Skylar86

Hey everyone, I work in a busy emergency department. Over the past few months we've been short staffed and over capacity (almost daily). Anyways, I felt unwell with niggling abdominal pain when I woke up this morning but not to the point where I felt...

Hey team, I'm a fairly new nurse who works in a busy adult emerg dept. A few days ago i was working in the acute area (ratio of 1:6). During my shift I had a patient (80F, multiple comorbidities) be transferred from resus to one of my side rooms. She...

I suppose I should have used a different title for this thread. Unnecessary is more the word I was looking for rather than invasive. I realise nothing is going to be distressing for someone who already has a gcs of 3 however the time it would take to...

I am a New Zealand trained RN and have been working in emerg for 3 years. I am currently going through the NNAS process to be eligible to write the NCLEX and have been using Uworld as my study guide. I am hoping to move to Saskatchewan, Canada and wo...

im not sure what your policy includes but in the emergency department that i work at we have ''standing orders''. We can give paracetamol (tylenol), oxygen and normal saline without it being charted... we just need to get it charted/signed at some st...

wow... skirts/stockings? i cant imagine!!! all of the nurses wear light colored blue scrubs and the doctors wear navy blue scrubs. We have our own change room and are actually not allowed to wear our scrubs out of the department. We are also not allo...

on days off when someone asks you what time it is and instead of looking at your wrist you look at your chest/hip for your fob watch...

you realize that as a patient you have the right to refuse right? why didnt you refuse the ms?

if the OP is a student.....that explains everything!

Hi everyone. On my last shift I came across an interesting situation. I had a 67y/o man come in with chest pain who spoke very little English (I can't remember exactly where he was from). Long story short, it was very difficult to obtain consent fro...

13y/o boy placed 30 little magnetic balls into his urethra. he was able to pee ("shoot") the first one out and thought that by putting in more he could make his penis into a machine gun? Ended up having to tell his mum when he was only able to urinat...

oh forgot to mention! I work in a university/student town.... the amount of students we get during exam week is really ridiculous. They come in the morning before their exam with ''abdo pain'' and want to leave almost right after being asessed... but...

the patients that come in because they forgot to fill their prescription at their GP and its now the weekend... the patients that have had a cough/leg pain/sore whatever for MONTHS and decide that TODAY IS THE DAY that they will come to the emergency...

I am a new grad (also graduated december 2011) and got a job right away in the ER. If we didn't have enough in common.... i only had 6 weeks orientation as well! I was nervous at first.. i thought maybe I would need a longer orientation... but to be ...

I am a newgrad nurse. I've been working in a busy ED for two months now and absolutely love it and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunately this morning I came across a ''situation'' and am not sure if I dealt with it in the right way. This morning I sta...

ha.. last week had a 12y/o boy put 30 little magnetic metal balls into his urethra. I'm not certain but I personally think that he maybe thought that when he peed they would shoot out like bullets? The poor fella was so embarassed... mum thought it w...

Just curious to know if anyone has ever catched anything (i.e. scabies, flu, HIV etc) from their patients?

New Zealand RN- New grad $21.67/hr $45,00 something salary and the cost of living is extremely high nurses make a bit more in aussie which is why a lot of NZ nurses go over there.

Answer: Absolutely! I am a newgrad and this is my 5th week (i get 6 weeks orientation and can request more if i need it). I hear so many nurses on here saying how important it is to get a background in med/surg before coming into ED. I think it is im...

I am a newgrad working in the ED (in my 3rd week). I have had previous experience as an EMT and also did a placement in ED as a 3rd year nursing student so I feel as if I am really getting the hang of things. Last night we were extremely busy. My pre...

first year nursing student... extremely nervous as it was my first day on clinical.. first time alone with a doctor and a patient (i was to just observe and get V/S once he finished his assessment) i felt like i should be doing something so as he was...

it's interesting... when i was an EMT in Canada (before becoming an RN) most of the nurses had a stethescope but here in New Zealand i NEVER see any nurses (not even in respiratory units) carrying them! but in answer to your question... chapstick, r...

i have 6 weeks working with my preceptor (looking after patient loads together) then i am let loose.. if i feel i need more time with my preceptor then i am able to get it... 18 weeks sounds a bit long to be honest.

i couldnt agree with you more!! i am a new grad in the ED (i am just in my 3rd week now) Luckily the newgrad program that I am on allows me to have 6 weeks orientation with a preceptor (an amazing nurse-- i am very lucky!) so i am not completely thro...

The good news is that I just recently graduated from nursing school last month and received a full time position in the emergency department (my passion). My preceptor is amazing and I am going to be buddied with her for 6 weeks (or longer if i feel...