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  1. Disgusted with my behavior, need help

    alkaleidi replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to go from being a fellow CNA to being essentially an RN who is now responsible for supervising and occasionally directing your peers. Especially if they're your friends. A couple things to...

  2. Gay labeling, is it just plain mean? Or sexual harrassment?

    alkaleidi replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the comment sounds like something geared for a junior high kid. THEY might be uncomfortable with sexual preference. For an adult? Out of line, especially if the person making the comment...

  3. The Great Double Standard?

    alkaleidi replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree too -- procedures shouldn't be gender specific. However, I do occasionally offer to do certain things for a couple of guys I work with, and it's not out of sexism, just helpfulness. If an RN...

  4. Anyone use Meditech computer charting?

    alkaleidi replied to TooterIA's topic in Emergency

    LOL! I have to agree with the people who say they "hate" Meditech. I've used some really REALLY old computer charting programs that were actually MUCH easier to use than Meditech, and then I decided...

  5. ED learning opportunities? Need input!

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm new to the ED and I was wondering what kind of opportunities are out there for learning about trauma/general ED nursing? I realize there's TNCC, TNS, ENPC, ACLS, CEN, and SANE that our facility...

  6. ED learning opportunities? Need input!

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Thanks so much for your responses -- everything was very helpful. I'm probably not going to wait for the facility I'm at to schedule me for the ENPC and TNCC -- I'm really wanting to take those to...

  7. Transitioning from Level 2 to Level 1

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Emergency

    Right now I work in an ED, level 2 trauma center. In the future, we plan to relocate, and I'm just wondering what the big difference is, realistically. Is there a huge difference in patients you...

  8. How long of orientation in ER is enough?

    alkaleidi replied to Nurse4AU's topic in Emergency

    The facility I work for is a level II trauma center. Orientation for new grads AND experienced nurses (with or without ER experience) is 90 days. You are paired with a preceptor the entire time and...

  9. Male ED nurses in the GYn room

    alkaleidi replied to CatintheER's topic in Emergency

    Ok, I'm confused. Did you read the original post? "How many male nurses out there run the Gyno rooms, I was going to pay one of our male nurses $20.00 to run the GYN rooms one night and there were no...

  10. IV med admin: terrified of making error!

    alkaleidi replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    The responses present pretty much cover my "2 cents" -- with a couple additions: When retrieving meds you are going to administer, where are you getting them from? If you have a med station like a...

  11. ED Physicians with overkill

    alkaleidi replied to ThisEDRNRocks's topic in Emergency

    I can empathize with the frustration with this kind of ED doc. We've got one that does that, and at the same time, has underkill when it comes to other things. For example? Had an infant with an...

  12. Help, questions to ask during interview

    alkaleidi replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Emergency

    I'd just add on to the response above me by Maisy -- as a CNA going to the ED as an ED Tech, I'd want to know what additional skills I'd be expected to learn. For example, phlebotomy, foley...

  13. What is your ER like?

    alkaleidi replied to rachelgp's topic in Emergency

    I must have it pretty good. Though we are a fairly small ER (about 30-ish beds), I haven't had anyone there for more than 4 hours max (from walking in to being either (a) discharged or (b) admitted)....

  14. RN with MBA, has anyone done this?

    alkaleidi replied to holdensjane's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with suzanne4 -- I am an RN trying to decide on what sort of graduate program I want to pursue and this is one option I'm looking at. My boyfriend's mom is an RN with her MBA and is director...

  15. Male ED nurses in the GYn room

    alkaleidi replied to CatintheER's topic in Emergency

    To apply this to a work scenario, we do have an ED nurse who is a guy and goes out of his way to avoid having to take care of female gyne-related emergencies. In fact, he was assigned a vag-bleed the...

  16. Help! Keeping it short and sweet???

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm on orientation and things are coming much better than I thought. Picking up the more focused assessment, brief admission info, and procedural stuff (lots of IVs, blood draws, etc) is going fine....

  17. mygym infomercial

    alkaleidi replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have used it, and I can honestly say it would work if you actually use it. If you're referring to the item I ordered, it looks sort of like a step thing but it's a base that has resistance bands...

  18. No blood draw from IV starts?

    alkaleidi replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    We do not have a policy like this -- I'm actually on orientation and am thrilled with the concept (obviously I'm an ER newbie as it seems this is a common practice and I'm just now getting excited...

  19. The Difference between "Scrub" pants and "uniform" pants?

    alkaleidi replied to DesertRain's topic in General Students

    Too bad Fredericks doesn't make a "nursing panty" line. :) LOL. When I was in school, I went to Walmart and invested in some white Hanes Her Way briefs. Neutral (skin tone) colored underwear work...

  20. Traveling Correctional Nurse in California?

    alkaleidi replied to surgnurse26's topic in Correctional

    Yes! GREAT housing, beautiful, and furnished SO great that all I would have needed was clothing and personal items (they furnished right down to the silverware, linens in the bed AND bath, etc --...

  21. Nursing Clipboards? Are they a go or a no?

    alkaleidi replied to Syncere's topic in General Students

    In nursing school I had a "fat lil blackbook" that I bought and wrote EVERYTHING in. I marked sections with those little teeny postit tags (red stickies that stuck out, and I just jotted something...

  22. Just a note on the NP vs PA debate...

    alkaleidi replied to TMnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok, I hate to bring a somewhat dead topic out of the grave, but I have a question, and would like any answers that are as unbiased as possible. I was speaking to a PA student who is an RN today, and...

  23. Computerized ED charting

    alkaleidi replied to Calfax's topic in Emergency

    Ours is CareManager (I think that's what it's called)... every room in the ED has a computer, so as or after you do something for a patient, you chart it... very clear and user-friendly... and...

  24. Expensive Books!!

    alkaleidi replied to sue10's topic in General Students

    Here are my solutions to expensive nursing books: 1. Share! If you are in a program that does 8-week classes (i.e. half your class takes Maternal/Child Health(OB) while the other half takes Psych for...

  25. Help and advice for an ER RN newbie.

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Emergency

    I have experience in med/surg/peds, behavioral health, and corrections. I am an RN in orientation for a full-time ER job. I go to the unit for more orientation next week... and the following week I...