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1. Mommies and daddys in the trauma room.

   crazy4trauma replied to crazy4trauma's topic in Emergency

   Yes, I was speaking of emergent and life threateneing situations and codes. Major traumas. I am trying to compare how I might react as a mother vs. how I might react to a parent as a nurse. As a...

2. Mommies and daddys in the trauma room.

   crazy4trauma replied to crazy4trauma's topic in Emergency

   Thank you. I have to admit, what you said about when you would be more likely to let me in gave me a cold chill! But I had never thought of it like that.

3. Mommies and daddys in the trauma room.

   crazy4trauma posted a topic in Emergency

   As a mother, I have to think that if my child were hurt there is no way you could keep me out of the room. That being said, I have worked in the ER, and I do know the importance of staying out of the...

4. Are you afraid to go to the ER?

   crazy4trauma replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   Well, I am not a nurse, but when I was a secretary I avoided it when I could. One time I took myself in was when I had a crohn's flare. I had a fever, and knew something was just not right. I crawled...

5. Trauma nurses, some ?????

   crazy4trauma replied to crazy4trauma's topic in Emergency

   Thanks Larry. I like to think that in a trauma, I would be thinking about my job too, and not about how some kid is dying while their mother is screaming. I guess it is fear of the unknown. I...

6. Trauma nurses, some ?????

   crazy4trauma posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello everyone, newbie here. I posted an intro. I plan to go into trauma nursing, I feel passionately about it. But I am very anxious about how to handle the tragedy. I have known nurses who say "you...