Jennifer, RN

Jennifer, RN

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  1. Guess this chief complaint

    Jennifer, RN replied to ernurse61's topic in Emergency

    One of my all time favs is vomiking. I've seen this so much that sometimes I question MY

  2. worked my very first ED shift,.assessment question..

    Jennifer, RN replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    I also worked on a tele unit before I transferred to the ER, have been er nursing for almost 2 years and would never go back to floor nursing! I was also used to full body assessments, but quickly...

  3. What is your weakness?

    Jennifer, RN replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    Really smelly feet. Renal failure urine. Lower GI bleed. I don't like stage 4 pressure sores either. Took care of woman eaten up with cancer that had a stage 4 ulcer to her sacrum and buttocks to...

  4. Does ED have a bad rep for mean nurses?

    Jennifer, RN replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    I used to work on the floor, and there was this one iv nurse that was always so mean and nasty when you had to call her. After I tranferred down to the ER, I found out that she was going to transfer...

  5. Refusal for Blood Draw

    Jennifer, RN replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    In my ER, we have to obtain pt consent prior to drawing a BAL. We cannot draw a legal BAL on unconscious pt. The state I live in also immediately charges a person with DUI if refusing to consent for...

  6. how do you handle this?

    Jennifer, RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Emergency

    In the ER I work at, the ER doc would call a urologist in and the urologist would try to insert a foley with all their special tools. If unable to get a foley cath in, they would then insert a...

  7. Angry mom treated rotten in ER today

    Jennifer, RN replied to Purple Princess's topic in Emergency

    In the ER I work at, the docs and nurses have no clue what health insurance a pt has, unless needed for d/c planning. Everyone is treated the same. Everyone is given a follow up MD to contact. It...

  8. Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    Jennifer, RN replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    Last night, we had a pt demand a stronger pain med, the doctor would only give her tramadol, the pt then left after discharge, went out to her car and called EMS from the parking lot to take her to...

  9. EMS abandonment?

    Jennifer, RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    In the hospital I work at, all of our ER techs are EMTs. We have a few CNAs but they function strictly as CNAs. Our EMTs are authorized by our hospital admin to take report on ER pts, as well as...

  10. EMS abandonment?

    Jennifer, RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    In the ER I work at, the medics give report to the nurse or the tech assigned to that room, or the charge nurse. They then give a quick report to an attending and have to have their run sheet signed...

  11. looking for information

    Jennifer, RN replied to govtemt's topic in Emergency

    Our techs will triage a pt, i.e vital signs, complaint, allegies/meds, and put pt in computer. The RN must assess the pt and assign an acuity to that pt. Thank God for our

  12. ER RN and Pregnant

    Jennifer, RN replied to RN112's topic in Emergency

    I have had 2 babies while working on tele floor and taking all kinds of isolations except for chickenpox. Never had a problem. I am now pregnant with my 4th child and working in ER and really am not...

  13. Assessment Skills

    Jennifer, RN replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    kids can seem hemodynamically stable for a while, even with a large amt of blood loss, but then tend to crash suddenly. Kids also respond very well to fluids and O2. adults usually give more s/s of...

  14. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    Jennifer, RN replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    8 month old infant, beautiful, chubby, very healthy looking. brought in to er by ems in PEA. baby was left with babysitter, babysitter left infant on bed to sleep, found baby between wall and bed...

  15. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    Jennifer, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dispose of your sharps!!! I am not a maid. Order your own labs/tests, or give it to the secretary. I have to perform all the test/labs, give meds, any everything else you ordered!! If you want...

  16. Acetaminophen 500 mg recall Lot Numbers

    Jennifer, RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Some being recalled for 2 years back. Don't have any now, but I'm sure I have ingested some. Oh

  17. phone calls no outsider would believe

    Jennifer, RN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Last night, someone called and asked to speak to "an attending". The charge nurse directed the phone to the attending. The person calling then asked the attending what the relationship was to tooth...

  18. Advice for new ER nurse

    Jennifer, RN replied to kdmcook's topic in Emergency

    When I first transferred from the floor, I couldn't keep up with the pace. I was used to delivering a completely different level of care. Give yourself 6 months, if you haven't started to feel a...

  19. "Nurses are not professionals"

    Jennifer, RN replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

    Why fret over this? If you enjoy your job, career, profession or whatever, and make good money and support you and your family and live a good, productive and fruitful life, who cares what over...

  20. Assessment Skills

    Jennifer, RN replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    Working in the ER means focused assessments. We assess the complaint only. The exception is if you have a critical pt, then you have to take the time to do a full head to toe assessment. If pt c/o...

  21. ER Or The Floor?

    Jennifer, RN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    I transferred from a cardiac tele floor to the ER for the same reasons as you are tired of working on a tele floor. I have found that I LOVE the ER. You're right, you don't get involved in the...

  22. What's YOUR favorite specialty area?

    Jennifer, RN replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

    I went into telemetry as new grad because my dad had been very ill and died when I was young of heart disease (at age 45) and I wanted to learn as much about the heart as I could. I worked there 5...

  23. Flu shot or not?

    Jennifer, RN replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    On the floors, pts with the flu are isolated. In the ER, we don't know what a pt has until we have taken care of them for hours sometimes, after they have been literally coughing in our faces. I...

  24. Do Rns Clean The Urine And Bowels

    Jennifer, RN replied to Dashing's topic in General Nursing

    This must be a joke. I feel less smart posting a

  25. Need advice: should I start out in ER or tele/med-surg?

    Jennifer, RN replied to secondfiddle's topic in Emergency

    I worked tele for 5 years (started out on tele as new grad) before transferring to ER. The first 5 years of nursing, I learned so much and became so confident in basic nursing care, assessment and...