DiannaK

DiannaK

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About DiannaK

DiannaK has 14 years experience and specializes in cardiology.


proud mommy to 2 beautiful girls

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  1. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    in our ed, if you had the pid shuffle, you might get a hhi .... hoo-ha inspection
  2. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

    I agree with this one .... especially for the folks who go to one ER, sit and wait, get ticked off, then come to our ER!!
  3. Help! Keeping it short and sweet???

    I say something very similar to this ..... I also may add, to the pt's who don't want to answer questions, because they are in too much pain, etc, etc .... "The quicker we get through this process (triage history), the quicker you will be seen by a d...
  4. Another triage vent thread

    Sometimes .... if we aren't completely slammed, I ATTEMPT to teach pt's a little ... ex: mother who brings her baby in with diaper rash, not getting better with treatment. "doc will see you when we have a bed available. She might benefit from some '...
  5. Thank God we don't have an express care .... I get irritated when half the patients I have, could have seen their PCP for treatment. I suppose I have the most fabulous pediatrician in the entire world, since no one else can seem to get into their kid...
  6. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    What a fantastic post!! I'd echo a lot of the things you said, and I think I did, in my post, but not quite so eloquently/entertaining! I'm really shocked that you had no withdrawal! EWW! It's NASTY!! One therapist I saw "diagnosed" me with PMDD, and...
  7. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    First of all, thank you for sharing .... and I'm sorry to hear about your son's illness. I don't believe that anyone has said that people are bad parents for medicating their children, and I'm not judging people. I'm honestly trying to understand wh...
  8. Okay, Angel O'Mercy, I'm askin about your new grandson!

    I love this .... too funny! What an awesome story!!
  9. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    when I read this ... I thought .. "wonder if she went to school with me?" When I was in high school ... worst things kids did was to bring alcohol to school, smoke in the bathroom, and MAYBE smoke pot. They were the really wild kids ..... If 2 thug k...
  10. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    I did end up posting in the Psych forum as well .... haven't heard anything back from them yet. I'll keep you posted. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who thought this was very wrong .....
  11. Hey fellow nurses! I'm hopping over from my home in the ER forum to ask a question of you guys/gals. I was in Triage the other night, and had a 3 year old that was on Abilify and Risperdal. When I asked Mom "why", she told me he was bi-polar. I was...
  12. I may have to cross post this in the Psych Forum, if there is one .... Last night, while doing time in Triage ... I had a sweet 3 year old boy ... I'm asking meds/allergies, etc. Turns out, the child was on Abilify and Risperdal. I give Mom the rai...
  13. Venting, frustrating.....

    ewww ... Our ER too .... we (on evenings/nights) call it "Triage- atory":devil:
  14. Was I out of line ?

    If I'd seen the same pt in Triage, I would have placed a C collar. All it took was one time getting screamed at about NOT putting a collar on a pt .... If there's a question about whether I should place a collar of not, I will call back and ask the M...
  15. Cardiac patients in the ER - a poll

    we see about 60-80 pts per day ... Our C/P complaints seem to wax and wane .... when I worked last night, we had zero C/P on my shift (3p-1a). It seemed to be a dangerous night to be at the ball field, since we had 4 or 5 (unrelated) pt that were hit...