bear14

bear14 has 2 years experience.

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1. Futile ressusitation

   bear14 replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

   I totally understand what the OP means but a few weeks ago we had a cardiac arrest come in and we got the guy back, got him to cath lab and he was extubated a few weeks later and doing well. It's...

2. Why is Med-Surg so hated?

   bear14 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

   It's not dropping them on you, at least from the Ed perspective. We have to admit those who are not well enough to go home. Sometimes they are clusters sometimes they're not. We send those who meet...

3. New Trauma Nurse Help

   bear14 replied to Mariah87's topic in Emergency

   It's sad to say but you get more comfortable the more experience you have. The second day I was in the ED we had a cardiac arrest that we brought back. I was so nervous I couldn't even put the foley...

4. When refusing to work is considered abandonment?

   bear14 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   I'd deal with the shift but look for a new job. If there are only two of you it is not fair to the other nurse. S/He is going to need your help. 35 to 2 is extremely unsafe. Especially, if they are...

5. Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

   bear14 replied to Matthew.RN's topic in Emergency

   I love history I am going to have to check that book out!

6. Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

   bear14 replied to Matthew.RN's topic in Emergency

   Really????

7. Morphine

   bear14 replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

   Ok, this is what I found when I googled it so I may have answered my own question.

8. Morphine

   bear14 posted a topic in Emergency

   I always knew Morphine reduced the oxygen demand on the heart, but I never knew through what mechanism. An instructor said that it is done by decreasing the pain so the patient isn't breathing as...

9. Parkland, Dallas TX travel question

   bear14 replied to Matthew.RN's topic in Emergency

   Isn't that the same hospital they took Kennedy

10. Want to quit

    bear14 replied to PaleomilesRN's topic in Emergency

    I did the Purdue online BSN course. It was all online and wasn't horribly expensive. Will your job do financial reimbursement? That helped us a lot. The Purdue course was easy it was just time...

11. Pseudoseizures in the ED

    bear14 replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

    We did the hand thing and she pulled it away so she didn't hit

12. Pseudoseizures in the ED

    bear14 posted a topic in Emergency

    What is your ED's philosophy in treat pseudoseizures? We had a pt come in that was in her 40's with a pseudoseizure, vitals were stable. So, that being said we still treated it as we would with any...

13. What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    bear14 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Don't we have to see the K+ first before giving the

14. impaction treatment

    bear14 replied to middleagednurse's topic in Emergency

    We do enema's which sometimes help but rarely and then move on to attacking it from the north and giving them Mag Citrate or go

15. how bad is 11a-11p?

    bear14 replied to ivyleaf's topic in Emergency

    I work 11-11 and it can be exhausting. By 1900 you're looking at your watch thinking okay I have four more hours and then by ten you start your countdown. For me it works because I can get the kids to...