a white chocolate truffle...unfortunately I have nothing to add, but BOY do I ever need to read your ideas...keep em' coming!!! Merry...

  19. So we have a Code coming in....

    MissERN replied to kellyp374's topic in General Nursing

    And just a side note...according to ACLS protocol, once an advanced airway (ET tube/LMA) is placed, you no longer have to stop for breaths after 30 compressions. After the pt is intubated you can do...

  20. A special Thank You

    MissERN replied to CMille14's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! And I wish you the best in school. I truly hope that you love nursing and that you are able to enjoy this day! P.S. It's kind of funny, but I don't mind working holidays too much,...

  21. What made you decide to do ER Nursing?

    MissERN replied to MallysMama's topic in Emergency

    You know what? I didn't know if I was "cut out" to work in the ER either. I knew that I thought I would like to work there, but I was afraid that I just wouldn't have what it takes. I have a laid...

  22. You may think this is stuipid, but I'm need advice!

    MissERN replied to wrightLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I know when I'm in a stressful situation it only makes things worse if I dwell on my fears of whether or not I will be able to handle the situation. When you do have an opportunity to start a line on...

  23. You may think this is stuipid, but I'm need advice!

    MissERN replied to wrightLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Congratulations on passing your NCLEX!! That's a pretty exciting feeling isn't it?!?! Before I started clinicals I almost passed out while giving blood...not when I was stuck, but when the needle...

  24. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    MissERN replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    Yes, you may stand here at the nurses station and use the phone to call a ride home, because we are not going to hire a taxi for you. BUT no you may not dial 911 to give you that ride home...yes, I...

  25. Drama Queens/Kings in the ED

    MissERN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    This made me think of the last time I was in triage. A name popped up onto my tracker with the stated complaint of "lac", and as I looked out into the waiting room I assumed that it must be the young...