jimminy

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1. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

   jimminy replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

   OBHEATHERNurse "You guys in ER & L&D are the only one's (I think) that have pt's that walk in off the street. You guys don't really have anywhere to steer your frustration of another new patient. But unfortunately, you get the brunt of it. " ...

2. Violence in your ER - what do you do???

   jimminy replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   jmcclellanprofrn, Texas does allow concealed guns, but only with training and passing a test. Trust me, the criminals don't take this test and they are in every city, town, and suburb.. The metal detecters are necessary to keep out the criminal pa...

3. Deescalating aggression

   jimminy replied to ERguru's topic in Emergency

   Ours is called SAMA (Satori Alternatives to Manage Aggression). Satori stands for "clear understanding". It is a four day program that has been condensed into one 8 hour session. It involves all aspects of aggression, including recognizing, de-escal...

4. You've got a what up/in your what???

   jimminy replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   propane torch in rectum!! No, it wasn't lit, but he did go to or.

5. Activities for nurses week?

   jimminy replied to uyf's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds good. The reason we don't always stand up and be counted is because we are too **** tired after shifts from hell. Our poor bodys would have to be held up by sticks and someone would have to open and shut our mouths for us to talk.:chuckle

6. Patch Adams

   jimminy replied to pedsoncology's topic in General Nursing

   We had one in our area (retired now). He was the most gentle, compassionate, loving doctor I have ever met. There was none of the "God complex" at all. No matter who you talked to, they knew this doctor, and would always smile when his name was men...

7. welcome to the hilton...please dont forget to tip your waitress

   jimminy replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

   lol! I admire anyone that works the floors. Some of the hardest patients inthe EC to take care of are the admitted holds (no beds). They are the most demanding and "helpless". Then the families decide they know better how to take care of their fam...

8. Taco Bell is hiring

   jimminy replied to RoaminHankRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think all nurses should rotate to all the different areas during orientation and again once a year. This way we would see alll sides of the coin and know that every specialty has it's problems, concerns, and frustrations. I know from experience t...

9. Do you hold patients in the ED?

   jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

   no, you do not sound crazy! We were so bad the other night. The house supervisor came down and said the same thing about the floor being just as crazy. She said they did not have enough staff upstairs. I'm afraid I lost it a little. All trauma roo...

10. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

    CEN35 Oops, I forgot to mention that we heard the unofficial scuttlebutt after one of the "administrators" spent three hours with us....................they are going to leave the EC alone for now!!ROTGLOL! Of course they haven't offered to approv...

11. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

    CEN35 Wouldn't they just die, probably after just three hours also!!! We have all (all er nurses) gotten used to working so short staffed at such a high acuity level, that even if they staffed us a little better it would be short staffed according t...

12. who fills out the incident report?

    jimminy replied to Michelle_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    michelle, At our hospital, the one that finds the problem fills out the incident report, informs the head nurse and the doctor. The doctor has to fill out a portion that states what he did, then the head nurse fills out an investigation report and...

13. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

    Wow, I think this applies to every hospital around. I'm hoping a situation last week will help. We have been "reorganized" by a consultant company and things could not be worse. We have been telling administration and the consultants to come spend a ...

14. How long will it take? Some say 2 years??

    jimminy replied to JMP's topic in MICU

    JMP - give it some time. I feel the best thing right now to fit it later is to be available. We depend heavily on teamwork in the ec and icu. When a new patient comes in, be the first to help get the patient set up. Don't ask if you can help, the ...

15. does anyone have a policy?

    jimminy replied to AmyRN's topic in Emergency

    We also triage in three tiers, Emergent - go to the shock rooms or shock room halls. Urgent are taken to the holding area and must be evaluated within an hour. (the holding nurse does a quick foc used assesment again just to make sure this patient ...