JennyAS BSN, RN

JennyAS is a BSN, RN and specializes in ER.

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1. Why do ED docs hate putting in orders?

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   VENT Why are some ED docs so averse to actually writing orders? I understand it's the ED, and they get spoiled by how much ED nurses are willing to do without a doctor's order (lines, labs, fluids,...

2. Setting up arterial lines

   JennyAS replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

   There is no hospital policy written to detail the exact step-by-step process they want us to use to prime an arterial line. I just wanted to get a poll as to how nurses around the board tend to prime...

3. Setting up arterial lines

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   I just moved from one level I trauma center to another in a different state. Of course I expected a lot of things to be done differently, but I think my new hospital may be setting up arterial lines...

4. Toradol IM Injection.

   JennyAS replied to nursesearl's topic in Emergency

   When we give Toradol IM, we offer a dose of 60 mg/2 mL. I agree that 2mL of fluid is too much to inject into a small muscle mass like the deltoid. I usually only use the deltoid for Tetorifice IM...