mommatrauma

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  1. ATCN vs TNCC

    mommatrauma posted a topic in Emergency

    Just recently took ATCN (Advanced trauma care for nurses, run concurrently with ATLS). I'm looking for feedback to see who took it and what you thought? Also, in relation to TNCC what did you think?...

  2. A burning question...

    mommatrauma posted a topic in Burn

    We have had multiple burn patients recently...mostly 2nd degree burns...90% of our burns get transferred out to our nearby burn center...we have gotten conflicting reports on whether or not to apply...

  3. Describe Different Levels Er

    mommatrauma replied to angelique777's topic in Emergency

    I don't agree with all of this....I'm not saying that parts of magnet status aren't BS...but its not ALL BS...and it is a ton of work to get that status...my mother is an ER nurse manager in a...

  4. Neuro-vascular status

    mommatrauma replied to nursesearl's topic in Emergency

    I spell it out the first time I do it...but thereafter I abbreviate it...and I write my notes in body system order so at least in my notes, it goes into my extremity notes, not in my abd assessment,...

  5. I don't know what to think about this?

    mommatrauma replied to Janlynn's topic in Emergency

    If we have to split the shot for two sites, we get enough people to do both shots at the same time...one in each leg...that way the child only really feels the sticks once...and its done in 5 seconds...

  6. Erie, PA Lifestar medevac helicopter missing

    mommatrauma replied to Shamira Aizza's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Helicopter and dead pilot found approx 5 miles out from the

  7. Erie, PA Lifestar medevac helicopter missing

    mommatrauma replied to Shamira Aizza's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I am saying some prayers...last night was bad all over, with all the storms in the area, I can't imagine IFR was much better, but if he had just called in final, he probably had already started his...

  8. Halloween, costumes or not???

    mommatrauma replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    A few of our nurses are wearing all white scrub dresses and nursing caps for the night...I think it'll be cute, and they are keeping it very tastefull...none of that naughty nurse

  9. babies in the ER

    mommatrauma replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure about the literature, I'd have to check, but when my son was born all his gavage feedings were done via OG not NG, maybe has to do with them being obligate nose breathers....all the...

  10. Unnecessary testing

    mommatrauma replied to Question's topic in Emergency

    PJ, just so you know in my ER and I'm sure as other ERs...The ER docs are done with the patient from the minute the patient is signed out to the admitting team...I have a bed, I call report, and...

  11. Top 3 things new grad should know about ED

    mommatrauma replied to Miss Mab's topic in Emergency

    Being a preceptor I can tell you my thoughts.... 1. Ask questions...even if they sound dumb...ask..because you'll look more dumb if you didn't ask and mess something up...if you don't know something...

  12. Unnecessary testing

    mommatrauma replied to Question's topic in Emergency

    I've run into overtesting...but not for the reasons you suggest...I've run into it because of inexperienced docs, or patients that are poor historians that need everything worked up just because we...

  13. RN to Paramedic

    mommatrauma replied to BamaBound2bRN's topic in Emergency

    They can't in PA

  14. Reglan IV

    mommatrauma replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    That reaction is actually

  15. Regarding paramedics in ER..why are they paid so terribly ?

    mommatrauma replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Just an FYI.."standing orders" are still doctors orders. And as a nurse in an Emergency Dept as well as a PHRN on the street or in the flight program I work in...I follow standing orders in...

  16. Regarding paramedics in ER..why are they paid so terribly ?

    mommatrauma replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    And I'm sure with a God complex like that you'll make a good name for yourself, good luck with the job...I'm glad the medics I work with actually work WITH the rest of the staff instead of trying to...

  17. Do I have to have a BSN for my Goals or is an Associates OK, I have my Masters?

    mommatrauma replied to ezra19742002's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I have my ASN, and I am a flight nurse. I have almost completed credits for a Bachelor's in Biology, however it was put on hold a few years ago to raise my son. I am considering finishing and...

  18. NPs in Flight/transport Nursing

    mommatrauma replied to FINDURPASSION's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    A few of our flight nurses went to school to be NPs, but they started as flight nurses first then did the NP. There NP skills are independent of what they do or what is required of them in the...

  19. ER Dept Scrub Color

    mommatrauma replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    In my ER each staff member, ie RN, Tech, RESP tech, etc...wears a different color... RN's-misty green (like a green gray color) Techs- kelly green radiology(ct techs and xry)-navy blue resp...

  20. ER/hospital billing for aggravated sexual assault

    mommatrauma replied to chollieduke's topic in Emergency

    We have a victim's comp program..at time of Registration patients are given the phone number to call the coordinator. She works with them to get all their hospital bills taken care

  21. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    mommatrauma replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    My plan was to work as close as possible to my due date, that was thwarted to a point and intensified as I work overnight and came home from work and went into labor...at 34 1/2 weeks...so I never got...

  22. Pay Scale for Flight Nurses?

    mommatrauma replied to student4ever's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I am an ER nurse and a flight nurse...I get $5.00 less an hour in my flight nursing job...I do it for the love of the game, and keep my other job to pay bills...and both are level 1 trauma...

  23. Intubation

    mommatrauma replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

    We've been using CPAP with our Pulmonary Edema patients for quite some time now...I have seen it work very well in helping patients get over that hump so we can medicinally turn them around without...

  24. Cocaine Binge

    mommatrauma replied to NewERLPN's topic in Emergency

    Intentional overdose, this was not..he did not take the drugs to intentionally harm himself..he did it so he wouldn't get caught or arrested by the police officers...He had no signs from what you...

  25. OB Emergencies- kind of long

    mommatrauma replied to ERNURSE4MS's topic in Emergency

    I think it sounds like you did fine...We would have done the same given the situation...The patient was unstable, we would have had OB come to the ER and then probably to the OR from there...If the...