ernrs2b

ernrs2b

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  1. Med-Surg good preparation for ER?

    ernrs2b replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Emergency

    I started as a new grad in the ER and I dont suggest it. I wish I had had some ICU experience prior. It took a few years to feel truely comfortably with those patients and I now feel I'm a "jack of...

  2. Groin Prep for Cardiac Cath

    ernrs2b replied to sguthland's topic in Emergency

    we are considering this since we are trying to get our times cut in half. I am really frustrated that it seems the ER nurse always gets more dumped on them to accommodate other departments. Why are we...

  3. We no longer triage

    ernrs2b replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    we are getting ready to trial "immediate bedding". We have an initial nurse do a quick screening to see whether the patient can go to urgent care and assign a bed to the main ER or urgent care. the...

  4. Will I lose weight being a nurse??

    ernrs2b replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    You will lose weight initially just from the increase in activity, however your body does get used to that activity and eventually will gain the weight back. If you pay attention to the nurses that...

  5. Share Your Saying

    ernrs2b replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "they can't follow you home." "illness is 80% mental/ 20%

  6. My supervisor is a micromanager

    ernrs2b replied to grannyhopper's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Virgo,RN....I'd just show up and see what they have to say, remain professional and don't back down on something that may cost you your liscense in the end...then address the false...

  7. Am I the only HH nurse paid hourly?

    ernrs2b replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health

    with the agency that I work for :they offer, full time salaried/fulltime hourly/parttime hourly/ and pay per visit....I chose Pay per visit, because I can't obligate myself to a full

  8. ER nurse interested in home health

    ernrs2b replied to ERNurseKDB's topic in Home Health

    I, also, am an ER nurse and started HH 2months ago...I still work in the ER 3 days a week and get paid per visit with HH...I love it! I drop my daughter off at school in the morning, go and see...

  9. St. Louis ICU

    ernrs2b replied to circusgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in St. Louis, moved here a year ago and found that Barnes was the highest paying at the time, however if you work in the city you have to pay city taxes if money is the ultimate...

  10. How to add insulin to an IV Fluid Container

    ernrs2b replied to HoShKyLo's topic in General Nursing

    In the ER, we don't have time to wait for pharmacy, so we mix our own and to answer your question...I draw it up in an insulin syringe to check with another nurse and then "squirt" it in to another...

  11. I'm worried about drawing blood and putting in IVs

    ernrs2b replied to laybell's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't stress too much about it, I personally didn't get any training in school and learned on the job, really nervous my first time/twice as nervous on the first child I stuck, but you get over...

  12. Nurses who became famous

    ernrs2b replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Kate, from Jon and Kate plus 8...dialysis nurse then L&D

  13. Who Watches ER?

    ernrs2b replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I love ER! I've heard that they have practicing nurses and md's on their staff to advise on making "it look real"///I love looking at all the new technology they

  14. Planning a return to the ER

    ernrs2b replied to Buckeye RN/EMT-P's topic in Emergency

    I think you're right as far as brushing up on meds and treatments, however I wouldn't be too nervous about returning, you will have an orientation for atleast a few weeks if not longer to reacclimate,...

  15. Stethoscope choice

    ernrs2b replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ultrascope, can hear through pt's clothing, got rid of my

  16. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    ernrs2b replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    I went in with a Surgeon once who was evaluating testicular necrosis, and when he pulled up the patients "netherregions" a foul smell emitted causing the surgeon to jump back and yell "good God"!! I...

  17. Trauma ER or Level 3 ER!?!?

    ernrs2b replied to bamagt's topic in General Nursing

    if the trauma center offers a preceptorship take it! that's my advice/I started off small in a level 3 and transferred later to a trauma center and was amazed at what the new grads that went through...

  18. should not be a nurse if you can only work mon to fri days?

    ernrs2b replied to lpnurse!'s topic in General Nursing

    I always say, family first/ job second....I work just enough to live comfortably and if the job begins to intrude on my family/home life, its time to move on...sounds like you, like me, have our...

  19. Shoes Blues.....

    ernrs2b replied to rideslikethewind's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Birkenstock's, they are not pretty, but my legs never hurt when I wear

  20. Working with a cast?

    ernrs2b replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    I broke my hand last year and had to wear a splint...I thought it would be fine considering it wasnt my dominant hand, but ran in to trouble when I had to glove up and worse yet, wash my hands...I...

  21. Pseudo-seizures

    ernrs2b replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I was fooled yesterday by a patient, trying to get a "get out of jail free card" by faking a seizure and urinating on herself......she disappeared as soon as a friend arrived to pick her up....and...

  22. Nurses and the 2008 election

    ernrs2b replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    We already are paying for it, and OBTW, I LIVE in the real world and deal with real people who are forced to choose between eating and filling their blood pressure medicine, who are living paycheck to...

  23. Nurses and the 2008 election

    ernrs2b replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    do you realize, that in France, if you have a baby they will pay you for a year out of work....we are so overworked...do you realize that most of the people that are uninsured are like you or I,...

  24. What made u realize u wanted to be a nurse?

    ernrs2b replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I originally wanted to be a nun, I traded one hat for another...my grandmother was becoming an LPN when I was 5 that's when I knew this is what I wanted to

  25. No one else to talk to and just need to vent....

    ernrs2b replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    In my experience, I don't think that you'll ever get over the "OMG, what am I doing here" and you'll never know it all, I have been in the ER for 8 years now, and am still learning and seeing new...