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I'm so excited after 2 years of applying I finally have an ICU job in a university hospital! I'm thrilled. I am so nervous. Even though I've been and ER nurse for a while I'm super nervous about this job. Do any of you have recommendations for t...

I just ordered Kathy White's ringbound bible and also added the app for my iphone. Thanks! I'm looking into getting the AACN's essentials of critical care nursing

Do any of you have paramedics in your ER? If so what do they do?

I just recieved an email from excelsior and they said once I have 1000 hours worked in another state with my rn that kansas would grant licensure. I'm not sure why Kansas is so stupid about this but I think I'm going to try and do their program. Th...

Does anyone know anything about Indiana State University's LPN to BSN program? I'm wondering about clinicals and online class info. Thanks as always

Just in case anyone wants a fun reading book about flight nursing check out Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of a flight nurse. It is funny and interesting. I can't wait until I start flying so I can start writing my book!

Has anyone tried the Pure Tone Stethoscopes. I've heard that they are good and I can get a discount on one but I'm wondering if it will be any better than my Littman master classic. I can't hear very well from my Littman and I'm not sure why. Does...

Hello, Do you have ER Department Scrub Colors. We currently can wear anything and it is impossible to tell the ER Staff from housekeeping. What colors do you wear? What do you like or dislike about that color?

I am an IV certified LPN and I have just started my paramedic class. We are starting IV's and one of the assisting instructors has painfully bad technique and teaching ability. He says to just swipe once with an alcohol prep and go in as fast as yo...

My hospital is getting ready to take on a Relationship-Based Care model throughout. I was wondering if anyone has heard of this and used it in their ER? I'm on the committee to help get this started but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to ap...

http://www.chcm.com/services/RBC/rbc.asp Here is a website about it. There is also a book. Relationship-Based Care A model for transforming practice. By Mary Koloroutis

Yes, I'm currently in a paramedic program and I finish in May 2007. I was hoping to start pratt in June 2007. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Is anyone doing the Pratt online LPN to RN program?

The one I am looking at is about $75-80. I played with it a little. It seems like it has a stiffer, thicker tubing. It is amazing when they drop a small bit of kleenex on it and show how clear/loud the sound is projected. The sound seemed good. ...

Hello, I was wondering does it cost to audit a class like ACLS or PALS?

Hello. Here from Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence KS.

Wow teeituptom. you sound a little bitter about this subject. I wasn't asking your personal opinion about whether or not paramedics should be in the ER. I was asking if anyone works with paramedics in the ER and what do they do. Personally the b...

Does anyone have any ideas about ER t-shirts. We had one ideas ER...you watch it...we live it. Any others would be great. Thanks

Every hospital I have worked at has that protocol. BUT I'm trying to make a change in my class so they know to clean the sites properly. not that it will change the protocol but at least 30 medics from my class will do it right.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone uses a complaint based orientation or if you use checklists. We had an idea about orienting based on chief complaint so the care is more specific and orientation is more specific. We are in the ER. Such as laceratio...

I don't think I made it very clear what I was talking about. When new hires or transfers start in the Emergency Department we want to do an orientation based on chief complaints. For example if a patient comes in with abd pain think about or do...

I need help. I work in an ER and we have had a huge turnover in the past 1-2 years. The problem is that many of the nurses can't stand eachother but they barely know eachother. I am trying to come up with ideas to help people get along and take care ...

I'm writing a newsletter for my department. We are going to have nursing students this fall and I am writing an article about tips when you have a student nurse. Any ideas or tips would be appreciated. Thanks

I chart word for word. If you don't like it welcome to my world in the ER. That is the way it is in the ER. We don't like being called that either. That's why if it goes to court. I want the judge, lawyer and pt's mother to know exactly what he ...

do you or have you pressed charges against violent patients?