gere7404

gere7404 BSN, RN

Emergency Room, CEN, TCRN

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  1. I am a male nursing student - What Did I Get Myself Into?!?!?

    gere7404 replied to nomadd917's topic in Male Nursing Students

    ?? we all had our own personal stalls in the mens

  2. Hospice to ER... Tips??

    gere7404 replied to Emm_RN's topic in Emergency

    Pay attention in your orientation period, don't be afraid to ask questions or tell someone you don't know something; ER nursing is a lot more skills based than other nursing fields, so you might be...

  3. Asante New Grad RN Residency

    gere7404 replied to Yumi2019's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    Osbn takes a long time for both endorsement and approval to test. No ceus are required but I think you need to take a diversity course for

  4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    gere7404 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    One hour in triage is like fifteen dog

  5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    gere7404 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    "Pt states her boyfriend convinced her to 'eat his butthole' and has been having an itching sensation since 'maybe cause my boyfriends dirty or something.’ Pt did not wash face, came straight to ER....

  6. Just finished

    gere7404 replied to Vectrexevo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When taking a verbal order, especially over the phone, make sure you read back what you thought the provider ordered…. That way if you say “4mg zosyn” and they say “no, 4mg zofran” you know...

  7. More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips

    gere7404 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Fentanyl is HUGE on the west coast, especially along the I5 corridor. Majority of unintentional ODs I see in the ER in the SeaTac are involving “blues,” which are counterfeit oxy pills that are...

  8. Rogue Community College

    gere7404 replied to peachypuff4's topic in School, College Programs

    Sorry to hear you didn’t get into OHSU, to be honest the joke in the valley is RCC produces RNs that can do the job, OHSU produces nurses that can write essays. don’t get too discouraged, you...

  9. Asante New Grad RN Residency

    gere7404 replied to Yumi2019's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    Right on, OR residency is longer than all the others, it’s almost a year long if I remember right. stay away from downtown and near the i5. There’s a bunch of smaller towns around...

  10. Asante New Grad RN Residency

    gere7404 replied to Yumi2019's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    New grad residency has two cohorts, one starts in august, one starts in October. Residency is about three months long, you work normal shifts with a preceptor and have required education...

  11. Moderate Sedation

    gere7404 replied to ApplePineApple's topic in Emergency

    RN, RT, MD at all the hospitals I’ve worked

  12. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The area I’m in requires proof of vaccination to eat out and enter businesses, so there’s a very high vaccination rate. Seeing tons of breakthrough infections in vaccinated and boosted pts, but...

  13. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Who the hell needs to test that much? jk I know the answer - half the people in my ERs waiting

  14. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Make no mistake, people will also come into the ER with minor viral syndromes too, because they’re absolutely sure they’re dying of COVID remember the days when we got sick and we took...

  15. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Because they’ve had the idea that if they get covid they will die slammed into their heads every day for the last two years literally had someone get discharged by an MD from the ambulance last...

  16. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On a travel assignment to a town in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Seeing tons of positive cases, but nowhere near the acuity of delta. Tons of asymptomatic cases. Our waiting room is packed with mildly...

  17. Racism in NYC

    gere7404 replied to 135pipe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There were some instances of WOW! that’s pretty racist, but it was lost in the majority of what felt like 29 pages of someone complaining about every aspect their job and blaming it on

  18. The US is Officially Nuts: Judges now telling hospitals how to treat COVID patients

    gere7404 replied to Anonymous865's topic in Disaster Preparation

    “Hey, this doctor at a pill mill pain clinic in Alabama says you have to give me

  19. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Eh, pretty sure we’ll get hammered this week when the people who should have came in but were too scared to all decide to drop in at the same time

  20. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, we’re getting it good right now in southern Oregon. Opening CVR and PACU as critical care beds because our IMCU and ICU are full hot zones. Two of our med surg units are full covid now, with a...

  21. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    gere7404 replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    According to darthmouthatlas, my area in southern Oregon is now #1 for new daily cases. Hospital went from having less than 10 covid to having 180 covid pts, 51 in critical care. Top two floors of the...

  22. Quarter life crisis? Young, single, depressed, and bored

    gere7404 replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dude, you’re in a college town. Meet girls or dudes or whatever you’re into on apps and take them out to the nightlife. Also there’s tons of travelers coming to Oregon… volunteer to show them...

  23. Pulling Meds For Another Nurse To Pass

    gere7404 replied to Dudlydorite's topic in General Nursing

    Never did it on the floor for even just a PRN Tylenol, do it all the time in the ER with pretty much every med even controlled

  24. Scrubbing the hub

    gere7404 replied to lovefournursing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We cover picc lines with alcohol impregnated caps so you don’t have to wipe them down…. Do you guys not cap central lines? pretty low chance you caused a clabsi, and now you’ll be sure to...

  25. Nurses: Respect or Money? What Matters Most?

    gere7404 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Eh I get nothing tangible out of respect but can survive a lot better after paying out child support and alimony if I got paid