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alwayslearnin

ER, Labor and Delivery, Infection Contro

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  1. Wanting to get back to L&D after being away

    Greetings, I am an older nurse with years of experience. L&D, ER, Med-Surg. I have been away from hospital for 3 years. In reviewing my 20 years nursing experience and where I want to go, I realize L&D was my love and is the best fit for me ...
  2. Imminent danger

    Thank you for reading my post and replying.
  3. Imminent danger

    I apologize if I was unclear in my post. No, the Psych Provider is the one that orders the med. They are not always in-house so I have to determine when do I need to call the provider to request an emed. Or at least call with the situation. Just want...
  4. Imminent danger

    pixierose, Thank you for replying. Yes, Ideally you take all of the above measures you mentioned in your post before hand. But when you have done those interventions, what finally says, ok, we need to do emeds. Yes, we have to ask the provider for t...
  5. Greetings, I am a ED nurse on travel assignment and having a bad go of it. One large area of concern is pt handoff. The other day I was iin pt room getting pt ready to go to ICU-pt had self dc'd IV etc. While this was going on staff put not one, but ...
  6. Greetings fellow nurses and travelers, I am still relatively new to traveling-this is my third assignment, second in my field of nursing that I currently work in (ED) The facility I am at now is just-well, scary. I have had multiple instances of bad ...
  7. Greetings Fellow Travellers I am on the my third travel assignment, and I am nervous as heck! I have been on the assignment for a few weeks now-been on the floor x5-so far, ok. Paper charting in the ER. In a few more weeks the facility is going compu...
  8. Insurance and multiple agencies

    Greetings fellow travelers, I have been speaking with other travelers who use more than one agency so they more opportunities of aquiring jobs. Great, got that concept-but now I am wondering, if you go from one agency to another, how do you keep your...
  9. Greetings, I signed up with a Seattle-based Agency. I guess I had expectations that I wouldn't have a hard time getting contracts. But in inquiring with the agency I was told that if I wanted to count on a regular, steady income, maybe travel nursing...
  10. Does this sound right? Stipend question..

    Greetings fellow travelers, I am new to this life and am just getting started. The other day I was talking to my recruiter who told me on this one job I could make x amount hourly with a 2000.00 a month stipend or X amount hourly with a 3000.0 a mont...
  11. Does this sound right? Stipend question..

    Thank you so much for taking the time tor read and respond to my question caliotter3, bonesrn and 79Tango. I just felt uncomfortable with the idea of the travel company saying one thing, yet turning around and only offerring the other option. I will ...
  12. Signed on with Travel Agency in Wash but now having second thoughts

    Thanks for replying caliotter3. I want to be a steady worker. The problem is if I worked per diem I would be traveling about 2 hours each way to work and between gas prices and how much that would take out of me, well, ya it makes me think twice. If ...
  13. Greetings, I have signed up with a travel agency but am starting to have second thoughts. The people said, "if you are looking for regular work that you can depend on, maybe travel nursing is not for you."Well, I do need to depend upon a pretty regul...
  14. New to Emergency Nursing

    Greetings inkedRN, Just wanted to welcome you to Emergency Nursing! It is quite a ride and you will grow alot. I hope it is a good fit for you! I am so glad for Allnurses-it has been a wealth of information and support! Good luck in all your endevour...
  15. Does anyone know about this?

    Greetings! I have been looking at online nursing courses for a while now but I have a concern that I needed so info about. I was thinking about getting an online degree from an Institution like university of Phoenix or Liberty University (also online...
  16. Tired of being FAT and having low self esteem

    Today is the day sister. Start today. Right now. If you had the Chinese -ok then. Get up and take a 20 minute walk. Just 20 minutes. You can do it. Energy begets energy. I was where you were. It comes down to you honey, no one else. I know, I know, "...
  17. Greetings, I was hoping that I could get some information/suggestions. I am an Associate Degree prepared RN who has 11 years experience in Med/Surg, Labor and Delivery, and for the past 4 years ER experience. There was a job posting at my facility f...
  18. Reasons to get the flu shot-funny

    Hilarious and sooooooo true. I use to work infection control and heard all of the above mentioned DA reasons. Thanks for the laugh and for the posting that is going to be copied and put up in our ED in the a.m. alwayslearnin
  19. Triage blues

    Hey canoehead, First-I just want to let you know I always value your experiences and thoughts on this board. My other thought was does your ER have a guidelines for triage book (one specific for your facility, not just generic) for you to refer too...
  20. I Feel So Dirty and Used! - An ER doc unloads his frustrations

    Woops, Just a clarification. When people lash-out because they are hurt/scared, I and most people I believe, will be compassionate and understanding, as they should be. It is the people (patients and family members )who are downright rude, yelling, c...
  21. I Feel So Dirty and Used! - An ER doc unloads his frustrations

    Thank you Dr. Leap and mwboswell!!!!I appreciate the honesty of the article and the following comments on the Physician himself. I am an ER Nurse and I and my ER cohorts have experienced, thought, and felt the same way. I always chuckle inside when ...
  22. Critical Care Nurse wants to try L&D or MBU.

    Greetings, Here is just my from my experience. One of the nice things about L&D/MB is you are dealing with healthy young women (for the most part). The atmosphere is pretty positive (although you do have the domestics, no dad involved, immature...
  23. Am I burned out?

    MrRacer98, If you are wondering if its a possiblity that you are burned out, you probabley are. Sounds like it. Time off??? How is the rest of your life? Do you have some fun, some challenge, some time with friends? If your whole world is nursing, y...
  24. Greetings fellow nurses, Just wondering-Since the ER is typically where you will initially see folks with potential/actual cases of Swine flu, have you noticed/instituted new infection control measures i.e. masking everyone at the front door with res...
  25. ER Nurses-Any difference in measures re; Swine Flu

    Thanks Maisy, Where is your location? Currently, here in Washington State in our hospital, we are just asking for recent exposure to or visits to Mexico at triage. That's it. Although there are mosre staff on the med/surg floors wearing masks.