ashleyjean3

ashleyjean3

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  1. Ring Cutters

    We are looking at getting new ring cutters as the ones we have are awful! What does your ED use?
  2. WSSU FNP Program

    Ok. My email is [email protected]
  3. WSSU FNP Program

    I believe that class will be 1 or 2 days a week with clinical starting in the second semester for 2-3 days a week. I think we will learn alot at orientation in a few weeks. Do you want to meet up there?
  4. WSSU FNP Program

    I was accepted too...would love to network with you guys before we start! my email is [email protected]
  5. Help Please!!

    At my ED we are trying to implement a new policy where the ICU nurse comes to the ED to transport their patients to floor and recieve bedside report. Our tech aids in transport. I am currious to the process at your hospital for getting patients to th...
  6. I work in the emergency deparment and we do not use RT. We give our own neb treatments, collect ABG's, etc. the only thing we use RT for is to bring us down bipaps and collect RSV.
  7. Power port/mediport

    When in question if the patient has a chest xray, the port will say on it if it is power point (shows up on xray). At least the ones our facility uses do.
  8. ECPI?????????? Please Comment???

    Cleveland Community also has an LPN program. It is only 45 minutes outside of charlotte. I would much rather drive that far then pay out the butt for the same degree
  9. Last Name on ID Badges

    Our badges have our first name and last initial on them when issued. almost everyone, including me, covered our last initial with a sticker or something
  10. Bicillin injections

    i do not push out air bubble
  11. ED Admissions

    At my ED we are trying to implement a new policy where the ICU nurse comes to the ED to transport their patients to floor and recieve bedside report. Our tech aids in transport. I am currious to the process at your hospital for getting patients to th...
  12. pediatric vital signs

    we get BP on kids 3 and older
  13. Public Service Announcement

    amen!
  14. Help Please!!

    It is called the "pull" system and it is supposed to improve patient flow. The ICU has been receptive so far.
  15. Advice on Charlotte, NC

    NO presby is an ASN. I think Mercy is the only diploma program left in the state.
  16. Advice on Charlotte, NC

    Presbyterian also has the repayment program as well as Carolinas. Mercy is a diploma program.
  17. template? matrix? How do you staff your ER?

    We staff our 36 bed trauma center with: 5 nurses at 7a 2 nurses at 9a 2 nurses at 11a 1 nurse at 1p 1 nurse at 3p 1 nurse at 5p 5 nurses at 7p
  18. How many of us work on RN only units?

    Our Emergency Department is RNs only. Our techs are all EMT intermediates or paramedics.
  19. What you get for nurses week

    We got lunch boxes and a nice t shirt. they also had a diffrent activity each day. we had breakfast one day, rovoing massage therapist on tuesday, a BIG lunch wed, thur they gave us movie passes, and friday we had a cookout
  20. Dress Codes for the ER

    We wear white and black in our ER. I think your just being difficult. Suck it up and wear the white
  21. What would you say?

    I have to speak to a local high school group about becoming a nurse. I need to include like what to do to get into college, what nursing school is like, and what nursing is like? What would you tell them???
  22. Pay issues

    uh, no. i mean a 4 year degree. see: http://hsc.unm.edu/som/emsacad/alspage.shtml not many places offer the bs in paramedic. i know that none of our ems medics have a 4 year degree and i would bet most other places dont. it is usually a 2 year degree...
  23. Calling Docs by their first name...

    now that I think about it in our ER we call the physician assistants and nurse practioners by their first name but we call the doctors Dr so and so
  24. ER Nurses Week-What's everyone doing?

    we got really nice shirts and pizza
  25. Dnp

    Hey I am wondering if anyone can give me information on a DNP....I am looking into a program but am not really sure what I can do with my DNP