Hmm....so....if the monitor is at the desk and the monitor tech is at the desk doing secretarial duties, what keeps the tech from noting that a lethal arrythmia alarm is sounding? And, who is at the...
Thanks to the Joint Commission (donchya just luv em), we are using the SBAR format when sending our ED patients to the floor/unit. It is time consuming and the floor nurses don't read them, otherwise...
I'm all about patient safety, but what aboutall of the patients sitting in the lobby waiting for treatment rooms to be available....and the ambulance patients who are packed, stacked and racked in the...
In our place, our ED MD schedules are as follows: Pediatricians work 12 hours 7a/7p and 7p/7a "Adult" MD's 7a/4p; 4p/0100; 9p/7a NP in Fast Track-12/12 So, as stated in a previous post, our problems...
Well, I've been working in a busy ED of Level 1 Trauma Center for 21 years, and I still cry, so...yes, what you are experiencing is normal. The day you stop caring is the day you need to get out of...
In our ED, most of the delay does come from the housestaff residents and the admission process. When the ED MD's determine the need for admission, the appropriate service is consulted and we go...
In our Level 1 ED, we wear navy, navy, navy. We can wear a white t-shirt beneath the scrub top, but that's it. I think the only advantage to the navy color is that it is rather slimming. :rotfl:...
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The following is from the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing: 21.17. Anesthesia. The administration of anesthesia is a proper function of a registered nurse and is a function regulated by this section;...
I agree with all of the responses regarding ED violence so far....drunks..druggies....sat night knife and gun club(every night in Level 1 trauma center) ....long waits (even though we have 51 rooms...