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    Emergency Room Staffing

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    We all have those experiences in the Emergency Room where we spend many hours waiting for assistance in health related issues. The pain of waiting for care only makes the pain more unbearable. Nurses also require their own wellbeing in order to provide the correct diagnosis for their patients. With nurses working overtime, they may be unqualified to provide care due to a shortage of sleep, rest, and personal care. However, hospitals are very unpredictable, so this area of caution sometimes may be

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    What are some challenges for exams performed in the emergency room? What are good ways to deal with these challenges? What are the advantages of performing exams in the emergency room? Challenges facing the ER are endless especially as a student. The biggest challenge to me is modifying positions based off what the patient can do. Many times the patient might not be able to move into a certain position in order obtain a certain projection. So you have to think outside the box and manipulate the

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    The patient is a 99-year-old female who is brought to the emergency room by BLS from her home. It is unclear from the emergency room record as to the reason for her being brought from home and there is some question of possible abuse. The EMS stated that the Adult Protective Services had been visiting the patient's home and they found the home in disarray. Perhaps they were called. She came at 11:40 in the morning of the 9th. She also on presentation was found to have bedbugs and was cleared

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    Percocet Emergency Room

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    JT’s Visit to the Emergency Room Jt is rushed to the Emergency room. When he arrives his mother tells the staff that five days ago he had his wisdom teeth removed and now something is terribly wrong. His color doesn’t look right. He is kind of yellow looking and he can hardly stay awake. The staff assesses Jt and then asks his mother about his allergies and medical history. They then ask what medication he takes. She states he has environmental allergies so he always takes Equate Allergy and

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    Emergency Room Physician

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    in biology, and my goal is to eventually work as an Emergency Room physician. What initially drew me to work in the medical field is that it would allow me to have a career in science and help people. Service is important to me because my parents instilled in me the importance of helping others. My mother works for the Milwaukee Health Department so I am aware of the health challenges facing many of our citizens. I want to be an Emergency Room physician so that I can improve the health of my community

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    My profession allowed me to built close relationships with Emergency Room physicians. I have several mentors which guide me through the path of medicine. Physicians educate me about the bases of medicine and important procedures. By example, ER Physicians illustrate the gratification of medicine. I constantly witness the compassion and professionalism of the doctors, which brings me closer to medicine. As time progressed I have experience the type of gratification I was use to appreciate as a bystander

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    around or go into another unit without permission. The only exception is when a nurse asked of you to go someplace with him or her. In the other hand, leaving to another unit will cause the entire group to be out for a couple of days or in case of an emergency they won’t know where to find you. In addition, you’re not allowed to transport any patient without a nurse accompanying you because in case of an accident you will be responsible of any injury that may

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    When reading the observations that was conducted to try to forecast their future emergency room needs. The hospital had charted out the data gathered of the number of patients and indicated whether or not the patient count increased on a Friday night, Saturday night, and if there was a full moon that occurred. If the number of patients increased, they added “1" to the chart which shows a growth in the patient count. The hospital needs to use the data gathered to determine how much staff is appropriate

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    When I was doing my leadership rotation in the emergency room, I came across a situation where a patient’s religion conflicted with proper medical care. The patient was a 53-year-old male who looked extremely pale and lethargic. Although he was lethargic, the patient was alert and oriented to self, time and place. Thus, qualifying him as a mentally competent individual to make his own health care decisions.  After having labs drawn, his hemoglobin came back at 6.0. When the doctors received the lab

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    Emergency Room Nurse

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    If you are the hero. You never know what might happen next everything you do is by faith. Anybody can come through the doors needing you to be their hero and to have that opportunity is a lifelong goal to anybody. “The best part about being an emergency room nurse is that moment you know

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