Cominginhot

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1. How to Search Hospitals Policies

   Cominginhot posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! There may be a better place to post this question and, if so, please help direct me there. Basically, I'm an ER RN at a busy level 1 trauma center and I have recently joined the committee to help develop a policy that enables family presence ...

2. New to ED question

   Cominginhot replied to trauma_lama's topic in Emergency

   Hey! Congrats on making a change! There are a lot of different ways to skin a cat, as they say. I work with several nurses who use and love their, "brain," but, personally, I've never used one. The ones I've seen others use are typically handwritten ...

3. First Job

   Cominginhot replied to Thinknurse1's topic in Oklahoma

   As an OUMC employee, WELCOME! We could not make it without our new grads! :) I was in the nurse residency program 4 years ago.

4. ER Nurses-how do you orient your new grads?

   Cominginhot replied to jessicaamjm's topic in Emergency

   I really love new grads! I love that they come in as a blank slate, no bad habits! My new grad residency is 12 weeks. I usually spend 2-3 weeks orienting them, having them follow me, practicing new skills (IV's, NG's, foley's, compressions during cod...