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rearviewmirror BSN, RN

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  1. Amber Does the Unthinkable

    rearviewmirror replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Amber's action is rational and very proper coming from former main ed. However, I remember snorting in arrogance when things like these happened and complained that non-ed nurses can't handle pressure...

  2. Results from What You Hate Most about Your Job Post (5/25/16)

    rearviewmirror replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for taking an effort and initiative to make this into a well planned and quantified research/poll; very

  3. Quick advice on multiple unit offers!

    rearviewmirror replied to parasalyne's topic in General Nursing

    surgery, go to surgery. ER is made of 75% recyclers that follows this algorithm: go to e-->ask for narcotics, get blood work, rads, etc--->everything is negative, d/c home with...

  4. Advice on which job to take

    rearviewmirror replied to georgia6's topic in General Nursing

    I am an ER breed so I don't know whole lot of OR, but being in the healthcare and nursing for few years, I would recommend option 2. Here is why and correct me if I am wrong folks. Between ER and OR,...

  5. Best quality care cannot be provided

    rearviewmirror replied to uniqueguy34's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone who works at bedside agrees with you. Those in the office do not. So what should you do? Go to the

  6. External Jugular Cannulation Procedure

    rearviewmirror replied to sarah.cutting's topic in Emergency

    Training your staff to be sonosite certified and trained is also another alternative. Puncturing an IJ versus an artery on an arm are different things. I personally love sonosite and it's my

  7. It's a Stressed Out Job

    rearviewmirror replied to janemulligan's topic in General Nursing

    You know as an ER nurse, and just as a nurse, you know what I hate the most about this job? It's not really about doing the work that makes it stressful, but the general nature of "helping someone" is...

  8. If you had to do it over again

    rearviewmirror replied to heloooooBCRN's topic in Emergency

    3 yr RN, 1.5 yr ER. I will choose anything but nursing if I could go back to my college years (engineering

  9. UM/UR hospital vs insurance company?

    rearviewmirror posted a topic in Case Management

    Hello there all. I am trying to step my feet into the utilization review/management, and with only 3 years of clinical experience, I find it challenging to get into this. My hospital system has...

  10. UM/UR hospital vs insurance company?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Case Management

    hey been_there, would you be able to guide me into an interview situation and give me some pointers, what they would ask and such? I am rehearsing myself all sorts of questions from general to...

  11. UM/UR hospital vs insurance company?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Case Management

    such is reason my primary choice employer is insurance companies. haha thanks for your

  12. UM/UR hospital vs insurance company?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Case Management

    thank you very much for that input

  13. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    rearviewmirror replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Well deebuzz you are right. Healthcare has things backwards and upside down. What a virtue should be is disregarded and what should be disdained in Healthcare world is actually favored by business...

  14. Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX

    rearviewmirror replied to HPnurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your achievements. If you last a year or two at parkland, I can assure you can go ANYWHERE in the dfw ed. That's probably the only pro I can think of. Parkland forces 2 or 3 year contract...

  15. Any sedation/intubation specialist here?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Critical Care

    I will visit the link. Thank

  16. Any sedation/intubation specialist here?

    rearviewmirror posted a topic in Critical Care

    My question arises from limited understanding of agents used during RSI. Can you explain me the detailed explanations, what to use in what scenario and such? So far this is what I understand and...

  17. where else do ER nurses go?

    rearviewmirror posted a topic in Emergency

    I cannot imagine myself doing bedside hardcore ER nursing even to my semi-grey hair days, and I have grown pretty tired of the ER crowd, its back breaking labor, emotional drought it causes, and so...

  18. How to think like and ER nurse

    rearviewmirror replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    Everyone is either level 1 or level 5. You have one priority and everything else can wait. You are not there to make patients happy, you're there to save lives and get stuff done. Don't believe what...

  19. Adult Critical Care Update: New Definitions of Sepsis and Septic Shock

    rearviewmirror replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for the interesting read on! I have vast interest in sepsis because we see so much of this in the ED frequently, and understanding pathophysiology is a lot better than just doing the protocols....

  20. where else do ER nurses go?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

    I somewhat agree that I would not fit well with case management; after all it's still about making sure patient is complaint and "has" all the things they need to take care of themselves. You know who...

  21. good bye ER... maybe

    rearviewmirror replied to Ryan RN's topic in Emergency

    Hey op, how is your procedural gig going? As you know I hate patient care as well, but at least at procedurals patients are knocked out sedated haha. PS: Roy Fokker, I do not blame you, I can give...

  22. where else do ER nurses go?

    rearviewmirror replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

    I don't think I can do psych, I am trying to get away from patients and that includes crazies hahaha. I swore to get away from bedside care but it appears that case management is practically the same...

  23. To be or not to be a nurse

    rearviewmirror replied to ShallINurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 26, and if I could go back, I will never do nursing, and I can swear that on my cerebellum. It is a refreshing reinforcement everyday in the ED, as I am reminded constantly that I came out of a...

  24. Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    rearviewmirror replied to ServantLeader's topic in Emergency

    as a pretty new (3yr) nurse, I must ask... why do we cater to these types of "I have allergies to toradol and morphine and must have my dilaudid with phenergan/benedryl" kind of people? Please, there...

  25. I have been out of compassion for years.

    rearviewmirror posted a topic in Emergency

    People outside healthcare just don't understand it like we do. How can you leave that poor 80 year old lady lie there in the stretcher with "excruciating" stomachache, how can you not promptly give...