NurseWilliam

NurseWilliam specializes in Emergency.

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1. phone calls no outsider would believe

   NurseWilliam replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   OK. Laughing my arse off now. Thank you very much.

2. phone calls no outsider would believe

   NurseWilliam replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   I just got a call tonight from an Aid Unit: Aid Unit: "We have a patient who has come to your ED for the last two nights for pain secondary to a motorcycle accident. We are not sure how to deal with him. It seems that his main isue is pain control, b...

3. ER Nurses. Read This!

   NurseWilliam replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   Wow. I love my job. I wouldn't trade ER nursing for all the tea in China. This was an exceptionally nice piece. thanks for sharing it.

4. Funny Sign In Slips

   NurseWilliam replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

   "I said I wanted a BUD light!" :rotfl:

5. Funny Sign In Slips

   NurseWilliam replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

   I had a woman bring her child to the triage desk and tell us that the child had "big scissors". She meant seizures, of course, but pronounced it "scissors."

6. Questions about trauma I witnessed. (LONG)

   NurseWilliam replied to GermPhobe's topic in Emergency

   Live brain tissue also has a semi-liquid, tapioca-like consistency (sorry for grossing out the tapioca thing). In an open head injury, it's not like the brain or parts thereof just sort of plop out of the head in perfect formation. It either drools ...

7. Here's a question for all of you ER nurses (sad and kind of long)

   NurseWilliam replied to Lisky90's topic in Emergency

   First, please accept my most sincere sympathy for your loss. Having read the posts of others who mentioned it being a coroner's case, I concur that it is important to leave everything on /in the body. However, IMO more care could have been taken by t...

8. Views on New Grads Entering the ER.

   NurseWilliam replied to ICUNurse11's topic in Emergency

   I think that as long as a solid preceptorship program is in place, having a new grad join the ER is fine. But if no such program is in place, I feel that it is certainly better to have some experience in practice before "coming down." The hospital in...

9. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

   NurseWilliam replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

   As a general rule in my ER, we keep C/S trauma patients on the board until we see a negative CT/MRI result. It's really better to be safe than sorry, and while it is uncomfortable for the patient, it sure as shootin' beats being paralyzed from the ne...

10. Male Nurses/female Patients

    NurseWilliam replied to ern91's topic in Men

    And oh, by the way... IMO, if we've become a gender-fixated society with regard to nursing, we have the feminist-oriented ANA to blame for a great deal of that problem. Men were nurses LONG before women were. And while I tip my hat to ANY nurse who a...

11. Male Nurses/female Patients

    NurseWilliam replied to ern91's topic in Men

    I know what you're talking about! My dad got his BSN from Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi. I used to get teased mercilessly from other kids- "Your daddy's a nurse? What's yer momma do, drive a truck?" And now, I'm a nurse too. And wouldn't you ...

12. Male Nurses/female Patients

    NurseWilliam replied to ern91's topic in Men

    I don't have a problem caring for a female patient. However, if the patient prefers female assistance with certain procedures, I respect the patient's wishes if at all possible. I know female nurses who have asked me to perform procedures for their m...

13. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    NurseWilliam replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    You're absolutely right. I have wasted enough time on this. I will not spend any more time dwelling on it. Now if those who were expending so much energy trying to change our titles would do the same, maybe we could get the important things done.:dea...

14. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    NurseWilliam replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    I simply do not agree with the assertion by some that this is a critical issue. I think this is really a silly thing for college-educated people to be so preoccupied with. I just think that in the bigger picture, there are many, many more important t...

15. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    NurseWilliam replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    I understand what you're saying. But we aren't talking about changing uniforms or standards. We are talking about changing our title- as if changing what we are called will somehow magically transform the art, science, practice, and profession of nur...