Happy-ER-RN

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  1. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    Happy-ER-RN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I am also a new grad and feel like you sometimes. During codes I like to do chest compressions because I am doing something "easy" and at the same time I can observe everything else that's going on...

  2. IVs - Scared Nursing Student

    Happy-ER-RN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    As far as giving too much fluids goes, you really don't need to worry about it much unless they are elderly or have CHF. In the ER we usually put a bag of NS up on everyone, wide open if they are...

  3. Don't Like It!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hmmmm......sounds very appealing at this point. Do you know how much of a pay difference it is to work in an office? Psych nursing is also a pretty cush job--at least at this adolescent psych...

  4. I got to...

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Aneroo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got to push it my first time last week too! I was pretty excited, it didn't work though. Also the nurse I was with told the patient--this is going to to make your heart stop for a few seconds....

  5. Don't Like It!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to 4EverHis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Arrogance and a poor attitude? What in the world are you talking about. There is absolutely nothing that even remotely indicates arrogance in 4EverHIs post, and as far as attitude goes, he/she...

  6. Nursing Salary...

    Happy-ER-RN replied to flowerpower's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse my cynicism, but-- Money? What money? I am making crap (especially for what I have to put up with). I am in so much debt after nursing school that I am wondering if I will ever be able to...

  7. Real life in the ER vs. what we're taught in nursing school

    Happy-ER-RN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    My theory on swabbing ports is that if the pt. has been on the floor for a while that port has been to the bathroom with them several times and has has just been around longer to collect bacteria. In...

  8. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    Happy-ER-RN replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I want to be a drunk princess

  9. Thyroid Storm?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Hmmm...Is that really a violation to find out for educational purposes? I guess it would depend on if I had the pts permission from the ICU to share with me. I understand it would be a violation to...

  10. Thyroid Storm?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for all the replies. Her temp was 100.9. I can't remember if I even listened to her lungs because I was so panicked about her initial assessment finding I just got the Dr. I never found...

  11. I can't seem to get hired at all; time is running out and I'm losing hope

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same problems. I tried to get hired as an ED tech for a year before I graduated nursing school, never even got a call. My classmates had similar problems. However as soon as I applied for...

  12. Ed Techs

    Happy-ER-RN replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    I don't think she was degrading EMS she was getting at some of the very real problems that are going on with EMS. Many programs have substandard training and EMT's and paramedics are sent out without...

  13. Am I In The Right Place?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to el0489's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can't live in constant fear of losing your nursing license, that is just no way to live. I have been a new nurse in the ER for almost 3 months and I feel like you do. I think it just takes time...

  14. Can I bring books to the floor to help with my learning

    Happy-ER-RN replied to raralpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I sometimes bring 3 or 4 books with me every day. I bring a little emergency/critical care flip book that has EVERYTHING in it, a bunch of flip cards on a ring with all the ER protocols, sometimes a...

  15. Ed Techs

    Happy-ER-RN replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    I worked at a small ED where the techs did IV's, catheters, and OCL's, Many of the techs were full of themselves and thought they knew more than the doctors. They also commonly threw a fit when...

  16. "Accurate" Charting of Profanity

    Happy-ER-RN replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, sometimes I chart profanities even when they didn't use them. Pt is a

  17. Too freakish for words!!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to tramalady45's topic in Emergency

    GOOD ONE! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  18. Anyone hate the ER at first?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Ha HA! We don't HAVE nurse manager, OR a nursing director right now both quit right when I started. Yup, I have no boss, I have no person to go talk to if I need to. I have no idea who is even in...

  19. Anyone hate the ER at first?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    What are you going to do now, have you decided yet? Do you think it will be difficult to get another job or are you just going to transfer. I know exactly what you mean about not knowing how to do...

  20. Starting out in ED vs. Med/Surge

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Chelle2780's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes 5 weeks, but we aren't allowed to take taumas yet and we have a resource person who will come with us when we have a critical pt. or one we are uncomfortable with. We still have uhhh, one week...

  21. How to control nerves

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Sarlouja's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know exaclty what you mean. I am okay with adults, but I started my first IV on a pediatric patient last week and he started screaming at the top of his lungs! My hands were shaking so bad I could...

  22. Starting out in ED vs. Med/Surge

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Chelle2780's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely depends on the orientation. I started out with only 5 weeks of orientation. I got a few more weeks but still not enough. I am deeply regretting going into the ER as a new grad. I...

  23. Don't laugh, but... what if I throw up??

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Nursing

    Nostril spewing tequila :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: hmmm...that would a be good name for a rock

  24. Are small jokes accepted?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to brazuca's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's fantastic to joke with patients. It's a great tension reliever. I was starting an IV on an older guy, I was all ready to go and he had good looking veins, he said "I've never had a...

  25. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency