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nothing is wrong. ive worked nights now for a year and i stopped beating myself up about my schedule. ive realized that no matter what its not normal for people to sleep during the day, and now i sleep when i sleep and work when i work. I do what i can when i can and just have to accept that. if i want to work out at 3am i will, i eat healthy and exercise when i can and it has worked for me. i go grocery shopping right after work and pay bills on my day off. sometimes all i do is sleep and it used to really bother me but now i say "its my body's way of saying i needed it". everyone does there own thing to get by on nights but really you just have to lsten to your body. good luck

same thing can apply to women, i dont want to wear my nice ring and then clean c-dif, i would rather keep a fake in my locker and switch it out :)

woman comes in with abd pain started an hour ago, walked into the room to her eating a turkey sandwhich and a red pop! She said "i used light mayo!"

Tiny EMT well said :)

This is a great position especially in an ER. Sometimes as an RN you just cant explain to the sore throat that they really are important but the guy down the hall with people pouding on his chest because he is DYING gets my attention first :) Just having another pair of hands and a caring voice can go a very long way. Good luck

First when people come in on a board (sometimes 3 or more people) we will remove the EMS board ASAP! first and secondary assessments are done and maybe a slide board be placed so that tranfer to the ct and xray is easier. The collar may stay on for a while- even longer if they find something questionable. This case seems strange wish i knew both sides of the story. Nurses care but like it was mentioned earlier they can not order meds on their own, even when requested they are not always ordered depending on the Doctor. Just make sure to get all the facts :)

Placement of the Leads: White on the right grass under clouds (white and green leads), smoke over fire (Black and red leads) poor brown in the middle (brown lead) :) 12lead is another story but the placement in important so just memory with those. Maybe add what to give for an anaphylaxis reaction. GREAT LIST!!!

Dear Emmy! im also a new grad and i have cried more times in the 4 months that i have been the the ER then my entire life! I have had a bunch of bad days in a row! im off orientation and i think the nurses and doctors around me forget that. Im still learning and always will be. I have learned that i only can do what i can do with the 2 hands that i have and go as fast as i can that allows me to be safe. I too was in the "cardiac" rooms and i had 2 very sick people (one of them i had placed pacer pads ready to go!!) and 3 admits from the shift prior that i knew nothing about! plopped on my lap! i wanted to turn around and go home! Instead i did one thing at a time and tried to get it all done before my new onset afib or something else came in through the door! My advice to you is grab the bull by the horns and run with it! speak up and say "this is too much i need help!" get the nursing sup to send in a hand or tell your preceptor to give you and hand and that you need a second to recollect and prioritize your care. I wish you the best because i know how hard this is and it will be for a while. Your not alone :)

Im a new grad RN in the ED and the first problem i noticed was the amount of people coming in to try to get narcotics! at first i felt bad but once people started swearing at me saying thet wanted their bleeping dilaudid now or they were leaving!! I got over it fast! When they have reached the point where they drive from ER to ER narcotics shopping the last thing they want to hear is some nurse telling them where they can check into a rehab! (they come from out of state now!) I do the best i can but you can not make someone get help unless they want to help themselves. Something needs to be done before these people start to hit up ER's