Catch22Personified

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   NR661 Predictor Exam questions

   Catch22Personified posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hi All, I'm going to be taking the NR661 post predictor exam in Chamberlain next week. I'm s cared to death because I would need roughly at 70% to pass the course. Are the questions in the predictor...
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   The passion to work is gone

   Catch22Personified posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at a Level 1 Trauma Center's ED for the past 3 years going on 4. But for the past 8 months I've noticed I've been getting more irritated with the physicians whining and acting like divas/being...
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   Starting Clinicals in Chamberlain, had a question on what to do

   Catch22Personified replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thanks, tomorrow is going to be my first day. What should I be doing to get my E-Logs and Case Presentations ready
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   Starting Clinicals in Chamberlain, had a question on what to do

   Catch22Personified posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   So I'm starting Clinicals (hopefully) I'm having issues with the preceptor already on week 1. I'm going under the assumption I'll be able to start this week. Getting a preceptor was difficult, took me...
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   Been working in the ER for a while but I don't feel like I've improved

   Catch22Personified posted a topic in Emergency

   I work in a Level 1 Trauma Center in a growing urban area. Our nurses can be separated into two groups: Newer nurses (Less than 3 years of ER/Nursing Experience) and Experienced Nurses. Our manager...
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   NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

   Catch22Personified replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   When I was doing my TNCC it was taught to us that it was encouraged to give the family the option to be present during resuscitation attempts. And in my practice we always gave the family the option....
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   Are You Cut Out to be an Emergency Department (ED) Nurse?

   Catch22Personified replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Emergency

   Oh man I'm almost the complete opposite of this, but I still chose to work in an ED of a level 1 trauma center. I'm pretty much reserved, don't mind sitting around to an extent,and the opposite of an...
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   ER Wishlist Items!

   Catch22Personified replied to HappyKYRN's topic in Emergency

   Go the next best thing, Valium Gas in the ambulance bays and psych holding areas. It worked in Moscow, though a bit too
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   Working in a Trauma Center but nervous about Traumas, advice appreciated

   Catch22Personified posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone, Back again so it's been like 7 Months working at the Level 1 Trauma Center and basically now I've been an ER Nurse for nearly 14 months now. I like working in the higher acuity areas as...
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    Moved to a new ER, now I don't feel like I'm a real ER nurse anymore

    Catch22Personified replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the encouragement everyone, there was a slight ray of hope the other week. I happen to work in the same hospital as my mother does but she's in a different department. I took care of a...
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    Moved to a new ER, now I don't feel like I'm a real ER nurse anymore

    Catch22Personified replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I'm going to tough it out for now. But damn I get so nervous when I go
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    Moved to a new ER, now I don't feel like I'm a real ER nurse anymore

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in Emergency

    Vent alarm (you may wish to silence due to high pressure): I went from a small community hospital ER after 8 months to a level 1 Trauma center since it was a closer commute and allowed for greater...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    Catch22Personified replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatrics and Obstetrics. I'm a guy so it feels weird for me. Yet OB was the class I had the best grades in during my nursing school
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    Pain Seekers

    Catch22Personified replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sometimes feel how you do OP but I try to be as professional as possible. If the patient is asking for pain medication, I will relay their concerns to the primary and nothing more. If both the...
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    Feeling overwhelmed at work, need help managing it.

    Catch22Personified posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend and myself moved to a new hospital in the emergency dept. He came from a large university hospital ER and I came from a very small community hospital ER both of us had less than a year of ER...