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I work in a busy ER in Southwest Florida. We have 32 rooms but use hallway beds and chairs. We also have a fast track area and a rapid treatment area that is in the waiting area for patients who are not going to be admitted. We see around 240 and up patients a day and we are just now coming into season so those numbers will go up. There are times when we don't have any holds but during the high season months we will hold 30-40 patients. We mainly have them in the hallways unless they are in isolation and then they are in a room. We also use hold nurses which come from the floors or resources pool but sometimes as the ER nurse we do take care of the hold patient.

Dodongo, Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology Robbin and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine I am starting NP school in January. Which of these books would you start out reading? Thanks, Tina

I will be in the winter class in Tampa. Anyone else in that class? I had a phone interview and found out on the phone that day I was accepted into the program. I have been very impressed so far with all the contact I have had with everyone. Good luck to everyone.

Hello all! I have a couple of questions. First off my husband and I are going to just pick our family up and more to the Ft. Myers area next summer. We now live in the northern Ohio area and we really can't take the snow and cold anymore. We will have a 10th grader, so will need to find a school for her. But my question is where should I look for a job? I have critical care experience but have been in a small ER for the last 3 years. I have been a nurse for 9 years this summer so when we come down next summer it will be 4 years in ER and 10 years as a nurse. I don't have a BSN and really don't want to go back to school unless I have to and it is paid for by someone other than me. I am willing to go to an ER or a Urgent Care Clinic. I also did one year in dialysis but really didn't enjoy that. I know I need to start with my Fl license. Going to start soon on getting that done. And we are picking this area because of friends and family. Thanks in advance for all replies and advice. Tina I hope this is in the right section now.