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  1. TNCC

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in Emergency

    I am taking TNCC next month. I took it four years ago so it is a recert class I am doing. Not thrilled about taking it. Because I don't work the traumas when they come in. plus trauma isn't for me. I...

  2. Stroke Alerts

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in Emergency

    In your ER how do u handle stroke alerts?? What's your protocol. We call strokes on a lot of patients. Just recently we started calling a stroke alert on ANY patient over 65 with complaint of...

  3. Am I a bully?

    floridaRN38 replied to haron54's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly my thoughts. I just finally read the post of "40 years as an employee " I have seen many people terminated for the smallest things due to their

  4. Am I a bully?

    floridaRN38 replied to haron54's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you got fired for that then there has to be something else going on? Is this a new job? Just doesn't make sense to

  5. What are your views on male nurses

    floridaRN38 replied to jared.butler90's topic in Men in Nursing

    I like the majority of the male nurses I work with. And some I do not like. Same as women nurses. Some I like. Some I don't

  6. Third Time...*sigh*

    floridaRN38 replied to DCampRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would check them

  7. Stroke Alerts

    floridaRN38 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Yes. Me and the rest of the staff think it's a bit extreme. We r a level one trauma center. So we have tons of patients in and out daily. I think with the new "dizzy" protocol there were about 15...

  8. A Headache is not an emergency

    floridaRN38 replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    I had a similar situation in the ED. Young healthy. No medical history. Came in said she had a "headache". Next thing i know I find her in the bathroom puking. I called the doc in right away Because I...

  9. I need a mentor

    floridaRN38 replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

    Honestly I am not sure. My big thing in school was always asking the teacher what to focus on for the test. And review the chapters. I never really studied the powerpoints Sometimes there is so...

  10. I need a mentor

    floridaRN38 replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

    When I was in school I would ask my teacher what to focus on and go from there. As for the studying part I would listen to classical music and take breaks every 45 minutes. For about 20 minute break....

  11. Nurses are not in high demand!

    floridaRN38 replied to VAMPRISS1973's topic in General Nursing

    What state are u all in where it is hard to find a nursing career. Just Curious?

  12. 41yrs old going back to school.

    floridaRN38 replied to Amay24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    U can do it. My friend who was a PCA for many years in my ER just became an RN AND works in the ER. She is 45. U can do it!! And when I was in nursing school a 53 year went through the program and...

  13. What is the drug of choice in your area?

    floridaRN38 replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Flakka was big in south Florida a few months ago. As well as Coke,

  14. Reason for IV fluids

    floridaRN38 replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    Today actually I hung a bag of saline on a young girl. The docs rational was because it is "just something to make her feel like we did something". Instead of just discharging her since she came to...

  15. Precepting New Grads

    floridaRN38 replied to EDRNCCmom's topic in Emergency

    We have a board in the break room. And people anonymously post what they want to learn about. For example I gave a PowerPoint on Hyperkalemia. And u got a CEU for attending the class. It was fun and...

  16. Favorite sayings

    floridaRN38 replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Wow I thought I was

  17. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    floridaRN38 replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses eating their young on social media

  18. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    floridaRN38 replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    I take the student with me with no problem. I remember what it is like. I take u on a tour of my ER Trauma center. Introduce u to my friends. Most of the students r happy. Because we know u need to...

  19. Interview attire.

    floridaRN38 replied to Brooklynn89's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Either one. Sounds

  20. Codes

    floridaRN38 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    When we have codes in our ED. (Which is everyday) IF I see the room packed with many RNs in it. I usually just stick my head in and say "do u need me to get something". Most of the time they r fine....

  21. A Headache is not an emergency

    floridaRN38 replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    Lol!!!

  22. Help! Scared. Is this really happening?!

    floridaRN38 replied to Remy Ox's topic in General Nursing

    That's scary. I would not want to go in for my first shift like

  23. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    floridaRN38 replied to wisconurse16's topic in General Nursing

    I am at a level 1 trauma center. During the day charge or float nurse covers you for a 45 minute break. On nights the nurses cover each other. So a nurse could be watching 10 pts while the other is on...

  24. A Headache is not an emergency

    floridaRN38 replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    It is not the people with headaches that bother me coming into my ER. It is the people who call 911 are 20 years old and have tooth pain for 2 weeks! Why can't they drive themselves or take an

  25. Being a pregnant nurse

    floridaRN38 replied to NurseLiliRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I hear u with the "prego card". 🙄. Same at my place. About 5 of us were pregnant at once. It was annoying seeing some of them refusing to go in patients rooms for "cough" etc...some took way...