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  1. ED tranfer.. No verbal report required

    jallen326 replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  2. ED tranfer.. No verbal report required

    jallen326 replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have worked on the floor- med surg and oncology and then my last 5 years has been in the ED. I must say we use to have give telephone report via voice care but they went back to direct verbal...

  3. How do you respond to rude patients?

    jallen326 replied to MILOBRI's topic in Emergency

    You are so right. Today's healthcare is focused on press ganey scores and patient satisfaction. I just recently found out that some urgent care centers in my area are giving out gift cards for each...

  4. Online Renewal Question

    jallen326 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    Ok I just did my renewal and after verification of my required ceu's and making my payment, I was able to print a temporary

  5. Online Renewal Question

    jallen326 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    For the state of Florida you can print out a temporary one until you get the official one in the mail. I don't know if this applies to other states. Even my clinician said she can go online to see if...

  6. Advice needed

    jallen326 replied to Cindy-20's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's a tough call considering this is your first baby, and you are taking on an additional job. Your body will go through a lot of changes as your baby grows inside. I am sure it can be done, but...

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

    jallen326 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Yes we have had ppl come in for what sounds like a mental problem and we baker act them if

  8. Why do some choose to pursue BSN over ASN first?

    jallen326 replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am actually happy I pursued my bsn instead of my adn because now that my current job is requiring that all their nurses have a bsn, I am not scrambling to go back to school like half the nurses in...

  9. Online Renewal Question

    jallen326 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    My renewal is due the end of April and I usually do it online by march 1. There is no harm in doing it as early as

  10. Clinical Instructor Dilemma

    jallen326 replied to Katbird2014_RN's topic in General Students

    I had a clinical instructor like that and she said it was her job to weed out the weak ones and keep the strong ones. I can't recall what happened at the end because I took a semester off and came...

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

    jallen326 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    This is beyond ridiculous now! Instead of educating the public on what constitutes an EMERGENCY, they think of this.

  12. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

    jallen326 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    My first visit to the ER was when I was about 31 and it was because I was having chest pain that would not go away as it turned out I was hypokalemic and had the worse case of acid

  13. Nurses vs Phlebotomist

    jallen326 replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Emergency

    When i first started working in my ER a few years ago. It was the techs or nurse that drew the blood. Then they discovered too many contaminated specimens and trailed having a phlebotomist in the er...

  14. Top Skills Every ER Nurse Should Possess

    jallen326 replied to mrnurse504's topic in Emergency

    Great advice! Working in the ED is quite rough, especially for a new graduate, and learning the work flow can be even more challenging since things do change pretty

  15. What are your pet peeves?

    jallen326 replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    How about the ones that call ahead and ask who is the ER doctor that is currently on duty and then ask how busy it is and the approximate wait time. It's as if they are trying to make an

  16. Walden University Nsg Informatics Program

    jallen326 replied to sufernan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I loved the program at walden. I must say that finding a job can be challenging and I know people. You can start looking from now or volunteer for go-lives like I

  17. Being a Patient Where you Work

    jallen326 replied to ChristineN's topic in Emergency

    Yes I have been a patient in my ER and I have brought my son as well. There is no other hospital that I would rather

  18. Walden University Nsg Informatics Program

    jallen326 replied to sufernan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I applied to Walden in December of 2011 and started the informatics program in January 2012. I graduated in August of 2013. My program was semester based with each class lasting 8 weeks! This was...

  19. Starting an ER job with no orientation?

    jallen326 replied to LostnNakedNursing's topic in Emergency

    I would not take the job as a new nurse without proper orientation. It's your license that will be on the line if something happens to the patient under your care. Even travel nurses get a few days of...

  20. Sorian

    jallen326 posted a topic in Emergency

    Does anyone you the software sorian at their

  21. Miami Nursing for New Grads

    jallen326 replied to snfairfax's topic in Florida Nursing

    I would like to relocate to Orlando or Tampa. How easy was it to find a job and what are the best hospitals in that area. I am an ER nurse but I am also studying nursing informatics as well. That's...