Dave11 BSN, RN

Some of my co-workers call me doctor. Can't figure out if thats a good thing or a bad thing....

The only time EMS notifies us PTA is if they are bringing in a code or someone who will need "the big room". The charge nurse is the one who signs them in and assigns them to a nurse. If the patient isn't that sick, we send them to triage. It can get...

I work in a small community hospital and recently took a charge position about 5 months ago. It has been stressful since the beginning but it seems to have gotten a lot worse lately. I work noon-midnight. I typically lose staff during the course of t...

I have absolutely no problem delegating or cajoling one of my nurses into taking another patient, believe me. I usually have to pick up the patients as the staff leaves because everyone else is loaded with 4-6 patients each already. The docs only tak...

I work in Massachusetts and the docs are employed by the hospital. My staff at night takes a lot of abuse and does a fantastic job each night. I'm lucky to be working with them. Our compensation is an insult right now. The hospital is just starting t...

PM sent

just under $40/hr with 12 years experience. suburban Boston

:roll

Having just recently finishing precepting a new grad to the ER, I know it can be done. lol The facility must be willing to take the time to get you up to speed. I was with my new grad for the better part of a year and I am happy/proud/relieved to say...

take all the orientation you can get. the more the better. if at all possible, stick with one preceptor. bouncing you around from one person to another will only confuse you as everyone does things a bit different. if anything comes in that you eith...

We used to be able to go on divert, but one of the larger local hospitals abused it to such an extent that none of us are allowed to anymore. One night we had 12 psych patients and couldn't possibly fit any more in the department (we have 6 psych be...

She would have to be a VP at a major hospital or some such to be pulling in that kind of money. Depends on the base pay. I could crack 100k without too much effort. My wife, on the other hand, would have to practically live at work to reach that (s...

When I was in nursing school, there wasn't a job to be found. By our second year, we were getting anxious about being able to get work upon graduation. The shortage hit about a year after we got out and doesn't look like its about to abate anytime so...

I work in a small community hospital. Our ER has 17 medical, 6 psych and 7 fast track beds. We currently triage first, then register the patients though that is supposed to change sometime in the near future. Probably when they can hire more registra...

In my 12 years as a nurse I have found that HR departments are a black hole. Nothing escapes. Every job I've gotten was the result of me calling back at least once.

I always advise people to get the ADN first. You can always take part time classes to get the BSN while taking advantage of tuition reimbursement. Granted, it will take a long time as most places have lousy reimbursement but at least you are getting ...

We do that in the ER all the time. I've never seen/had any problems with this mixture in the 6 years I've been in the ER.

My OB rotation was a monumental waste of time. I was the only male in that rotation and the instructor never found a patient for me. Spent the entire time reading charts. Thankfully, it was only half a semester.

going to have to remember that.

At my hospital, during the day an Ortho tech will come down and do the job. Other times it will be either the attending, the PA in fast track or a resident. Whoever is free first.

Before I became a nurse, I had a series of dead-end and low paying jobs, a couple of which I was laid off from. I got tired of living paycheck to paycheck in crappy little apartments. I decided to go to nursing school because my sister and best frien...

I've butted heads with the senior "day queens" a few times. The majority of the times was to keep from getting abused (i.e bad assignments consistantly, expected to cover meal breaks and not getting covered myself, etc). and no, I don't think its a g...

ER for the past 6 years. Next stop would probably be an IV team somewhere. I know what you mean.

i'm curious how others handle the drunks that come into your ER's. i used to have sympathy for them and do what i could for them but the longer i am in the ER, the less patience i have for them. figured maybe i could learn a trick or two to keep my s...

definately sounds like a darwin award finalist. i dont know about where you work, but around here, if the cops bring someone in after seeing them ingest the remains of a bag of cocaine and their BP is 210/110 with a HR of 150, they arent going an...