In our Emergency Room, we do try to take care of our patients with migraines. If I encounter a patient who tells me they are having IV what is a typical migraine for them, I will often start an IV and...
I had a confused little-old-lady a couple weeks ago who was upset that she kept getting hemmoroids in the mail. I suggested she stick them back in the mail marked "Return to Sender". I had another...
I currently work on a surgery floor where we occasionally get APS orders for PCA's. Our pre-printed orders from APS include a narcan protocol. They just revised it recently. Now for RR about 8 and...
Just a hint, as well. I currently work burns/plastics. We are the burn referral centre for the Martime provinces. A number of our burns come to us already tubed. A lot of facilities will cut the...
At the facility where I work now, "Code Black" also means bomb threat. At the facility where I did my schooling, "Code Black" meant 'there is a situation that staff needs to know about; the emergency...
I work in the burn unit of our local hospital in Halifax, NS. It is on the fourth floor, immediately below ICU and the OR, and several floors below the heli pad. There are two entrances to the floor,...
I remember taking offence to this in high school, but my chemistry teacher said that it has never been absolutely proven that smoking causes lung cancer. He said that there have been numerous cause...
My facility (in Nova Scotia, Canada) is comlpetely smoke-free, and has been for about the last year. I think that it is great (I'm a non-smoker). Anyone who wants to smoke must go off of hospital...
My wife and I met when we were in first year of nursing school. We were married the summer before our final (4th) year. Now, we've been married for 14 months, and are working at the same hospital,...
There is one nurse in particular on the floor where I work as a student who never seems to respect or pay attention to anyone with fewer than 15 years experience, especially a student. She always...