canche

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1. Advice for ICU Nurse Thinking about a Switch

   canche replied to Nurse3242's topic in Emergency

   The biggest thing ICU nurses have struggled with when coming down to ED where I work is time management and learning to juggle 5-9 patients at a time (9 is for if we are in subacute). Imagine having an ICU patient who really should have 1:1 nursing b...

2. ED Triage Role

   canche replied to lucypear's topic in Emergency

   Just listen to your gut. When a patient is really and truly sick and needs immediate care, you will know, you will just know. Also, some small things to remember. 1.) MIs can present themselves as mid-back pain, one patient was triaged to subacute fo...

3. I still don't know what I'm doing!!

   canche posted a topic in Emergency

   Almost 2 years into this job and I have days where I feel like a fish out of water. I have no clue what I'm doing with certain patients. I've got a lot down, I'm comfortable with most patients, but sometimes I'll get something weird and out of the no...

4. Why are you listening to the heart?

   canche replied to grizun's topic in Emergency

   In my ED even some of the doctors (including our medical director) don't always listen to heart sounds. We just so focused assessments, what's the point of listening to the heart sounds of a shoulder dislocation or a lower extremity cellulitis, for e...

5. Interviewing an Emergency Nurse

   canche replied to CoffeePRN's topic in Emergency

   I don't think so. The student would still be completing the assignment and if it wasn't otherwise specified...don't really see a problem. But OP let us know what you decide to do, hope you get some good information for your assignment :).

6. Interviewing an Emergency Nurse

   canche replied to CoffeePRN's topic in Emergency

   Call me crazy but I think interviewing via email would be more than sufficient. Especially since it's an online course. Your instructor would never know and you would get the same information anyway!

7. ER or Trauma Nurse

   canche replied to chicagoboy's topic in Emergency

   In our ED there is only one nurse assigned to trauma and if we have no traumas they just float.

8. Why is everyone hating on ED?

   canche replied to canche's topic in Emergency

   Yeah or they want us to call the attending/admitting doctor to ask about an order 2 minutes before they get sent up to the floor. Ah no, you can call them. I had one patient who was staying 93%-95% on RA and the floor nurse (from the infamously diffi...

9. Developing a thick skin

   canche replied to canche's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for taking the time to respond :). You are both very right in what you said.

10. Why is everyone hating on ED?

    canche replied to canche's topic in Emergency

    Maybe they are just miserable people then lol. Thanks for making me feel better.

11. Why is everyone hating on ED?

    canche replied to canche's topic in Emergency

    I admit I used to complain mildly about the ED when I worked on the floor but I never gave them problems personally. And if they called report at change of shift well I took it. At my new job however, one particular floor made every attempt to delay ...

12. Are ER Patients Getting More Ridiculous?

    canche replied to us2uk4u's topic in Emergency

    I think in general many people are selfish, entitled, and just don't give a crap. Like above people mentioned, there are exceptions to some of these complaints, but I hear ya. As for the nurse who has been a nurse for 10 years, I am surprised. You ar...

13. ER NURSE PEEVES

    canche replied to wojoRN's topic in Emergency

    1.) Family repeatedly coming out to the desk. 2.) Pts with no insurance (and you pretty much KNOW they won't be paying their bill) demanding to see only a physician and not a PA for their finger pain or equally minuscule complaint. 3.) Complaining ab...

14. Why is everyone hating on ED?

    canche replied to canche's topic in Emergency

    Man I did almost all of that! Got the central line in, labelled the IV tubing, sent down all of the bloodwork, cultures, etc. Got the Foley in. I couldn't believe how rude they were! Like I didn't even do anything haha. Whatever though, just more ann...

15. Developing a thick skin

    canche posted a topic in Emergency

    Please tell me it gets better with time. I'm a pretty new ED nurse and have noticed that it's a pretty cut throat environment and that's fine, it sort of has to be, but I have such a hard time dealing with the nasty and rude patients. Especially the ...