trueschatzi replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
we have a guy that keeps coming in for swallowing a hand full of nails...and he has come in more than three time for the same thing! another time he came in because he swallowed a bent metal spoon. we...
trueschatzi replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency
trust me EVERYONE goes through those feelings! i was an LPN in a nursing home for 2 years, then after getting my RN started in a ER... felt totally clueless. so don't feel bad at all, you'll get...
trueschatzi replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency
we use scribes in our ER too, they are sooo much help to our doctors. they dont bother us nurses at all actually, like some other people have said. plus some of our doctors are a little slower than...
I graduated from my LPN program in June 2003, (it was a 11 month program) and am in my last three months of RN school. After graduating LPN school, I started work at a nursing home and was very...
Aww, i feel ya sweet pea. I just started night shift last week as a ER tech. And like you, after my first shift I slept maaaybe 3 hours before going back in. I felt ok, but around 1am it was DEAD in...
trueschatzi replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency
I just started working as a ER tech, and I've already seen them doing things that make me worry. I've seen tech's insert IV's (who ARE NOT IV certified) and even insert NG tubes. But all the nurses...