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  1. ER to OR? Several questions - answers please!

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Operating Room

    Warning! This is somewhat lengthy but I am looking for insight and opinions so please read on! Some background info first: I left a busy busy level 2 trauma center ED to take a local travel...

  2. ER to OR? Several questions - answers please!

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you EVERYONE for your input! We discussed my "job offer" at the local ER, and I simply asked if the manager ever found out what my wage would be. Turns out she chose to announce that I was...

  3. ER to OR? Several questions - answers please!

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Operating Room

    I am going to shadow her... and I do miss the ER I originally left down there, but I am PRN and have been picking up hours... the drive is just WAY too

  4. Negotiating salary in private OR

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Operating Room

    I know I've posted a bunch of new posts, but this seems like the best place to get answers to my questions! When interviewing, or when asked what salary you expect, how do you go about negotiating to...

  5. Negotiating salary in private OR

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Operating Room

    I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I realize OR is a specialty as is ER and ICU. And, you need specialized training. However, if you get hired in with no experience, why should you feel...

  6. Private practice vs. hospital - pros and cons?

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Operating Room

    What are the differences between working at an outpatient surgicenter as opposed to in a hospital OR? What I already know is that in a surgicenter, surgeries are scheduled, outpatient, and you don't...

  7. ER to OR? Several questions - answers please!

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Operating Room

    Why do you say it would be hard going back to the ER? I would be taking a position as a circulating RN. It sounds like something I'd enjoy. The surgicenter that I would be working at is...

  8. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    alkaleidi replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

    Working at both a level 2 trauma center in a large city (PRN now) and at the only hospital in a very large rural county, it is the same story at both. Fortunately for me, BOTH hospitals have a policy...

  9. Med Teams???

    alkaleidi replied to Athena1970's topic in Emergency

    Forgive me if I missed something -- I don't think you actually said what these "med teams" do. Please finish your

  10. Hershey's Chocolate moving to Mexico affects all ER nurses

    alkaleidi replied to ffearme12's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hope they spike the cocoa with a little coca! Just kidding. Serious crisis. I guess maybe my addiction to chocolate will be fed for a little

  11. How to start a work diary

    alkaleidi replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    I've done this, especially when first starting a job, my first couple years. My entries were pretty uniform... age/sex/race significant hx admitting dx/chief complaint labs that stuck out very very...

  12. Your Worst Mistake

    alkaleidi replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a "worst" mistake, mine are all just stupid, but I *will* tell on a friend who made a bad (somewhat hilarious looking back) mistake... We were working med/surg and of all times, at like...

  13. Any RNs with spouses in Law Enforcement??

    alkaleidi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some help! We are considering relocation, and I am in need of some information. I would like to speak in private (message) with an RN who's husband (or wife, I suppose) works in law...

  14. What you get for nurses week

    alkaleidi replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    We had a little conference room that they had food items at breakfast and lunch -- actually decent stuff, like for breakfast, bagels, cream cheese, tons of fresh cut up fruit, coffee, juice, etc, and...

  15. I was threatened by a Nursing Assistant

    alkaleidi replied to acetabulum's topic in General Nursing

    In the United States this is called "false imprisonment" -- there must be something that can legally be done about it. I would definitely file a report, even if just for harassment, and find a new...

  16. Stop The Title Madness

    alkaleidi replied to INFIDEL's topic in General Nursing

    Silly silly silly. I have seen "Sally, RN, PALS" and "Erica, RN, ACLS" -- why would you put an AHA class behind your name as a professional certification/title? Come on now. At least make it...

  17. how do you relax outside work

    alkaleidi replied to aussiemags's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Since entering the realm of nursing, I have started several habits, some good, some bad: -going to "church" after work and having a breakfast of vanilla absolut + cranberry juice while talking with...

  18. How much do you feel that you can just "be yourself" at your job?

    alkaleidi replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    In response to the OP, I have found that there are a few areas of nursing where people tend to "be themselves" more than others: ER, corrections, and psych. In addition to those realms, I would like...

  19. Dress Codes for the ER

    alkaleidi replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    I personally almost ALWAYS wear a white top with colored bottoms (royal, red, pink, hot pink, celery-green, lilac, etc)... I think that with the stereotype of nurses wearing all white, most patients...

  20. THose with a home office...

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Legal

    What is your set-up? Do you have an actual room (office, extra bedroom, den, basement, attic, etc) that is only your office? Or do you have yourself set up in a corner of a room? What are the...

  21. Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    alkaleidi replied to HanaRN's topic in Emergency

    um, i think that the original poster pasted this from another website, and it was meant to be humorous, not taken personally by you... some parts are funnier than others, but in general i don't think...

  22. NTG IV and compatability

    alkaleidi replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    I agree with those above saying that NTG IV is actually compatible with quite a lot of drugs... however... if you have someone who is sick enough to need a NTG drip, chances are they should have a 2nd...

  23. First Day in ED in 3 days!!

    alkaleidi replied to Trauma08's topic in Emergency

    A few things I find helpful... -know your protocols for acute emergencies... we have 3 main ones: respiratory (previously called "pneumonia" but renamed because they wanting us using it with any major...

  24. I "got the talk" at the end of my shift today sorry long

    alkaleidi replied to ER06's topic in Emergency

    I would like to respond completely differently than everyone else has so far. Why? Just to give a well-rounded point of view from the other side of the fence as a nurse who gets dumped on as a...

  25. Transfer at change of shift?

    alkaleidi replied to BeachBayNurse's topic in Emergency

    I kind of thought that, this being a topic that has come up over the past who knows how many years, people would just accept this and stop complaining or questioning why the ED sends patients up to...