jerry5657

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1. Patient Ratio

   jerry5657 posted a topic in Emergency

   What is your current patient/staff ratio's? I work in a 13 bed ER with a Fasttrack of 10 beds(Fasttrack staffing is 1 or 2 nurses for usually a little of 30 patients for a 12 hour shift) during the day shift only, consequently that shift has basica...

2. Pulseless patients: shock or drugs

   jerry5657 replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

   shock the patient by saying---------- something like "I am a closet thespian" "To shock or not to shock, That is the question!"

3. ER- Fire Disaster

   jerry5657 replied to jerry5657's topic in Emergency

   Thanks, for the sugestions - I have been to several official sites and have difficulty getting to any useful data - I'll keep swinging, Thanks

4. Move to ED from ICU?

   jerry5657 replied to sleddogrn's topic in Emergency

   Going to an ICU Is a good step toward CC transport. Your experience in ER will give you confidence in tough times and ICU will sharpen the details of critical care. Take all the classes and training you are offered that you are able too. Good Luck...

5. Move to ED from ICU?

   jerry5657 replied to sleddogrn's topic in Emergency

   Hello, My name is Jerry and I started my nursing career on a burn unit with an ICU for 4 years, then I went to a general 20 bed ICU that did everything from Trauma to post CABG, of course AMI's as well and so on. After 4 years in the ICU I always da...

6. ER- Fire Disaster

   jerry5657 posted a topic in Emergency

   Dear Nurses, I am on a comittee that is searching for fire disaster preperation. There is a lot of federal sites but a lot of non humonoid language having more to do with the Idea of having disaster preparation and no indication where step one st...