Hey all! Just wanting to introduce myself and talk about endoscopy. I'm going to be starting a new position in the field in the next two or three weeks. I'm pretty excited - I shadowed for a little...
Thanks for all the input! Gonna try to keep my head up. I try to be so cautious with the adult population but it sounds like it'll be even more important for the kiddos! Will definitely ask lots of...
I was thinking about that the other day; more appys, more seizures, asthma/bronchiolitis, etc. So good point! I realize the focus will be totally different. I think it'll be challenging to the...
I worked at another facility that forced you to use a disclaimer stating that anything on your facebook was not associated with the facility. The other option was to not even list you were working...
I feel like I've seen more nursing cannibalism in the ER than I did when I was on the floors. I've also experienced a lot of "favoritism." Certain people given preference by those in power or...
cadency replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in Emergency
Some of the time management things will come with time; does your ER have set protocols? That helped me so much when I started that I began to anticipate what I would need for my abdominal pains and...
So I started in an all adult ER. I'm at a combination ER with minimal pediatric contact. I just got offered a position as a pediatric ER nurse with some cross over to the adult side if I want to. I...
cadency replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency
I can totally relate to this post right now. I've been in the ER environment for a year and a half. This being my second ER since I've been in a new state. I don't know if it's the state out here,...
I'm a new grad in a level 1 trauma ED. Been there since March, but am in a nurse residency that gave us the benefit of working through 7 critical care units to find one that "matches" to us. Being a...
Just to confirm... ED is royal blue dress code. When you go through, a lot of the units will have t-shirts they can wear. ED is the only unit that doesn't allow that... but when you're rotating...
We have a sickle cell protocol at my facility. O2, q30min dilaudid x 4, q1h dilaudid x 2 (iirc) and then see where the pain is at. If their pain is still unmanagable at that point, it decides...
My only comment to this would be to consider what you want to do in the future and how long you intend to be at this job. An ED, you can take pretty much anywhere. Burn, however, is much more...
I live in Antioch... it's about 25 minutes away from Vandy. Antioch's odd in the way that some areas are friendlier than others. Brentwood is posh and more expensive. The closer you get to Vandy,...