wearelegion83

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1. New nurse advice to make more money in Houston!

   wearelegion83 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Take whatever job you can get especially in those major hospitals (hermann, methodist, childrens, St Lukes) as this puts you in the system there. Now here is the good part, once you have experience you can transfer into what field you like. Once you ...

2. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   so the meeting with my supervisor went really well and he is chalking it up to making some policy changes in our department. Im not gonna get fired or even written up and he asked my suggestions on how we can change since apparently I wasn't the only...

3. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   the second patient had a total of 10mg of Ativan in 3.5 hours with a BP that probably wouldn't have tolerated him getting tubed at the time despite 2L bolus of NS. He was still drunk talking after a single push of 4mg of Ativan. I don't know how much...

4. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   thanks, the support you guys are helping me with means everything. I have never been fired from a job in my life and I don't want to start. Beyond the mortgage and bills aspect, its a pride thing as well. I do take excellent care of my patients and I...

5. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   I had a debriefing and the Chief nursing officer asked me what was going on and was very nice about it. He suggested a couple things like bed alarms and I told him that we don't have any bed alarms or the other things he suggested and he was kind of ...

6. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   The biggest advice I can tell you is to trust your gut, you will develop a good gut feeling with some OJT and experience. They will train you well enough I hope, just don't cut corners cause your tired and you will be fine. hopefully some ED nurses o...

7. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency

   Thanks, even that little bit helps. Don't let this turn you off to nursing and if something bad happens to me, learn from my mistake whether that ends up being working at the wrong hospital, my own fault, or something else. I plan to go in there with...

8. Fall in the ED!

   wearelegion83 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello to all my fellow nurses out there, I need your help! I have been a nurse for close to 3 years, with 18 months in gen med and 11 months in the ED, and 6 months or so as a pedi home health nurse. I don't know what to do in this situation and im k...