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A few weeks ago I was reading a thread on here about pushing a med when a patient already has something infusing into a line and the two aren't compatable. A few people mentioned that, depending what's already infusing into the current IV, you might ...

I've been a med/surg RN for 18 months. I recently moved into the ED. I've been on orientation for just under 2 weeks. I've been in the EDon orientation for a total of 5 days. I had floated to the ED a few times before, but on nights and now I am doin...

Oh trust me, I can fly by the seat of my pants just fine. But they aren't paying me as staff to be down there. They are paying me to orient. Now you can toss my into a room with a critical patient and I will know what to do for them, but I won't know...

I should clarify. I DO help out. I start lines on people, I pushed Etamadate on a patient that needed to be intubated and assisted with that code, I've helped with pedi patients, I put in foleys... trust me, I help. And keep in mind, I've officially ...

If by educate you mean give a parent information that they don't have so they can make an informed decision, I would say do just that. Discuss their concerns and feelings, give them info, answer questions, etc. Find out why they are not vaxing or the...

I'm going to talk with the Educator tomorrow and come up with a more specific game plan. When I started they said they wanted me taking 2 patients at a time, which is what I have been doing, so I'm not sure what else is expected. I mentioned to a co...

I haven't been a RN long enough (especially an ED RN) to judge you on your thoughts and opinions of your patient but I have been on message boards long enough to judge you on your lack of typing skills. Holy eye gouger Batman.

I never said I wanted to be a teacher. My English instructor encouraged me to get my degree in English and pursue a writing career. Writers don't make money lol. I would make a terrible teacher anyway And where I live it's near impossible to get a te...

You won't get much in the way of complaints about my job from me. I love being an RN. I have 2 very good jobs that support my family. My husband got laid off in October 2008 and if it wasn't for my jobs, we'd be screwed. I work lots of hours. I real...

Nice! I'm jealous! I'm almost finished with my upper sleeve and I have a great Nurse Bettie Page on my calf. :redbeathe

Hi. I recently started orientation in the ED at the hospital I've been working at in med/surg for 18 months. Originally I hadn't thought of going into Emergency Nursing but one of my supervisors started encouraging me to look into it, so I did, and s...

Long story short, the patient was in acute renal failure which was unexpected. No history of it. pt was sent in by his PCP because he felt pt was in CHF, hence the Bumex. However, when pts original labs were drawn (mind you this was all on night shif...

1) I can agree that not just anyone should enter nursing, however, I am yet unclear what that has to do with someone being a scruffy ex-factory worker. You (and the OP) say it as if the type of person she described won't make a good RN because of the...

I graduated about a year and a half ago with my ADN. Originally I hadn't planned on getting my BSN because I didn't think it would matter. I already had a job lined up before graduation (what a different time that was) and I planned on staying in the...

I don't know where you live but around here, unless you have a BSN, you won't get much of a job if any at all. I work at 2 hospitals in CT, one in the ED and one in Med/Surg. Both have hired new grads, but they won't even interview someone who doesn'...

Depends on where you work. I'm from CT and where I work BSNs do make more. $0.50 more.

Is that you in your picture there? What do you have for tats? I have 8, so far.

Like you said, it's regional. New Grads at my hospital get paid more than I do with 18 months experience.

I went to the ED as well. I like the busy atmosphere! But I liked med/surg, too. I actually still work in med/surg at my per diem job :)

Thanks everyone for the Welcome!

I actually do make kinda big bucks. In fact, if I continue to work both jobs at the hours I'm working I will make 6 figures next year. But my cost of living is high and I'm screwed with debt. There's money to be made in nursing, for sure, but it does...

I feel your pain, I really do. There have been weeks we have had to pinch pennies and eat pasta a lot. My husband lost his job, I am the sole source of income. I have 3 kids, a mortgage, car payment, and significant debt that we are paying $700 a mon...

Ew. What a wretch. Don't let some miserable old hag like that get you down. Your time will come.

Putting IV's in kids. I need to get more comfortable with that.

FTR I don't take offense to the OP. I just disagree with it. I happen to think that some of those "fly by night" places may turn out more than a few good, albeit scruffy, RNs. Will they turn out some possible not so great ones? Sure. But so will the ...