HaileyRN

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1. Families from Hell

   HaileyRN replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree. I think that most (if not all) of us have an innate desire to help others. We truly want to help. That's why we went into nursing in the first place. In nursing school, I took care of two patients at a time. Granted, we were just...

2. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

   HaileyRN replied to DachRN's topic in Humor

   Have you already finished the paper? I just came across this thread... - One of the techs I work with told me that he once triaged a female who arrived via EMS... when he asked her for her name, she replied "Precious Ho." - Chest pain: Patient comp...

3. How do you define "Prioritization"?

   HaileyRN replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

   At the change of shift, I got a cardiac arrest patient. The arrest was witnessed and paramedics arrived on the scene about 4 minutes after the patient went down. The patient came to us intubated and with a nice 18g IV to the left EJ. Without a cle...

4. Hate nursing job

   HaileyRN replied to lvsmith's topic in Career Support

   Nursing in practice is nothing as I thought it would be when I first developed interest in this field. I thought that I would be able to sincerely help others and develop open and warm relationships. You know... the ideal crap that nursing school t...

5. crowded ER, solution?

   HaileyRN replied to phiposurde's topic in Emergency

   With the closing of some nearby hospitals (and the threat of closing some of the county clinics), we've seen an increase in patient load. Each day, we have patients parked in the hallway, and management has yet to increase staffing. It is a stressf...

6. My morale is shot...

   HaileyRN replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse for 10 months, and to be totally honest with you, I'm starting to look into doing something entirely different. I work in a very busy level-I trauma center/ER, where the focus is reducing LWOTs (patients "leaving without treatment")...