sserrn

sserrn BSN

Emergency, Med/Surg, Vascular Access

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  1. VA-BC exam study guides?

    sserrn replied to skydancer7's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Have you worked in the vascular access specialty before? If not, you’re not eligible to sit for the exam. See https://www.vacert.org/eligibility/ I have been FT on a VAT since November. Will take...

  2. Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    sserrn replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    Regarding the dilaudid, which I realize has been beat to death already, forget all the stuff about drug seeking, chronic vs acute pain, getting a high or not getting a high. Shouldn't even be a...

  3. wasting time?

    sserrn replied to smurfynursey's topic in Emergency

    Are you an ER nurse, thenursemandy? If so, for how

  4. Staffing/Patient Ratios in your ED

    sserrn replied to Collins030505's topic in Emergency

    5 pts per

  5. Lidocaine with Rocephin?

    sserrn replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm surprised that you need an order to mix it with lidocaine at your facility. As to your Q, I've always wondered of it really helps and kind of doubt it, but who

  6. First Job - Not A Great Facility, Take It Or No?

    sserrn replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like good

  7. Supplies a new grad ER Nurse should carry

    sserrn replied to Belle2013's topic in Emergency

    2 pens, badge(s), 'scope, trauma shears. Used to carry more, but really this is all you need on your person

  8. Taking the CEN to get hired at a trauma center

    sserrn replied to alkayda's topic in Emergency

    I would take ACLS & PALS instead. The CEN, in my opinion, doesn't mean a whole lot without any experience to back it

  9. New to ER - tips, tricks, recommendations & prioritization?

    sserrn replied to acuariaRN's topic in Emergency

    I couldn't agree more...but policy is policy,

  10. New to ER - tips, tricks, recommendations & prioritization?

    sserrn replied to acuariaRN's topic in Emergency

    We're required to run everything on a pump, so a simple L bolus takes an hour

  11. Nurses week gifts from employer

    sserrn replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Nothing!

  12. Passed the CEN! Yay! Some thoughts

    sserrn replied to sully75's topic in Emergency

    I just passed Tuesday for the first time!! Same amount of experience as you! Went to a review class by Mark Boswell in January and also watched Jeff Solheim's review on MedEd (which is where you will...

  13. Seriously?!?!

    sserrn replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Had that the other

  14. Seriously?!?!

    sserrn replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    "Needs excuse for work" popped up on our tracker board today....true story!!!

  15. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    sserrn replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    The trolls on this forum are just as unbearable as our ER pts. Deleting AN off my iPhone. Take it

  16. Why can't nurses intubate?

    sserrn replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    Yes, all the

  17. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    sserrn replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    You just don't get it, do you? You think that since you're not that sick it shouldn't take that long. No, honey, that's not how it works. It's called the emergency room, not the clinic

  18. ENPC and ATCN... NRP too??

    sserrn replied to Avenger1's topic in Emergency

    TNCC and ATCN are both great and I learned a lot in both! Not sure if one is harder than the other, but you should prob take TNCC first IMO. I take NRP next month for the first time so I can't...

  19. Need advice on ibtaining ER position

    sserrn replied to WYONurseCrystal's topic in Emergency

    Agree with other posters. Sounds like you can forget it. :-/ Are there any other hospitals closer than 2 1/2 hrs to

  20. Registration Typos

    sserrn replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    ^^omg....just got it!!

  21. Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    sserrn replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    You really shouldn't give rocephin ivp anyway. You should give it ivpb diluted in 50 mL NS. And give it over 15-30

  22. now what.

    sserrn replied to pm2rn's topic in Emergency

    That's a very strict rule at my ER. It's a JCAHO thing. In my opinion, it leads to dehydration among nursing staff, which is very dangerous. Not trying to give TMI, but there have been dozens of...

  23. TNCC/ENPC for a new grad?

    sserrn replied to SummitRN's topic in Emergency

    It seems to me that enpc would be invaluable preparation for cpen?? I haven't taken either yet, so maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't think it would be "one or the

  24. better way to handle the BS

    sserrn replied to pm2rn's topic in Emergency

    With the current, increasing emphasis on pt satisfaction scores, we nurses are little more than glorified waiters. At some hospitals, I sometimes think they'd be ok with us overdosing a pt and...

  25. Can a new grad work in the ER?

    sserrn replied to Lucidity's topic in Emergency

    My ER hires almost exclusively new