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  1. Inpatient Boarders?

    EDnurseNY posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in the ED in a mid-size city in New York. It seems that the hospital floors are always full, and most of the time we have over 30-40 inpatient boarders, sometimes up to 55. We have 60 beds in...

  2. Inpatient Boarders?

    EDnurseNY replied to EDnurseNY's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the replies, everyone! I appreciate them. It's pretty demoralizing not being able to do the job I was hired for. And yeah, between the boarders and the ratios (and being called lazy), we're...

  3. Inpatient Boarders?

    EDnurseNY replied to EDnurseNY's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, Kuriin. I think our management has its head in the sand a bit. A lot of people are leaving d/t these problems we're having and they act as though everything's

  4. OMG JACHO IS HERE!

    EDnurseNY replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is just upfront about it. There's a hospital-wide announcement "[Hospital] is proud to welcome representatives from The Joint Commission. . ." And then the ensuing

  5. Starting Over at 25

    EDnurseNY replied to Paula378's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started over! I did my prereqs in a year at age 24, started my ABSN program at age 25, and now I'm 27 and almost a year into my first nursing position. I'm very happy that I switched careers. Also,...

  6. When should I apply for RN positions?

    EDnurseNY replied to Ss-rn23's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi! I'm not in NYC, but another city in NY. My hospital started recruiting in February, I interviewed the second week of March, and got the job the day after, on the condition I graduated and passed...

  7. how much lifting/transferring in ed?

    EDnurseNY replied to ivyleaf's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the PPs and want to add that there are also times when your co-workers may need you as immediate help if/when they get attacked. It happens a lot where I work that someone goes after one...

  8. How many patients you guys take on your duty?

    EDnurseNY replied to Seong40's topic in General Nursing

    USA ED 4:1 or 6:1. With 6:1 we should have a tech, but it doesn't always

  9. Why wasn't I placed in the ED?

    EDnurseNY replied to shan_elle's topic in Emergency

    Hi there! I had a few thoughts as I read this thread, and while not all of them might apply to you or your specific situation (as I learned reading on), I feel like I should share them. Before...

  10. Feeling extremely underappreciated

    EDnurseNY replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Help me understand a bit here, since my ED doesn't have paramedics practicing as paramedics... what is your job description? I'm trying to figure out what in the medic scope of practice you'd do in...

  11. Are you required by law to have two years Med Surg experience prior to working in an ED?

    EDnurseNY replied to xxMichelleJxx's topic in Emergency

    Nope, no med/surg needed! And I think this depends on what state you're in. In my state (NY), as far as I know, if you're a new grad in the ED you need to be in a residency program of at least six...

  12. Why Can't She Stay Here? Getting Kicked Out of Inpatient Hospice

    EDnurseNY replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    With my mom, the only people that would've been around to care for her were me and my sister, and I had been caring for her for a while at that point. The arguments of "but there are hospice...

  13. New grad & I just got a job- I need advice

    EDnurseNY replied to NewNurse91D's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, congrats on graduating and finding a job! I went through the same kind of stress with my Xanax. I have anxiety and I have sought treatment. I also know not to use it before coming to work...

  14. Barcode scanning in ED?

    EDnurseNY replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We scan our meds at the ED I work at. It's really not as bad as it sounds, the only time it's a pain in the a-- is when we have admitted patients and you have to do a 20-med med pass and all the rest...

  15. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    EDnurseNY replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    If you do want to work ED during/after school, make sure you also find one that suits you since they vary so widely. I work in a Level 1 trauma center, stroke center, takes care of LVADs, etc. etc....

  16. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    EDnurseNY replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    To piggyback on this: I also know I couldn't deal with kids in acute care. My answer was from an ED point of view where longer term care isn't done and the patients aren't necessarily stable. I was...

  17. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    EDnurseNY replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    Before nursing school, I wanted to be an ED nurse and now I am. I did my capstone/school preceptorship (I think it's also called) on a mixed ICU/step down unit and absolutely loved it. That type of...

  18. racist patients

    EDnurseNY replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think male nurses are any less qualified than female nurses, or that they are not as good as female nurses. I am perfectly fine with having male nurses if I was a patient. As a domestic abuse...

  19. racist patients

    EDnurseNY replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ahh yes, that's true and even less understandable. Not that any of this is all that understandable. Reminds me of the white people being called "race traitors" for anything perceived as not hating...

  20. racist patients

    EDnurseNY replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You learn not to take it personally or you'll never stop being angry. I'm white, and just the other day I was ranted at by a patient. I had to check if she could ambulate safely (to go home), and to...

  21. Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

    EDnurseNY replied to Finestnurse, Lpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a very new RN so I haven't yet worked with the LPNs at the ED I work at. I do know that us orientees are going to be taught how to work with the RN/LPN setup as part of our orientation program,...

  22. What's Rude?

    EDnurseNY replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    On the flip side of this, I absolutely love the reactions I get when they realize that white girl understands Spanish (or much more rarely, Dutch). A lot of the population by me is Hispanic and they...

  23. Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    EDnurseNY replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Just to tack on and answer like everyone else has: -I had to pay for all my scrubs in nursing school. I didn't think any school paid for scrubs, but hey. -The school did give us our Littmann SE II...

  24. What's Rude?

    EDnurseNY replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Add me to the laughter because of something that happened at work the other day. Without getting into too much explanation of the setup of the unit, there isn't a central nurses' station. There are...

  25. "I work in the medical field"

    EDnurseNY replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you, I don't trust people that lie to me about what they do on other things. But at the time this all happened, I wasn't a nurse. I wasn't even in nursing school yet and none of the...