gamegirlkimmy

gamegirlkimmy

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  1. drinks at the nurses station

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I have just recently joined the management team in the ER where I have been a staff nurse. Drinks in the nurses station has been an ongoing battle for as long as I have been a nurse. My manager...

  2. Epi-Pen Auto Injector

    gamegirlkimmy replied to mwboswell's topic in Emergency

    Several Nurses have accidentally injected themselves in the thumb with our epi pen. Be

  3. Need Clever award ideas for ED Nurses

    gamegirlkimmy replied to gamegirlkimmy's topic in Emergency

    Great Ideas! Thanks

  4. Need Clever award ideas for ED Nurses

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi there! I am tring to come up with activities for ED nurses week. We thought it would be fun to nominate our fellow nurses for awards. We need more categories with some funny names for nursing...

  5. Need Clever award ideas for ED Nurses

    gamegirlkimmy replied to gamegirlkimmy's topic in Emergency

    Awesome ideas!

  6. patient assignments and continuity of care

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Emergency

    How does your ED assign patients? We have recently went from room assignments to assigning patients by acuity. The idea was so you keep your patient throughout thier stay and avoid hand offs....

  7. Timely documentation

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I know the importance of Real Time documentation and the impact it has on patient safety. I have a nurse in my department that is always piling up charts and documenting "when she gets time". The...

  8. physician compliance

    gamegirlkimmy replied to joamy2's topic in Nurse Management

    Seems like much of the time the physician's are the most resistant to following policy. Many times they are not updated on ever changing policies and documentation requirements. In any case they must...

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

    gamegirlkimmy replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    :rotfl: :rotfl: A frequent flyer came by ambulance for a mosquito bite! It was difficult not to laugh at her, we treated her with

  10. MD/nurse team in ER triage to improve flow

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I have been reading alot of articles about how having an MD in triage increases the flow in the ER. The article states that most ERs overcrowd due to each step being dependent on the previous i.e....

  11. Using MDs in triage

    gamegirlkimmy posted a topic in Emergency

    I have been reading alot of articles about how having an MD in triage increases the flow in the ER. The article states that most ERs overcrowd due to each step being dependent on the previous i.e....

  12. Alta Bates in SF or Oakland

    gamegirlkimmy replied to peaceful's topic in California Nursing

    Have you considered Kaiser, benefits are great and things have really changed for the better over the last few years. Patient service and satisfaction is at an all time high and personally they have...

  13. ER RN salary

    gamegirlkimmy replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Emergency

    You want to make good money in nursing come to California! Our hospital starts new grads at 35.00+ an hour. Shift differential is 3.53 for pm shift and over 6 for night shift. Seasoned nurses...

  14. Financial incentives for meeting budgets?

    gamegirlkimmy replied to big sweet life's topic in Nurse Management

    I am expecting my bonus this week. Our bonus is based on meeting the organizational goals which are different every year. Patient satisfaction, various budget issues, and HR were 2004 goals. I am...

  15. Scheduling for ER Nurses

    gamegirlkimmy replied to EstherdH's topic in Emergency

    My ER has what I consider to be a huge number of new graduate RNs. If self scheduling were done my fear would be that there wouldn't be enough seasoned nurses to support all the new grads. Union...

  16. How do you give next shift report?

    gamegirlkimmy replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    In our Emergency department we just started with bedside report. This gives the outgoing nurse a chance to say good-bye to the patient and also introduce the oncoming nurse to the patient. We...

  17. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    gamegirlkimmy replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have the utmost respect for all roles and I really think it would be great if being a CNA was a pre-requisite to LPN, and LPN was pre-requisite for RN. I have been all 3 and I really appreciate to...

  18. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    gamegirlkimmy replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    This isn't an acronym but..... have you ever had those pitiful suicide attempts that are in your ED so much that you know they just enjoy the attention? I'm gonna write a book titled "Suicide, Doing...