Mobeeb RN

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    danger to patients

    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...
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    SBAR for shift report

    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...
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    Change of shift admissions

    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...
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    Change of shift admissions

    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...
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    Sobering first day on the job.....

    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...
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    Change of shift admissions

    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...
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    Nursing strikes

    Go here for info.
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    Scheduling lunch breaks in the ED

    ED + Meal Break =
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    Funny patient names by nurses

    Once triaged a baby girl named "Precious Mahogany"......and the best was: a baby girl named: "Female Pajama" pronounced--fee-mah-lay pah-jah-may.
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    Twas the night before Christmas in the ER

    That was great! It's pretty much the "Q" word in our Level 1 ED at present.....the calm before the storm. Merry Christmas to
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    Trauma Nurse interview

    I've been in our Level 1 Trauma Center since 1985. You can pm me the questions and I can take a
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    ER Dept Scrub Color

    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:...
  13. 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;...
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    ER violence

    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...