Tobash

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1. Biased care in the ER?

   Tobash replied to Mijourney's topic in Emergency

   I like the attitude and odor bias. I think from a racial standpoint our ED staff treats everyone equally, esp with regards to trauma. Sometimes I do wonder about gender bias concerning cardiac care. Females sometimes do not get the more agressive t...

2. New to ER

   Tobash replied to choquita's topic in Emergency

   Welcome to Emergency nursing!! You are ahead of the game with your med-surg experience and are already planning by taking the additional classes. You should be an asset in your dept. As a clinical preceptor in a 60,000+pt/yr ED, I recommend that y...

3. Medical errors by nurses in hospitals are the result of?

   Tobash replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that the problem of medication errors is multifactoral with the nurse playing the pivotal role prior to administering the med. Unfortunately, when you add inexperienced or graduate nurses that are developing their technical and assessment te...