TheCoppertop

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  1. All dressed up, nowhere to go!

    TheCoppertop posted a topic in Travel

    Venting!! Is this a slow time to get interviews? Feeling discouraged! i've been fully vetted by two larger, good reputation agencies and submitted to a couple jobs Dec 22. Sure its going to be slow...

  2. HELP! New Grad Travel Nursing

    TheCoppertop replied to PeepoSoosh's topic in Travel

    Definitely no!!! I started as a med surg nurse on a tele floor in 2008.. all I wanted was to do ER but there were no spots open. So I did the MS gig for three months, talked to the ER nurses when they...

  3. What are your pet peeves?

    TheCoppertop replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    I think I've been doing it too long, the pt ridiculousness barely even peeves me anymore. I just expect them to not know the name of a single med they're on, except of course "Dilaudid 6mg three times...

  4. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    TheCoppertop replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    My biggest pet peeve lately is management! I work in a craaazy busy ED and end-year overtime has been forbidden. So we start off every day with minimum staff, and if there are any call-offs, we're...

  5. Best one sentence handoff report

    TheCoppertop replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    From EMS: "22yo male acute onset chest pain during apprehension by law

  6. Ugh, those "I'm so stupid" moments

    TheCoppertop posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been an ED nurse for 5 years and just moved to a new state, a new job. I'm as confident as I can be after 5 years, I definitely don't know it all but I can hold my own. Yesterday, my 2nd week off...

  7. Ugh, those "I'm so stupid" moments

    TheCoppertop replied to TheCoppertop's topic in Emergency

    Thanks iluvivt! I always listen to the patient too, and just this week I started 2 18s on grateful pts who told me the back of their forearm is the only place they can get a vein, and both thanked me...

  8. Ugh, those "I'm so stupid" moments

    TheCoppertop replied to TheCoppertop's topic in Emergency

    Thanks to all who replied! I know I did the right thing for the patient and I do feel better about it now. I'm at a L1 Trauma center and I'm surprised RNs cant do EJs, I've done quite a few at my...

  9. Custom badge buddy/reference suggestions

    TheCoppertop replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

    I did that a lot as a new nurse. I found myself looking on the cards a lot so then I started a game, I'd answer it myself, then check the card to be sure, and soon I didn't need pedi vs,...

  10. Preparation/advice for precepting student?

    TheCoppertop replied to Cohiba's topic in Emergency

    Volunteer to help with whatever you can, but not at the neglect of your own pts. Ask questions! You should stop by beforehand and see if there are protocols for workups and study those if you can....

  11. My heart is set on the emergency field but...

    TheCoppertop replied to KLBatchelor's topic in Emergency

    Best advice I ever got as a new nurse dealt with a horrifically sick child. Kid came in, was soon intubated, naked on the bed and all I could think of was my son, about the same age. I was brand new,...

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

    TheCoppertop replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Lol 2 come to mind.One a guy around 30 who checked in as chest pain, then told the doc he was really there because he just found out that a place he worked at 10 years ago, was found to contain...

  13. Verbal Abuse...I Gave What I Got...

    TheCoppertop replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency

    I had one that unfortunately, I blew my top over. Yall don't need to shame me, I got lucky on this one but it is definitely my low point as a nurse. He came in, acting disoriented, stating in triage...

  14. How do you handle the drug seekers?

    TheCoppertop replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency

    Its a tough one. There's no way around it. I struggle with keeping it impersonal because really, it can feel very personal sometimes. I worked at a small community hospital, very rural, and therefore...

  15. Vent: Why I won't accompany my mother to the ER anymore

    TheCoppertop replied to BelgianRN's topic in Emergency

    Kudos to you for bringing food! I always find it hilarious when a pt announces her child is a nurse, its said with soo much pride and yes the sane ones usually do look mortified (its the ones who buck...

  16. Best ER Nurse quotes

    TheCoppertop replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    To a drunk patient who fell and had a head lac: "This is your tetorifice shot." "I don't want a shot!" "Well it prevents lockjaw.. so you can keep drinkin'!" "Oh,

  17. Time Management Strategies

    TheCoppertop replied to cousx2's topic in Emergency

    I graduated in May 2008 and I've been working in my ED for about 5 months. I absolutely love my job and would do it for free! I had a 3 month orientation and when I came off orientation, time...

  18. Started at UHC

    TheCoppertop replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Ed I am planning on applying to UHC pretty soon, I am moving to Clarksburg from Pennsylvania in a few months. I am curious to know what the pay range is there.. if you're comfortable giving a ballpark...

  19. Know it all classmates

    TheCoppertop replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    We have a total know it all in our class, she is constantly "adding on" to what the instructor teaches us.. her experience? No she's never worked with patients, her MOM is a nurse, this is what she...

  20. anyone going to CCAC for nursing???

    TheCoppertop replied to HeavenBound0530's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Oh! Almost forgot.. My friends who got in last year went to their orientation and told me that the instructors asked the crowd "who here has kids? a job? a spouse? more classes than just the nursing...

  21. anyone going to CCAC for nursing???

    TheCoppertop replied to HeavenBound0530's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I've heard the same about the CCAC instructors.. a male friend of mine told me the instructors are "eat their young" brutal and actually seem happy when people have to withdraw.. he's not a catty sort...

  22. I am going to have a nervous breakdown....

    TheCoppertop replied to jbjints's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm going to CCAC North and I got my letter today, accepted for day option! WOo! What a relief! Do you have your CPR cert yet? If not where are you doing

  23. ***A&P I Fall '05 Club -- Sept Q&A***

    TheCoppertop replied to kayel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi all! I had my first test (lecture) and lab test this week.. I was so mad at myself because on the practical test I was rushing through, happy to be answering one I *knew* (levels of organization:...

  24. Vegetarian being asked to dissect a cat !

    TheCoppertop replied to roxburin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We had to dissect a rat last week and my lab partners were too squeamish so I took over and just did it. I feel like I learned from the experience, but probably no more than I could have learned from...

  25. A&P I: Fall '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

    TheCoppertop replied to NicInNC's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't know of any cute ways to learn them, the easiest way for me is just looking at them as the building blocks of each other.. can't have an organ without tissue, can't have an organ SYSTEM...