MikeyBSN

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  1. Unborn Children

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a pt who was in an advanced state of pregnancy and was doing things that posed great harm to herself and her unborn child. The question was raised as to whether we should call DYFS...

  2. I am terrible at IV's!!

    MikeyBSN replied to momthenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ER nurse, this was sort of a

  3. I am terrible at IV's!!

    MikeyBSN replied to momthenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just make the ER nurse do it before the pt comes up, or call one if it infiltrates. That appears to be the unwritten practice in my

  4. pediatric vs adult stethoscopes

    MikeyBSN replied to Niecystewka_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends where you work. If you work in the NICU then you shouldn't bother with the adult scope, and if you work in med-surg then a ped scope probably won't do you much good. If you work in a...

  5. Does your ED/ER hire new grads? (and related ?s)

    MikeyBSN replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    Hospitals in my area seem to waiver back and forth on the new grad question. Some hospitals will take them, others won't take them one year but then change their mind the next. I entered the ER as a...

  6. From Med/Surg to ED

    MikeyBSN replied to raindrop's topic in Emergency

    If you don't think you have to do a lot of charting or paperwork in the ED, I would re-check the way you're charting. We have had many people come to the ED from the floors, most of them go back...

  7. Unborn Children

    MikeyBSN replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Excessive illegal drug use to the point where it became

  8. Signing an additional "contract"

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have a contract with my employer through my union's collective bargaining agreement. It basically spells out what rights I have and the rights of the hospital. The management in my unit has...

  9. "VIP" Patients

    MikeyBSN replied to dopaminequeenRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was just venting about this same issue to a co-worker the other day. Sometimes we will get a call that a "VIP" is coming into the ED and that we should give them special care. I had a "VIP" come...

  10. How does an RN file a complaint?

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm considering filing a complaint against a physician whose actions (or rather in-actions) significantly contributed to the death of a patient. I looked on my state's website for the Board of...

  11. Refusal for Blood Draw

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Emergency

    We had a pt come in about a week ago who had been involved in an MVC. The pt was awake and oriented. The cops told us to draw blood for their kit but the pt refused to have their blood drawn. The...

  12. How do you cope?

    MikeyBSN replied to littleoldme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm work in the ER so we have dead/dying patients brought in fairly frequently. I have to admit that most of the time it doesn't really bother me. It's harder if the person is young, but you just...

  13. anybody from greenville hospital?

    MikeyBSN replied to starbin's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You need to be willing to work with a lot of inner-city

  14. Guess this chief complaint

    MikeyBSN replied to ernurse61's topic in Emergency

    I like when they think they have amonia. My friend told me about a guy who took "peanutbutterball" for his

  15. Is it appropriate to check on pts?

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Emergency

    I was just wondering if you think it's appropriate to call a unit/hospital where you sent a pt from the ED to see how they are doing. Does anyone here do

  16. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    MikeyBSN replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had my wisdom teeth pulled and, although I was never completely out, I woke up twice and my oral surgeon had to switch me from versed to ketamine. After the procedure she told me how she...

  17. MI at 23?

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a very strange case today and I was wondering if anyone has ever heard anything similar. The patient was a 23 yo female who presented with CP and abd. pain. The pt was holding her chest and...

  18. Should I have done anything differently?

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a fairly new ER nurse and I came across something that bothered me today. I had a patient, patient X, who came in by EMS. The patient had a massive L eye contusion, L nares bleeding and...

  19. Should I have done anything differently?

    MikeyBSN replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    The pt was a mentally competent

  20. PALS vs. ENPC

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi ER nurse veterans, We see pediatric medical and major trauma patients in my ER. I need and want to take a good peds course and I was wondering which couse was better. Which course better prepares...

  21. Ever seen this??

    MikeyBSN replied to vamedic4's topic in Emergency

    This reminds me of a similar situation I had a few nights ago. I had a patient with exacerbation of chronic pain come in in servere pain. I administered 60mg of toradol IM, but this guy was on...

  22. Possibly moving to NJ. Question on SALARIES

    MikeyBSN replied to ggambrah's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hi, I am a NJ native and I currently work in an ER here. My base pay is 31/hr right out of school, which is on the higher side here for new grads. A new grad makes between 26-32 here, I'm not sure...

  23. Sick...

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hi, I'm a new nurse and I just started working in an ER. We have a pediatric ER that we rotate through and I've been in there a lot lately. I like working with the kids, but I'm having the same...

  24. Let's introduce ourselves...

    MikeyBSN replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm Mike and I took my boards in the beginning of feb. I'm working as a nurse in a busy ER. We service an inner-city population and we are a trauma center so it's very busy and hectic sometimes....

  25. What to expect in my Psych rotation

    MikeyBSN replied to nurstobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It depends on where you have your psych rotation. I did mine in an inner city hospital so we got a lot of schizophrenia and drug-related patients. Basically we just went around and talked to them,...