Emuhawk000

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1. Is three months into being an ED Nurse too soon for Resus bay?

   Emuhawk000 replied to Emuhawk000's topic in Emergency

   In our emergency Department we have area's for Category one patients, such as Resuscitation which has two beds and is fully stocked for any major life threatening emergency. Another for Cardiac patients (Cat 2), Acute beds for Cat 3 and cat 4 patient...

2. New Nurse "Grocery List"

   Emuhawk000 replied to ashrose1992's topic in New Nurse

   I worked as a surgical nurse for a long time and one of the first things I learnt was not to carry equipment if you don't know how to use it! hence why it was quite some time before I carried a stethoscope on me. They look very impressive, but do you...

3. Is three months into being an ED Nurse too soon for Resus bay?

   Emuhawk000 posted a topic in Emergency

   I have just started working in an Emergency Department after many years on the medical wards and although an experienced general nurse I feel like a raw beginner to some extent in Emergency but already I have been put into areas that I have had no tr...

4. Medication preparations for real

   Emuhawk000 replied to Emuhawk000's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies everyone. One other thing along the same lines is that when I see morphine mixed up it's simple, say 8mg is ordered, so 10mg is drawn up into 10ml of saline and then 2ml is discarded to give the 8mg. So when an order for Fentan...

5. Medication preparations for real

   Emuhawk000 posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a nursing student I have observed nurses making up the same drug in several different ways, and was wondering what is the best way to make up medications such as the following; Fentanyl IV 25mcg (comes as Fentanyl 100mcg/2ml). Some draw the medica...