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  1. D&C's in the ER?

    trsnurse replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    Ours go to OR, but how often do you do them? I hope we never

  2. New to the board

    trsnurse replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    Yeah I know all that about him. He is a great guy, and personal friend. I don't talk to him much anymore, he used to do PT hours at our hospital. I sent you a private

  3. New to the board

    trsnurse replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    Do you know (and love) Dr.

  4. triage

    trsnurse replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    We have to do incident / occurrance reports on all LBT's (left before triage), LBTC's (left before treatment complete), LBT's (left before treatment/seen by MD) , and of course the AMA's. At our...

  5. New to the board

    trsnurse replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    Welcome! Where in SC are you located? I am SC RN too-just curious where you are in

  6. What's the best path towards Emergency nursing??

    trsnurse replied to sun_chica's topic in Emergency

    Don't get discouraged, if ER is in your blood you will end up there eventually. But good

  7. Should I even consider ED??

    trsnurse replied to lesjen's topic in Emergency

    If you want "unstable patients" you can find them in ER's, as far as "the people we treat"...well they are at times disgusting, but they are also the patients we send to ICCU's. ER is frustrating-...

  8. Nursing Conferences Illinois/Indiana

    trsnurse replied to mailners's topic in Emergency

    I don't know of any in Illinois, or Indiana; BUT there is a great one on ER and Nursing Management in LAS VEGAS (I want to go:o ) but from my blue, sad face you can see I can't. But good luck on...

  9. What's the best path towards Emergency nursing??

    trsnurse replied to sun_chica's topic in Emergency

    I am with PetiteFlower- I am a firm believer in training prior to ER, Med-surg, Telemetry, Heck anything is better than nothing. Things happen quickly in ER's, and you will be more likely (at some...

  10. Your last day in the ER

    trsnurse replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I wanted to reply to the "foley" ending post ictal periods.. foley is also a cure all to some of the so-called "unresponsive" patients. like the drunks that just dont want to go to jail, and their...

  11. Tension Pneumothorax or Decreased Level of Consciousness

    trsnurse replied to Rick Bourdier's topic in Emergency

    ditto

  12. Frequent Flyers in the ED

    trsnurse replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    OKAY-Again I swear you must work where I do-No answers for you but when you figure this one out, Please come run our

  13. Mandated assessments

    trsnurse replied to Terryw's topic in Emergency

    ha ha ha- aint it the truth:rotfl: Triage is taking longer and longer. So much for the days of wanting to be in triage for the simplicity of only having one person to deal with at a time. Now you have...

  14. 10/10 pain..venting!

    trsnurse replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    HA HA HA TOO FUNNY...:rotfl: POOR

  15. Mandated assessments

    trsnurse replied to Terryw's topic in Emergency

    I think JCAHO is now requiring it as part of assessment; our ED is having to initiate questions re: diet, abuse

  16. Mandated assessments

    trsnurse replied to Terryw's topic in Emergency

    Our ED admission forms have just recently become the first part of the floor admission paperwork. We are also having to address such issues (that are not ER relavent). So you can only imagine the...

  17. customer satisfaction in the er

    trsnurse replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    Not to me; my free meal ticket to the hospital cafeteria is still on my dresser, unused, and expired, and I dont eat pizza--but to those who were rewarded with something worth having -might would have...

  18. 10/10 pain..venting!

    trsnurse replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    We have one we tell people in our ER you might like as well..This came from the frustration of the 10/10 scale. A male pt come to the ER w/ c/o penile pain (and of course you know his mister had a...

  19. customer satisfaction in the er

    trsnurse replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    Like I said YaaaaY! We are educated people, we know someone was rewarded WELL; it just wasn't us. Heck our pictures didn't make the local paper either (that was someone else too), but we were the...

  20. Does every hospital have a 'code team'?

    trsnurse replied to DMR1's topic in General Nursing

    okay this is a late response... we have a code team, just recently re-vamped by the higher powers that be... Us ER nurses used to respond in any common areas of the hospital such as the cafeteria, the...

  21. customer satisfaction in the er

    trsnurse replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    oh and we were only rewarded with a free meal ticket, good in the hospital cafeteria, and Pizza bought by the CNO. Yaaay--hows that for customer

  22. customer satisfaction in the er

    trsnurse replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    I know this is a late response to your issue with customer satisfaction in the E.R., but...speaking from a hospital E.R. that recently scored 93.7% on customer satisfaction (one of the top 10 hospital...