TraceyRN_CEN

TraceyRN_CEN specializes in Emergency.

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1. do you wear those clogs?

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to EDnursetobe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Love, love, love my Dansko's!! Been wearing them for over a year and they are the best shoes I have ever worn. I have very flat feet and my ankles tend to roll inward, creating strain on my knees,...

2. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain. There is nothing that will suck the life right out of an ER nurse like the type of patient you describe. It never fails that truly sick people that need nursing care do not get the...

3. New to ER and getting CEN?

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to bbie17's topic in Emergency

   I think it totally depends on the person. We have some new nurses only a few months who have taken and passed, and some others that have been ER nurses for years and have failed. One train of thought...

4. ER nurse to patient ratio

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to MGHERRN's topic in Emergency

   3:1 is the norm in my ED, with an occasional 4:1 ratio. I consider myself to be good at what I do, but I don't feel that I could sustain a 5:1+ patient load safely if they had high acuity. At one...

5. Difficult access: Would you go for EJ or pedal?

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

   In my ED, we put in EJ's all the time. I have numerous patients who actually say 'you are going to have to put in my neck" because they have experienced multiple unsuccessful sticks. I have only...

6. Can you prick a diabetic too hard?

   TraceyRN_CEN replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a nursing student, I was doing clinicals in a local hospital and I had 3 patients to do FBSB's on. The first two were males with thick skin that I had to really try hard to prick. The last...