Hi all I have re-activated a dormant list for international discussion for Paramedic Practitioners. Some countries do not view practitioners as they are here...
www.nursesreconnected.com/resource Find that nursing friend that you lost contact with! Excellent reunion site connecting Nurses & Health care workers ...
Hi all, I'm trying to conduct an informal poll on what triage systems are currently being used in departments around the world. Which triage score do you use...
Hi Damien.. At my hospital...... we use: Emergent (Immediately) Urgent (30 minutes). About; 80% MOST of our cases, (like all community hospitals) are...
I work in a community hospital in a far west suburb of Chicago, IL USA. We use the 5 tier system. The one problem I have with it is the difference between 3,...
I work in a teaching and educational hospital in Houston, TX. We use the 5 tier system as well. Levels 1, 2, and 3 are easy to judge. But 4 and 5 are...
Hi all, I've just posted a section on Stress Management on www.emergency- nurse.org, and I'd like to put a few pages together with details on how ER nurses...
Damien........... DITTO! Being a charge nurse in a busy ED, answering phones& all the paramedics radios, doctor demands, family concerns/issues (you get the...
Hi everyone I went to a psychological medicine conference last week and there is some innovative work being done with RN's (RGN's in UK). A specialist...
Are you interested in travel nursing opportunities on board one of our thirteen luxury cruise ships? Holland America is currently recruiting for full time and...
I look forward to reading on topic stress mamagement. Thanks ER Administrator Joy Shields emergencynurselistowner <damienvanc@...> wrote: Hi all, I've...
Hi there I am fascinated with the topic of stress in the ER and am actually going to start working on a thesis in January. I would appreciate any comments or...
Coleen Karr
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Dec 27, 2004 8:00 am
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There is no stress in the ER. There is also no crying in the ER. Andrew Bowman ER x 22 years ... actually going to start working on a thesis in January. I...
Hi Coleen...... I would like to read your thesis, when you're done; if you don't mind. I've been a ER Nurse for about 30+ yrs. Good Luck! Lee Coleen Karr...
Colleen, You need to be a bit more specific than "stress in the ER" - i.e. post-code stress of RNs is an example. Remember to keep your topic close to...
How many ER/A&E departments offer staff support groups and good supervision on a regular basis is something I would like to know. I also know that in some...
In our area we have a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing team made up of all types of professionals - medics, RN's, MD's, lab personnel, firefighters, social...
lpeafa@...
Dec 28, 2004 7:48 pm
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I work in a rural setting. Often the patient is known to us, or we know their family (or sometimes they are our family). We don't have enough staff to allow...
Valorie Davis
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Dec 28, 2004 9:33 pm
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No Stress , what are kidding. Andrew J Bowman <sumieb@...> wrote: There is no stress in the ER. There is also no crying in the ER. Andrew Bowman ER...
He was having a joke with us-it's the season for jokes you see! Valorie I admire your conviction here. It must be incredibly tense sometimes. Do take care. ...
No jokes, no stress, people live, people die, sometimes we help, sometimes we can't, just do what we can and move along to the next. Andrew B ER x 22 years ...
Curious about DNRs (do not resusitate) and DNAR (do not attempt resusitation). Occasionally have hospice patients come to the ER, maybe the family or a care...
Valorie Davis
davisvalorie@...
Dec 29, 2004 2:32 pm
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Hi there, I've seen a scheme where a bright fluorescent yellow sticker is placed at around eye level at the doors of the house; which indicates to emergency...
Hi Colleen First of all good luck with the Thesis, they are painstaking but worth it in the end, always try and keep in view what you are going to achieve by...
HI Everyone, I had computer crash and lost all my datas including the standard nursing interview questions I use for interviewing nurses. Just wondering if...
We are trying to get the Med Residents to write Admission Orders on the Patient Care Units (vs the ED as they do now). Has anyone had sucess with this...
... Point out to them that if there is a 'ward bed' avaialble then the patient needs to be up there and not blocking up the ED ! Point out that it is the...
We don't have residents, but we have hospitalists that cause the same hold up. We frequently have them see the pt on the floor and write orders there....
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