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  1. Silverado hospice anyone?

    gemmi999 replied to tyler3222's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi! I know this is a pretty old thread, but i'm looking for info on Silverado Hospice. Did you end up working there? Did you like

  2. I made a decision!

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been struggling with my current situation for about one month now. I'm currently an ED RN but I hate it, but I was scared of leaving before I had one year of acute care experience. I'm at 10...

  3. Acute Care vs Hospice

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For those of you that know me, I've been working in a community ER for 8 going on 9 months; At first it was great but we have lost *tons* of staff over the past few months and it's getting (in my...

  4. Leave Acute Care for Hospice?

    gemmi999 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have been working as a nurse in a community ER for about 8 months; This is my first nursing position. While I like the diversity of patient's that I see, I don't like the quality of care patient's...

  5. ED to Hospice

    gemmi999 replied to UpinawayRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I know this is an older thread, but I'm looking for some insight. I graduated nursing school about 1 year ago and got hired in a small ER. I've been there about 8 months and I'm already sensing ER...

  6. Bedpan Changing Question

    gemmi999 replied to rnk1712's topic in General Students

    Sounds like the upper management at my facility! They decided that the ER should only get 4 foley cath's a day. Doesn't matter what the need is, they will only supply 4 and after that you have to...

  7. Help! Specialize... or Med Surg???

    gemmi999 replied to camillea's topic in Nursing Career

    Hijacking thread (just a little) to ask a quick question. I know I want to end up in education. Right now I'm a New Grad ER RN but I'm looking to leave my ER. If I want to be a well-rounded teacher,...

  8. Case Management/Utilization Review Help

    gemmi999 replied to pilatesgal's topic in Case Management

    MCO? I'm new to this area of nursing and wondering about the abbreviations. Also--where is the best place to look for job postings? Indeed? Private websites?

  9. Best ways to teach pharm?

    gemmi999 replied to walkingdeadhead's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I found that the most helpful part of pharm in clinicals was looking at a "sample patient" and their dx, labs, etc. Then we would list goals of where we wanted the pt. to be. For example--if the pt....

  10. When you're done. Just done.

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm done. Like, I just honestly don't care anymore about my job. It's really sad because I've only been working as a nurse for 8 months and at this point I'm so burnt out on my job it's scary. Last...

  11. What Else Is There?

    gemmi999 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have about 8 months of ED experience in a small, community ED. I was determined to stick it out here for 2 years in order to have enough experience to transfer back to where I grew up, where all my...

  12. Nurse pt ratio in the er

    gemmi999 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Depending on the area of the ER, we are typically 4:1; when we have an ICU hold (which happens A LOT because our ICU is tiny) we are either 3:1 or 2:1. Last night, for instance, I had an ICU hold...

  13. Worried about phenergan IV push

    gemmi999 replied to Jaellys's topic in Patient Medications

    IN the ER I work there are no protocols in place re: phenergan, but I was trained to always put it in a 50 mL bag and run it slowly over at least 15 minutes; better, if the pt. is getting a fluid...

  14. Getting report during change of shift

    gemmi999 replied to CTnewgrad826's topic in General Nursing

    As an ED nurse, I try hard not to send pt's up during COS, but at times it happens. There are a couple reasons for this: 1) we're told no RN is available until COS when short staffing will be fixed;...

  15. New Grad Once Again?

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working as an ER RN. I am off my "new grad" probation and working full time in a small, community ER. I'm debating if I should stick this small, community ER out for a couple of years...

  16. New Grad Once Again?

    gemmi999 replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone for your comments. After thinking it over I decided not to apply for the job. I do like where I work now. We are building a good team together and I trust/like the RNs and the ER...

  17. New Grad Once Again?

    gemmi999 replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    The only reason I'm happy is because our *horrible* manager got fired last week! Otherwise it wouldn't even be a question, but in the past two weeks things have already started to turn

  18. Help, Pls! New to the ED

    gemmi999 replied to hwngrl's topic in Emergency

    I'm pretty new to the ED and everything people said above is true--team work, ask questions, check out "interesting" things that other RNs have, and teamwork! What I'd add-- 1) If you don't know...

  19. Why???? Are?? They?? Failing???

    gemmi999 replied to Nurseades2b's topic in General Students

    Also remember that most nursing classes are broken into two parts--didactic and clinical. At my school you had to pass both in order to pass the course. There are some people who excel in the...

  20. To Leave or Not To Leave...

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've worked as an RN for 6 months in a small town emergency room. Not a trauma center, but everything else is fair game. I was hired under an interim ER manager who has since left; a new one was...

  21. 1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    gemmi999 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1) I had my first "super packed" shift in ER when we didn't have enough beds or nurses and pts. were in hallways and corners (and they were actual patients, not healthy patients. 2) When a patient...

  22. Unsafe Orientation for NG in ER

    gemmi999 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So...I feel I got really, really lucky when I was hired by my hospital. I was hired under an interim manager before most of the ER staff ended up leaving the hospital. I was given 10 weeks of...

  23. How to Avoid Becoming Cynical

    gemmi999 posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a New Grad RN working in ER, have been here for about 6 months. Tonight I had 3 patient's that are frequent flyers who already know me and recognize me; One has been in several several several...

  24. First Incident Report

    gemmi999 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I made my first incident report today and I feel conflicted. Here's the situation: I'm an ER nurse. I got report from RN about four pts. Of those four pts: 1) one had a potassium level of 2.4 and was...

  25. Can you talk some sense into me?

    gemmi999 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Can you start the ICU position per dium and keep the cozy office job? Maybe ask office job if you can do 4 10 hour shifts and have every friday off for hospital...or 9 hour shifts and get every other...