Kalipso

Kalipso

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  1. Sitters

    Kalipso replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    I think it is disgraceful that facilities have ANY reason that they do not have 1:1 sitters for suicidal or aggressive patients. This is what disgusts me about the majority of facilities out there....

  2. Peds ED from Adult med surg

    Kalipso replied to KenzieRN's topic in Emergency

    I went from adults only to adult/ped ER. Kids scared the poop out of me when I started. At first I felt like the things I had time to think through before action with adults are way different in kids....

  3. How would you handle this?

    Kalipso replied to MedFlightDreams's topic in Emergency

    The simple answer here is to make sure you log off your computer. If you were staying long term then I would say bring it up. But I will also be the first to tell you that I have met a couple of techs...

  4. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    HappyWife77. I love my husband, I am just really sad that we had to leave my awesome job behind. I've worked at 7 different facilities in my 10 years of nursing, now I did travel work for 1.5 of those...

  5. triage process

    Kalipso replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a tiny 50 bed hospital with a 14 bed ER. They built us a triage area out in the lobby, it isn't completely sound proof, but as far as I'm aware HIPAA demands that an attempt at privacy be...