Delete_Me_Please replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency
Sounds like his only issue was wanting an IV to make drug abuse easier... That, and being an *******, but the two are usually mutually exclusive. I have a personal policy that has served me well so...
Delete_Me_Please replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency
I wish... The last time I got punched, i called the cops, filed the reports, and said I'd be willing to testify and swear out whatever, so they arrested him. A few weeks later, I hadn't heard...
Delete_Me_Please replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency
All the bills in the world about violence against nurses aren't going to change the fact that, as our departments get more and more overcrowded, and continue that trend as obamacare phases in, people...
Delete_Me_Please replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency
Unlike others here, I would encourage you to take it, provided that failure would not totally discourage you from ever taking it again. There is no substitute for seeing the type of questions and the...
Delete_Me_Please replied to jkr2020788's topic in Emergency
Amen to that. It sucks hard when the end of a doctors shift coincides with nursing shift change or scheduled med times. In regards to the OP, As an ER nurse, I found it helpful to ask myself what...
My understanding is that as long as you are afforded a reasonable amount of time to respond, you are not legally entitled to compensation for on call pay. One of my former employers was sued over...
Delete_Me_Please replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
Zippy cant help it; he's British. Their concepts of medicine, particularly emergency medicine, are about as wacked as their concept of rights, which is why our system of everyone having the right to...
Delete_Me_Please replied to ketonesRN's topic in Emergency
That's the difference between what the manufacturer recommends and what pharmacists know to be safe, thanks to clinical research and outcomes assessments. Rocephin, and Ancef for that matter, can be...
From what you're saying, the "are you an rn are you a student etc" questions probably originate in the fact that you make an effort to care about your patients as people, not just as bodies and...
Delete_Me_Please replied to nursgwithcompassion's topic in Correctional
Correctional nursing is an environment similar to the burn unit... You only have to work there for about a week before you know if it is right for you or not. Go for it, just dont put all your chips...
Delete_Me_Please replied to ketonesRN's topic in Emergency
That's not necessarily true... A gram of rocephin or ancef can be run wide open, as each can safely infuse in under five minutes. There are some, however not
I'm white... Where is this "power" that I guess I'm supposed to hold? I worked in a unit where I was the only white nurse and saw maybe three white patients in the six months I was there. People did...