tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post753705700908857464..comments2024-01-25T05:03:21.567-05:00Comments on Trauma Nurse Adventures: The Texas Years: Trauma prioritiesLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-60437134321796969722013-05-06T22:57:35.387-04:002013-05-06T22:57:35.387-04:00Well, the readers will laugh at this. But, I'm...Well, the readers will laugh at this. But, I'm sure you will get through that, continuous training and understanding every aspect of that.CNA Nursing Jobshttp://cnatrainingclass.co/cna-nursing-jobs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-82262429554914006792013-05-04T01:22:09.376-04:002013-05-04T01:22:09.376-04:00Can you shoot me an email chica? emejia317@gmail...Can you shoot me an email chica? emejia317@gmail.com =)Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-26035514716719300562013-04-29T08:59:21.374-04:002013-04-29T08:59:21.374-04:00Right?! I couldn't believe it when management ...Right?! I couldn't believe it when management got all up on us for that minor stuff when the glaringly obvious necessities for basic traumas are missing.<br /><br />But, you know. At least I got a blog post out of it...Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2500430679334601704.post-46508478204579507472013-04-28T18:53:22.741-04:002013-04-28T18:53:22.741-04:00OMG. Your facility (like you didn't know this ...OMG. Your facility (like you didn't know this already) is run by morons.<br />Trauma is all about staff, and stuff. Neither item is interchangeable, nor optional. If you don't have the stuff, you aren't trauma.<br />If you don't have the staff, you aren't trauma.<br />And separate nurses doing primary and secondary assessments is in the dictionary. In fact, it's the picture under the definition of "asinine". When I get a trauma patient, take the report, do the primary survey, and do all the work in the work-up, I'm not going huntiong for a second nurse to bother with the secondary survey, since it's redundant, stupid, and time-wasting. The only thing that matters is two good assessments, regardless of how many nurses are used.<br /><br />I think your facility is jonesing for the Drama designation, not the Trauma designation.<br /><br />There should be a badge for that, just like the little shiny silver plastic Pretend Fireman badges in cereal boxes.<br /><br />And there's nothing wrong with "4 hours ago" as long as somewhere else on the charting is a spot where the "now" time is recorded. We're supposed to be charting this for other medical professionals, not for retards or JCAHO (but I repeat myself).<br /><br />I'm betting when the bills for being a trauma center start to come in for all the uninsured/indigent trainwrecks, the bloom will be off the rose, and your facility will quietly and happily slide back into being a non-trauma designated ED that gets a lot of trauma regardless of the designation. And they'll save money on Hare splints, because seriously, why would you ever want one of those in the emergency dept. supplies? It's not like people ever come to the hospital for broken legs, right?Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.com