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'Once an ER nurse, always an ER nurse':""Many people use the emergency department as a clinic and, when they are sick, the people that we are seeing are often a lot sicker because they have put off coming to the hospital," Miller said. "...Paperwork and documentation (regarding patients) takes three times the time it used to because you must document absolutely everything you do. If it's not documented, it's not done. Technology has changed, too, such as using CAT scans as emergency procedures."
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Andrew Lopez, RN
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