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  1. Epic vs Cerner EMR

    tarotale replied to RN_Fan_Club's topic in General Nursing

    funny because i talked with coworker about this. i asked her if there are any worse program than meditech, and she said if you hear cerner, just walk the other way.

  2. Baby Nurse

    tarotale replied to astewar5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    there are free sources: charge nurse, pharmacist, experienced

  3. Is job hopping the only answer for matching pay...

    tarotale posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, today I want to discuss a topic that we are all attentive of, and that involves our pay. I am constantly hearing at my workplace about how we are the least paying level 1 trauma center in the...

  4. Floating non-ICU RN's to ICU!!?

    tarotale replied to Keri29's topic in Critical Care

    Do you hear that sound? Yap it's the sound of lawyers grinding their sickle. Good luck to hospital

  5. Are handguns allowed at work?

    tarotale replied to TexasGal1964's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Tapdancing jesus where do you live Gotham

  6. Is being case manager plus to future business planner?

    tarotale posted a topic in Case Management

    Hi, I am ER nurse who's been in the bedside field for almost 2 yrs. To keep things short and sweet, I have been looking into the CM specialty for a while. I have read about the nice things for being a...

  7. Compassion fatigue...how do you deal?

    tarotale replied to klone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    i work at downtown area at large metro, so we get big number of crap demographics, you know the indigent and poor (don't mind about this part) but entitled, ignoramus, non-complaint yet wanting magic...

  8. Are handguns allowed at work?

    tarotale replied to TexasGal1964's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    because a gun man will hold fire until cop shows up...

  9. Is being case manager plus to future business planner?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Case Management

    i will take that as a

  10. shotgun knowledge from emergency geniuses

    tarotale posted a topic in Emergency

    It's been about 4 months or so since i transitioned into ED, and there are things we do routinely but i don't know why we do them. so i am just going to ask any random things I have been curious about...

  11. Unsure nursing is for me

    tarotale replied to newgrad1988's topic in Nursing Career

    honestly i don't know what kind of person would like nursing. there are people who genuinely like it i'm sure, but there are heck loads that hate it, and even more who now do it just because "they...

  12. Help from the nursing community for a recent medical graduate.

    tarotale replied to Goomtaur's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    you know i was actually curious about that. i work at dallas and there are gazillions of foreign doctors (majority are primary care physicians), most of them being indians and africans. how does this...

  13. New Nurse Manager

    tarotale replied to donsterRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    manage as if you are one of the staff. i had one manager whom i dearly love, will work under her if she sets her own business without hesitation. she managed like she was one of us. that's the way....

  14. Help from the nursing community for a recent medical graduate.

    tarotale replied to Goomtaur's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you are img. I see. You know I heard back in the days DOs were considered less than MDs or something like that but now there's practically no difference so I hear, it's quite unsettling that imgs...

  15. Help from the nursing community for a recent medical graduate.

    tarotale replied to Goomtaur's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know too much about physician world, but I do know it's pretty hectic and full of bs (ER docs are not very discrete lol) just like in the nursing world, we may not see it too clearly just like...

  16. How are some people still employed?

    tarotale replied to K+MgSO4's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    well you know common sense is a big asset now days... when it should be just that: "common". swear to god some of things and ways these people compute, process and behave lol... honestly i don't...

  17. shotgun knowledge from emergency geniuses

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    sure did. makes sense why most of times we rarely see pressors but almost all the time, fluids start

  18. shotgun knowledge from emergency geniuses

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    plenty help! thanks. I read up on the lactulose a little bit. it seems to work by acidifying the gut flora in colon, which converts the ammonia NH3 (can diffuse back to blood) into ammonium NH4+ (not...

  19. It's nice to know I can still be moved

    tarotale replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm glad they decided to let him pass like a human being. Kudos on your work

  20. shotgun knowledge from emergency geniuses

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    What else is lactic for? Also you mentioned if interventions are helping. What interventions do you refer to by that?

  21. Got A Job!

    tarotale replied to nowontonursing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Great job. Nclex is nerve wrecking but its over

  22. I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

    tarotale replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on the floor, I started maybe handful a month. Now at Er, handful times 10 qd. That's really the way, practice and practice. I did get a good lesson from er nurse while a student, so ask...

  23. First Year of Nursing Do's and Donts

    tarotale replied to loyolae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do: ask about anything everything. Don't: have attitude when someone tries to help you. Good luck, don't get burned out! 50:50 though

  24. I want to be an RN but I'm worried

    tarotale replied to ra_co's topic in General Nursing

    well you know what i mean when i say they are compliant and appreciative of what you do to them "most of the times". cats are... well you know, have some heck of personality

  25. I want to be an RN but I'm worried

    tarotale replied to ra_co's topic in General Nursing

    I would rather see you go for veterinarian school. I had a hilarious doc who told me that he should have gone to become a vet, since animals appreciate and are complaint. We loled pretty hard. If you...