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  1. How many visitors in the ED?

    ang75 replied to twright's topic in Emergency

    Two at a time is our limit. Man, I wish we had a visitor control person. That would make my job a whole lot easier. Back to the limit thing... it is usually accepted fairly well. However, Friday...

  2. Student In Emergency Nursing.

    ang75 replied to Rav_810's topic in Emergency

    Jeevs, ditto to what everyone else has said. There will be days when all you can think about is a bad outcome for a pt-be it death, disfigurement, or whatever the case maybe. Just hang in there. It...

  3. Bringing the entire family to ER

    ang75 replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    I swear, its true. I have no idea where the money comes from since administration is always complaining about frivolous spending. We get budget cuts constantly and the fiscal report always has us in...

  4. Bringing the entire family to ER

    ang75 replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    We have phones in every room too. Then this year they decided to put tv's in everyroom with a dvd player. You know your patient is h bent on abusing the system with they bring in their favorite...

  5. ER Arm Bands

    ang75 replied to debx's topic in Emergency

    same

  6. Computerized ED charting

    ang75 replied to Calfax's topic in Emergency

    Hey Calfax. We use computerized charting here. We use the one from GM it is called Logician. You can do anything with it-if you make it through the first week of swearing at it, hitting it, etc, etc....

  7. ED Career Change?

    ang75 replied to billw's topic in Emergency

    my experience has been that the greatest amount of turnover in the ED has been with fresh nurses (just out of school). I have heard the complaint that it was a lot harder then they expected. I...

  8. Shingles

    ang75 replied to oramar's topic in Infectious Disease

    I agree Oramar! Tons of calls lately. Also, I have seen more in CA then I ever did in the midwest. But, on the opposite hand, many more kidney stones in the midwest then CA.

  9. Silly questions from a student

    ang75 replied to ayndim's topic in Operating Room

    OR nurses duties vary from doc to doc and hospital to hospital. Scrub? As in scrub tech? Kind of like an aide on the floor-just different scenery. First assist? I have never seen an RN as first...

  10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ang75 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a 20 something yo male present to ED with CP for 3 days. Come to find out, he had gotten high on meth and put his sons sippy cup in his bum. If I didn't see it (In the OR of course) I never...

  11. What is the ER really like?

    ang75 replied to bellehill's topic in Emergency

    1-where else would you meet someone with a GI Joe head in their bum? 2-you will never work with a group of people who are so team-work oriented. In reality, your safety and well being are in their...

  12. Tips and tricks for new grads in the ED

    ang75 replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    Jump in with both feet. In the ER it is either sink or swim. But if you have one single inkling of doubt...ASK! No stupid questions