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  1. How do you collect CDE hours?

    BrooklynRN11201 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    does a facility or mentor have to sign off on hours? does it need to be in a healthcare facility or can it be volunteer or private work? do you have to work under a CDE? do you have to have a BSN...

  2. new RN, first job, having tough time, need advice

    BrooklynRN11201 posted a topic in Emergency

    So I'm adjusting to working in the ED and really do enjoy what I do for the most part in terms of the actual job and the care I provide. I enjoy the fast paced and collaborative nature of ED work,...

  3. First Job - Not A Great Facility, Take It Or No?

    BrooklynRN11201 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello - well I passed nursing school and I'm almost done with a 9 week graduate nurse externship I've been doing in the Emergency Department of a hospital here in New York and I love it! I'm also...

  4. Drug Seekers

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    sure, okay, spin it like that. meanwhile, I think it's entirely closed minded and unrealistic to expect to be mother superior to everything that walks through the door. did you get licensed to care...

  5. Possible needle stick

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to newgrad1988's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    what could you possibly get from a 5 year old? if you didn't puncture your glove or feel anything, you likely did not get stuck. I've had a needle stick and you would definitely know it if it...

  6. Nyu should I go?????or Felician

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to helpers56's topic in New York Nursing

    your father is 100% right - I work with two NYU grad RNs and I graduated from a community college - we all work in the same department of the same hospital, and I don't notice them having any more...

  7. Is it me (with no experience) or the NYC job market still sucks?

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to CP1983's topic in New York Nursing

    network network network - doesn't matter at all than you're an NYC employee, if you're applying to an RN job they want you to have experience or to at least KNOW you, know that you're going to be a...

  8. Drug Seekers

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I see a ton of drug seekers in my ED and it is sad, but it is also extremely frustrating and a burden on the whole system. I don't see anything wrong with making fun or talking about these people...

  9. A dedicated psych staff in your ER?

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to NurseStelri's topic in Emergency

    we have a totally separate ED for psych - but 9 times out of 10 they need to be medically cleared first, so we take care of them, get a psych consult, and try to move them to psych ED ASAP. it mostly...

  10. How is ER charting different than floor?

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    Well for me, we chart the minute things happen - as you know, everything is STAT so times are important. If I can't document it right away, I write the time on my hand. Needless to say, by the end...

  11. When is your shift over

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    I work 12 hour shifts 3x a week (and 4x a week one week a month). I work 7:30pm to 8am and the day shift works 7:30am to 8pm. We all have a mutual understanding that we will arrive at 7:30am/pm, get...

  12. APPENDICITIS

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I believe we do labs, IV, NS, Zofran, Zantac, Morphine 4mg (initially), CT, Cipro, Zosyn, Flagyl or combination of those, Sx

  13. Feel like quitting

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    I'm a new nurse and have been in the ED for a little over 6 months now. I'm pretty comfortable for the most part and we're a super busy inner city trauma level 2 and we're ALWAYS short staffed...

  14. Critical Alarms, who answers?

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    my goodness, some of you sound like you work at FANCY facilities! I'm lucky to find a monitor that works in my ED. I usually set the parameters around my pt's baseline for the most part, but I...

  15. HELP! New ED RN Off of Orientation Soon

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to meghanlyn's topic in Emergency

    your background is the EXACT SAME as mine. I graduated last June, interned in the ED July/August, got licensed in September and started my first nursing job in the same ED in December. I had the...

  16. IV sites for Abd CT

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to Louerrn's topic in Emergency

    I 100% agree with this - it's the same at my hospital and I don't see what the big deal is. The provider wants IV contrast for a hard stick? Get the ultrasound and do it yourself - I'm not...

  17. I'm Tired - A Rant

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to mmciv's topic in Emergency

    I know this is a vent thread and I completely understand and share most of the frustrations you do, but do you have a union? can you refuse to work during understaffed and unsafe

  18. Pain Management in the ER

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I work in an inner city ED in a very low income/low education area where we see A LOT of drug seekers. I know every ED has drug seekers, but I mean, we have A LOT! I do think our biases affect our...

  19. Good Read - Myths in Emergency Medicine

    BrooklynRN11201 posted a topic in Emergency

    from Jan 2014, not sure if it's been posted yet, but did a quick search and didn't see it: http://www.acepnow.com/article/myths-emergency-medicine/ text: See link for complete

  20. new RN, first job, having tough time, need advice

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency

    very intelligent and SPOT ON advice, I appreciate it. to be clear, I do have at least a couple of patients shake my hand on discharge and tell me I was excellent on each shift (which does make it...

  21. new RN, first job, having tough time, need advice

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency

    I think you are missing my point entirely - never did I say ALL my pts are drug or ETOH addicts, but you are very VERY wrong about people not specifically choosing to come to the ED "just because they...

  22. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    well the obvious are the psych patients... I had one the other day who swore there was a squirrel stuck in her lady parts. but one time I was working trauma and this lady comes in saying she fell on...

  23. CEN as a New Grad

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to mterrybsn's topic in Emergency

    I'll echo what everyone else said - I am technically a new grad (June 2013) and the only reason I got a job in my ED is because I externed here over the summer and made some nice connections. I...

  24. Anyone in Huntington Beach, CA?

    BrooklynRN11201 posted a topic in California Nursing

    I might be relocating to Huntington Beach, CA from NYC in a little less than a year from now. I know it's a little premature, but I'm just wondering how the job market is there and if anyone had any...

  25. IV Push

    BrooklynRN11201 replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Emergency

    Maybe of the seconds/minutes you're supposed to push? I know nurses who push meds way too fast (like in 5 secs) but I don't even count, I just do it as slow as possible giving a few seconds between...