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  1. Sodium Bicarbonate IV Administration

    tarotale replied to Mseenurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I have given tPA, etomidate, rocc/succ before when doctor handed it to me and said "push it" in his presence. sod bicarb is still bicarb no matter who gives it

  2. What's your go-to for stress relief?

    tarotale replied to Brian's topic in Emergency

    7 o

  3. wanting to become a Emergency Nurse

    tarotale replied to brtnee's topic in Emergency

    good question. from the pool of info I could obtain from various experienced ed nurses, it seems pretty evident that in any hospitals in south dallas and downtown dallas, you will frequently encounter...

  4. wanting to become a Emergency Nurse

    tarotale replied to brtnee's topic in Emergency

    My advice is not to work at parkland or Methodist

  5. Rules for Triage

    tarotale replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Lol on having symptom for 1yr. This happens all the time. "what brought you to er today" "I stepped on glass and it's killing me!!! " " when did this happen? " " 2yrs ago I... " " level

  6. Epic Charting System

    tarotale replied to mbutler14's topic in Emergency

    you are blessed... our ER still uses meditech... that pos

  7. Nurse VS Respiratory Therapist?

    tarotale replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    what's there to be a versus about it? we require more education, do more so naturally little more in pay, but they help us out tremendously as well especially with critical pts in ER. I respect them...

  8. Emergency room RN minimums in Texas

    tarotale replied to starsky3501's topic in Emergency

    we would all laugh if someone asked us "hey do you guys work under promised nurse-to-pt ratio?". our ED is supposed to be run with fully staffed 12-14 nurses per shift. Does it happen most of times at...

  9. Do Med Surg / Tele RNs still get hired into ER?

    tarotale replied to PacoUSA's topic in Emergency

    yup. right here. tele and obs exp. but importantly, I was internal transfer, so I believe that made it heck lot easier. I recommend finding internship from your system and applying as internal. good...

  10. unified license without having to endorse?

    tarotale replied to dsanto3's topic in General Nursing

    my question is, why are there compact states where I could practice in different states with license that I have from TX, but then I can't do it in other places and must obtain separate license (for...

  11. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    tarotale replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    great example showing where the healthcare in this country has become... just that: Business/Industry. I do this for money, and I have no respect for

  12. Am I being bullied? Or is this normal?

    tarotale replied to baymar67's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    you can take it to manager, but in the end, no one is going to truly speak for you except yourself. i had situations like that in the early days of career, you know, the older nurses trying to talk...

  13. Ways to land the ER job.

    tarotale replied to Guest852378's topic in Emergency

    get experience here and apply :) apply internally and externally. it's a dream job for many many floor nurses (whom I used to be), and it really is better although it's a lot busier than anywhere else...

  14. shifts per week: 4 and 3 or 4 and 4?

    tarotale posted a topic in General Nursing

    So now that I am going to be by myself at ED and able to pick up as much shifts for bonus+ot I can, I began to think about doing 4 shifts per week. but as my friend says, 4 shift one week, and 3 the...

  15. shifts per week: 4 and 3 or 4 and 4?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I live in TX, so supposedly we don't have income tax but i'm sure the money is being taken out just under different tax name in same amount as other states. most my coworkers seem to present the idea...

  16. shifts per week: 4 and 3 or 4 and 4?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    @lennonninja: I have a coworker who does 5-6 nights/week regularly, and he's about mid 40s. smh @RNperdiem: my thoughts exactly. i am at ed, so I would love to get a prn doing non-bedside, but then...

  17. Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    tarotale replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I LOVE this. I'm gona use this term from now on in my ED hey doc, she has hypodilaudinemia, can we get a bolus of 1000mg dilaudid?

  18. EKG tips and tricks in the ER?

    tarotale replied to alliecatrn10's topic in Emergency

    knowing how to read strips won't be your first worries once you start internship i transitioned from medsurg to level 1 trauma and i'm few days short of completing internship. ED will rock your world...

  19. Lost

    tarotale replied to Kalipso's topic in General Nursing

    join the club, and there's lots of

  20. So dietitians can now write orders: Denial of rights.

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

    so you are saying they wrote something other than diet orders. unless it's something big like a med order or intervention order, i would just ignore it and maybe talk to charge, but if she wrote...

  21. Always Complaints, Never an Attaboy

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

    i wouldn't really care only if i felt like i was being paid adequately compared to the work we

  22. ER Pearls of Wisdom!!

    tarotale replied to rnand10's topic in Emergency

    so far the best advice I found most helpful was: you're only one set of hands and feet. do one thing at a time. i am still learning to not get stressed over situations where i am overwhelmed; ems back...

  23. biggest challenge in ED transition

    tarotale posted a topic in Emergency

    as my internship is nearing to an end in the ED, as once a floor nurse I can say that I'm enjoying all the learning I get to do and the ED experiences I get for future career. I thought that the...

  24. "Strive for 5" at Firestone???

    tarotale replied to rnsrgr8t's topic in General Nursing

    you will pay for that tire change even though the service was bad. It's not as if Firestone hq is going to deny reimbursements for bad rating. Same should be for medical

  25. Work ALLOWS Patient Favoritism

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

    It's not just part of our job, this attitude just part of this world. So I say to myself, be the vip rather than the poor nobody. I took care of one of the big physicians at the er couple weeks ago....