We haad a 8 week old come in pale, rectal temp 95.2, mucous membranes dry, periods of apnea. We had to stimulate him to keep his heart rate up. We did standard...
Red, it sounds to me like you had to use the cold to keep the HR up. What did the peds ER doc say? Don't blame yourself for anything you did. You did your best...
What was the heart rate with the infant with the warm blankets and then with the cold cloths? Even though the infant did have a low temp you were taking care...
Sounds like an ED I know in northern california. It's ED director was a former peds doc turned full-time EM MD. Good doc though. It's always OK to search for a...
Hello ED advocates! In your place, what's the ED nurse's involvement in completing registration papers and the general consent for ED treatment? What is the...
At our facility the patient services rep (registrar) signs them in at the front counter or in the room if brought by EMS. The Nurse will get involved to...
Thanks for this insight. BTW what state are you from? What entails having an "implied consent" if at all when the patient refuses to sign a legal document...
Fellow Nurses, An article I read about a nurse saving an elderly man from a burning Melbourne home made me proud that nurses like us can do more than the...
James: California but we all work under the proscriptions of EMTALA. Once a medical screening exam has been completed and the patient has been found not to...
Hello ED folks, Certain conditions present but not documented on admission would be considered a miss and will have tremendous reimbursement impact to ...
Hi Patricia, Just like any profession, nursing is special because it impacts the society in one of its very basic needs which is healthcare. What makes nursing...
My hospital is in the final stages of preparing mandatory education modules for all clinical staff, to include competency testing. New policies are also being...
Kaiser has gone to a completely electronic medical record format called Health Connect that allows us from one screen to call up a patients entire medical...
lol I agree with ya Dave! One of the ED's that I work in also prompts us with those types of things. But it also "demands" that we chart certain things that...
Question for all you talented ER nurses. I work in a small rural ER (70 bed hospital). We have a "concierge" at the entrance to the hospital (RN position)....
Gail: California has a regulation that states in essence that a triage nurse can have no other duties. They can assist in some other functions but must be...
Be care ful to review your nurse practice act for your state and your institution's policy. In many states (I thought all) nurses are not allowed to perform a...
Timothy: Thanks for the clarification on who can perform MSE, I wasn't aware some states didn't allow RN's to do so. Absolutely an ESI is not and won't stand...
I was on a site www.nursetogether.com tonight. They have set up live chat rooms to talk all the time. Would be great if we could ask them to set up an ER...
to those who are palnning to take their NCLEX or any Licensure Examination. I would like to share to you this site I found which I think is helpful and...
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