Veldtor BSN, MSN

Veldtor has 9 years experience as a BSN, MSN and specializes in CEN, TCRN.

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1. Nursing Education or Nursing Informatics?

   Veldtor replied to nurseontheway's topic in Western Governors

   I definitely agree with you on this! Location is key to this field. Thankfully, I live in NYC and already work for a biotech company that does clinical research. They have developed an in house systems for streamlining and improving study enrollment...

2. Nursing Education or Nursing Informatics?

   Veldtor replied to nurseontheway's topic in Western Governors

   Yes Epic. Thank you for your extremely HELPFUL input to this thread. Who are you to say that I won't create the next generation EHR. You don't know what the future holds, you don't know me, and you also misinterpreted what I said. Epic is not going t...

3. Nursing Education or Nursing Informatics?

   Veldtor replied to nurseontheway's topic in Western Governors

   So I am starting my MSN in Informatics at WGU September 1st! I also struggled with this decision of what path to take. At the end of the day, I decided that informatics was the better choice for a few reasons. 1. As long as you have a masters or hig...

4. What Makes an ED Nurse Satisfied?

   Veldtor replied to Veldtor's topic in Emergency

   Lol definitely out of my control, but 100% needed! ������

5. Mistake

   Veldtor replied to Stella eliz's topic in Emergency

   We always have time parameters! 50ml/hr for first 15 minutes(as per hospital protocol) and then at a rate decided by the provider, but no more than 4 hours

6. Your ER policy on giving rides home

   Veldtor replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   If they can't have friends/family pick them up, we try and find out if they are eligible for a Medicaid taxi. When they are not eligible for that, we can escalate to house supervisors to possibly get cab fare for the patient.

7. What Makes an ED Nurse Satisfied?

   Veldtor posted a topic in Emergency

   I am happy to say that I was recently voted in as one Co-chairs to the ED nursing council at our hospital. I am very excited to be starting this position and want to hit the ground running. We are always looking for new ways to improve our nurses sat...

8. TB exposure?? HELP

   Veldtor replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

   How was that not brought up in handoff? That's kind of important to know.. although I will say, we've been exposed multiple times in the ED and as far as I know none of us had ever actually contacted it. You should be fine too. Just go through the pr...

9. TCRN

   Veldtor replied to bafelly's topic in Emergency

   Take the TCAR class. 99% of what will be on the TCRN was covered in the TCAR class. I personally don't feel like TNCC content was on the exam.

10. Trauma and ED nursing

    Veldtor replied to ERnurse_casey's topic in Emergency

    Heed this info. I work in the NYC suburbs at a level 1 trauma center. Id say we average 2-4 traumas in a 24hr period. We are, however in a saturated market, with multiple hospitals all very close to each other. One thing that PeakRN should have also ...

11. Mixing Medications

    Veldtor replied to eleonrn's topic in Emergency

    At our facility we use Lexicomp's compatibility program. Anytime I have to admin more than one med IV or IM, I always check to make sure they are compatible. The only problem with mixed meds is if the patient has some kind of allergic response. How ...

12. ER RN NYC /Pt:RN Ratio

    Veldtor replied to BelDym's topic in Emergency

    I live in Queens, but I work in an ED on Long Island. I've heard the horror stories of working in a city hospital. Our ED usually has a ratio of 5:1 or 6:1, and when we cross-cover each other, we are at most taking care of 12 patients(and that's only...

13. Recovery time post sedation

    Veldtor replied to Nurse_cox's topic in Ambulatory

    I don't know if you are looking for specifically in-office, but I work in an ED where I do Conscious sedations. Our policy is we re-vital and reassess every 15minutes for an hour post sedation. If they are not back at baseline by the hour or if there...

14. Crazy knee pain from injury

    Veldtor replied to Iwillsurvive's topic in Disabilities

    Being a new grad makes it nearly impossible to avoid being a floor nurse for at least a little while; therefore I think you should consider your pain management options and get it addressed. Then when you have enough experience, if you want to reduce...

15. I'm terrified of anything having to do with veins, but still want to be a nurse. Help!

    Veldtor replied to musicmouse44's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had a phobia of veins, but I do know that I was utterly terrified the first few times I put an IV in. But after awhile you just kind of accept that: 1- you are not causing nearly as much pain as you think you are. 2- You are going to mess ...