USIJurgy

USIJurgy

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  1. New Haven, CT

    USIJurgy replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

    I've worked here at Yale since January- I am at a satellite facility. I have really liked the assignment. Keep in mind Yale has a contract with NursesRx, which is owned by American Mobile. So, if you...

  2. ammonia capsules for fainting?

    USIJurgy replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    They can play opossum all they want- no reason to shove ammonia in their face. A trick we use to determine if someone is "faking" is to place their arm above their head, bend their elbow and have...

  3. how to get an MSU sample if someone has an IDC

    USIJurgy replied to RupiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm. I don't know these abbreviations but if I had to take a guess.....youre wanting to get a medically sterile urine sample from an indwelling catheter? I don't think it is possible to get a...

  4. Door to ct time for strokes

    USIJurgy replied to nurse ninja's topic in Emergency

    Our door to CT time is 20 minutes. There is no delay for IV or EKG (unless an unsafe rhythym is identified once the patient is placed on a portable monitor). It is OK for an RN to activate the stroke...

  5. Charge/Triage RN Position

    USIJurgy replied to Rickbos's topic in Emergency

    As the charge nurse your job is to "man the ship." Typically charge should assign patients to nurses either on a round-robin basis or an acuity basis. Charge should also be responsible for getting a...

  6. NYC?

    USIJurgy replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    Mine took a little under a month but I was waiting a long time for verification from

  7. Looking for younger travel partners ages 20-30, ER

    USIJurgy replied to xxJohnnyTxx's topic in Travel

    Thats awesome! I would love to travel with a large group. I am an ER nurse, just started an assignment in CT but would like to go to California again (I did the bay area and had a

  8. NYC?

    USIJurgy replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    I took my third travel assignment in NYC and ended up staying in the city for 2 years! While I came to conclusion NYC was not for me, travel nursing is perfect for giving the city a shot- you dont...

  9. Wife and I traveling to CA for first travel job HELP!!!

    USIJurgy replied to huntfishwv's topic in Travel

    My first job was at Kaiser Walnut Creek. I showed up on the first day and they said, "Who are you? Youre a nurse? Youre working here? Oh, ok, go follow her." So yes, stay away from Kaiser hospitals...

  10. Would this have happened to a boy?

    USIJurgy replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    While I cant speak to the severity of pain associated with an ovarian cyst; As an ER nurse I can speak to the slightly inflammed appendix. In my ER the surgeons are not quick to operate on an...

  11. NY, NY hospitals

    USIJurgy replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Travel

    What I was saying was that if I was going to only be in New York City for 13 weeks, I would want to live in the thick of it all- Manhattan- not 45 minutes away from the night life of NYC on the north...

  12. No.California Kaiser canceling contracts

    USIJurgy replied to turbill's topic in Travel

    I worked an ER contract at Kaiser Walnut Creek and there was many a shift where the only people who weren't travelers were charge and the two triage nurses. While it was nice knowing that all of the...

  13. NY, NY hospitals

    USIJurgy replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Travel

    I am currently at Lenox Hill on the upper east side and it is great. I would recommend the ER to anyone for sure. The housing was a bit rough at first (think smelly smokey apartment in prewar...

  14. Cancel Your Contract?

    USIJurgy replied to jamonit's topic in Travel

    Definitely avoid Kaiser at all costs- ESPECIALLY for your first travel assignment. I took my first travel job at Kaiser Walnut Creek in the bay area in the ER and it was a nightmare. It was terrible...

  15. car rentals

    USIJurgy replied to tinyfeet28's topic in Travel

    My company paid for my rental car for 2 of the 3 travel assignments I did in California. I still made over $30 an hour and had private housing in a 1 bedroom apartment. Don't settle for anything...

  16. Fellow Traveler, Do You Have A Contract For The First of The Year?

    USIJurgy replied to neurorn6's topic in Travel

    I agree that times are definitely tough for travelers right now. I work at a hospital in Manhattan and it seems the economy has finally taken its toll on the hospitals- no overtime for staff, no more...

  17. How do you prevent psych/etoh elopements?

    USIJurgy replied to mmutk's topic in Emergency

    Absolutely! It is much easier for security and the police to find someone wandering around in a hospital gown! Also, if someone comes in drunk or OD'd or otherwise not competent to make medical...

  18. Shift report and HIPPA

    USIJurgy replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We have also started bedside report. I work in a busy emergency room and the patients are sometimes literally only separated from each other by six inches. It becomes difficult when you need to...

  19. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    USIJurgy replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Oh man, I am usually one of those people who just browses, but this one caught my eye! So I was working triage one day when a gentleman came in who had been in the ER 3 days ago for urinary retention...

  20. Kaiser interview

    USIJurgy replied to Just Jojo's topic in California Nursing

    I worked in the busiest Kaiser ER in Northern California and it was torture. I was a traveler and I would say the department was about half travelers half staff. While they only broke ratios once...

  21. Stop times for IV piggybacks now required on MAR?(by Medicare)

    USIJurgy replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Patient Medications

    We have the same problem...and even another one. Whenever we have a pt go to the floor because theyre admitted, we have to chart, "Pt to floor with NS continuing to infuse." Or else we don't get to...

  22. shoes and uniform question

    USIJurgy replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    In nursing school we wore all white from head to toe. The shirt was this this terrible tunic with buttons going down the center. We begged and pleaded to be switched to a polo shirt but it just...

  23. ER Nurses Week-What's everyone doing?

    USIJurgy replied to ERnewbieRN's topic in Emergency

    Our management got us a T-shirt with or new ER motto "Sharing the Sacred Gifts of Our Hearts" The ER docs bought pizza for day shift on Tuesday, night shift on Thursday. The Levaquin lady (love her!)...

  24. When do you become legally responsible for a patient?

    USIJurgy replied to Kinky Slinky RN's topic in Emergency

    Hmmmm, I think an interesting sidenote to this post would be: when are you no longer legally responsible for a pt? I think we have all heard the horror stories of people coding in the waiting room...

  25. Wishing to work in California, from another state

    USIJurgy replied to suzanne4's topic in California Nursing

    Uh oh..... So I thought it would be a good idea to get started on the California License process so did two things: 1) Paid the $30 to Nursys to have my Indiana license verified (right?) 2) Went to...