PyxisPrincess

PyxisPrincess specializes in ER.

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1. St. Barnabas Med Center

   PyxisPrincess replied to promises's topic in New Jersey

   St. Barnabas has several fine hospitals but they also have a few worth avoiding just for the internal politics. Community Medical Center in Ocean County is one of them. (They did just file for a union vote, though, so things might change for the be...

2. ER Checkmate

   PyxisPrincess replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in Emergency

   Tarascon pocket books were recommended to me by several ER docs and I use mine more than I do the CheckMate. (Not a fan of personal electronic media here.)

3. IV tips and tricks

   PyxisPrincess replied to kloock's topic in Emergency

   Don't know if it's already been mentioned, but I love the UA veins on elderly folks who like to have "picking parties" with lines they can see. Thin, elderly men seem to have the best veins in the upper arms and IV sites there can easily be hidden w...

4. First week on my own in ED.... and frustrated

   PyxisPrincess replied to NewEDRN's topic in Emergency

   Is it just me, or does anyone else love and live for the turnover? Yes, an 8 patient assignment is insanity, but it's the turnover that keeps things lively. Hell, if I had wanted to be a floor nurse, I would have become a floor nurse. I want to ge...

5. Stupid People Award

   PyxisPrincess replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

   Cut if off of him in the OR. Someone did drop a dime on local animal control authorities; nothing ever came of it (or at least it never made the papers.) Someone asked about the Newman's Own salad dressing. The patient had douched with it, perhaps ...

6. Unsafe assignments in the ED

   PyxisPrincess replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

   Coming from the busiest ER in New Jersey, which just so happens to have a no divert/no bypass policy and is not (yet) unionized, my average pt load runs between six and eight and the majority of these patients are truly ill. Our Minor Treatment and ...

7. New ER volunteer questions

   PyxisPrincess replied to Melina's topic in Emergency

   Lots of advice, starting with stocking. Now learn the departments stock room inside and out, same with the pantries, and linen closets. Learn to make up a stretcher to the department's specs, which usually varies greatly from how beds are made up o...

8. Stupid People Award

   PyxisPrincess replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

   More wacky people and their sick perversions ... This is the tally from the last three months in the busiest ER in the state of New Jersey: Retained tampons: 8. Slow season, I guess Retained condoms: 11. Another slow season. Retained headless Poll...

9. Stupid People Award

   PyxisPrincess replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

   First male I ever foley'd in the ER had some serious swelling around his testicles so I asked if he really wanted me to do it. He did, so I tried. It just kept coiling up in the penis and when retracted revealed lots of bright red clots. My preceptor...

10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    PyxisPrincess replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    "The baby has pink cheeks." Was the baby sick? No. Was the baby sunburned? No. "He has pink cheeks. Someone pinched him." (Sniff, sniff) Did the baby have candy recently? "No, but he ate an ice pop about an hour ago." More like he painted h...