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Has anyone taken this exam? I have been an ER nurse for 3 years and recently changed jobs. I had to take the BKAT test and did not pass! I felt so stupid, but a lot of the questions were what would you do first. Example: 16yr. old came in w/GSW. What would you do first: 1.start fluids 2.type & cross 3.call OR staff 4. can't remember but would not do it first In real life the 3 are done all at once! Any input would be great!

Ben Taub is not just an ER it's a level 1 ER. Very busy place to work! I actually work in the sister hopital of Ben Taub. It seems a lot of RN's like it there. You have to be able to work fast and work under pressure!

Try www.pepid.com . I use this program called RN suite it's awesome!

HAHAHAHA! I LOVE IT!

Last night in our shock room had a pt with a BP of 278/177, hr 111. Pt went from icu status to being discharge home! Renal functions messed up. Had h/o HTN out of meds for a few weeks. He was laughing and joking with us. He was put on a Nipride drip for a little while and given po meds.

Over a span of 4 days we had 3 foriegn bodies. 1st one was a pt. with an apple up his rear, yes he fell on it. The 2nd was a pt. who for some odd reason pt his member into a gatorade bottle and when he couldn't remove it tried to cut the bottle off. He came into the ER and had to have the rest cut off! Needless to say he left without notice. The 3rd was a pt put a remote control up his rear. His reason was...I was up smoking crack all night and decided to put it up my .....

Thank you for the replies. I'm pretty miserable. I have swollen fingers that have split open in several spots, swollen lip that swells and my eyes are swollen and itch like crazy! The solumedrol has me pretty hazy feeling, can't seem to concentrate. I have to work the next 2 nights also. I definitely don't want to impact everyone else just because I have a latex allergy. I'm pretty sure where I work others won't be impacted. If this is an actual latex allergy I have already been told that I might have to change work places or jobs! I will let you all know when I find out! Tia

I may be allergic to latex! I have tried non-latex powder free gloves and it's not working. I had a full blood work up at the allergist yesterday. I have also been put on solumedrol pack, allegra, zyrtec, zantac, and doxipin. I also got 8mg decadron injection at the office yesterday. Do any of you have a latex allergy and if so how do u deal with it. Thank you, Tia ER-RN

The traffic is awful! If you work night shift you will miss the traffic. Starting salary 24.00-26.00 $ per hr. Spring is a nice area to live in. Area hospitals: Houston Northwest Medical center and Cyfair Hospital -Tenet owned. Memorial Herman -Woodlands Methodist- willowbrook Tomball Regional Hosptial St. Lukes-woodlands Conroe Hospital

"I'm hungry" as soon as they get there. We tell patients that we don't feed people in the ER unless it's medically necessary. This drives me crazy! The ones with abd. pain 10/10 eating chips and drinking coke. This is when we inform the DR. that they are possibly FOS!:)

Why don't we put Tom boy in a lock down unit PICU and see how he feels about chemical imbalances?:rotfl:

Wearing White! Yuck! We Wear Royal Blue Or Black Or A Combo Of The 2. Love The All Black!

Thanks for the info! I already work in a very busy ED. I work in a county hospital level 3. We have er holding-obs and I love it! Still curios what nurse to pt. ratio is. I don't think HR could tell me that.

Has anyone worked at Shands ER? I currently live in Houston, thinking of moving to Jax to be close to family. What is the pay rate and pt. ratio in the ED? Thanks for your time!

ask questions, and lots of them! take acls and tncc asap! go with your gut even if others nurses ignore the s/s. laugh a lot a good sense of humor even if its twisted is needed to work th ed! you will be fine! godd luck. i was a new grad also, been in the ed for 7 mos. love the chaos!