NCTraumaNurse

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

   NCTraumaNurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Pt came in wanting to be circumcised at 2 in the morning.... Dead serious....

2. ED Admissions

   NCTraumaNurse replied to ashleyjean3's topic in MICU

   Having been in both positions, (ED and ICU) I found that I often missed lunch in the ICU and I often miss lunch in the ED. It is interesting how one area thinks another "has it made".... I used to tell my co-workers that we would need to "walk a mile...

3. ED Admissions

   NCTraumaNurse replied to ashleyjean3's topic in MICU

   I am now an ED nurse (two years now) who was an ICU nurse for many years, so I will speak to this from my perspective. As an ED RN, I do have four patients total, but it is VERY rare that I have even two "critical" pts. The ESI system doesn't always ...

4. Sigma Theta Tau

   NCTraumaNurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

   March 2002, here.

5. Union, yes or no?

   NCTraumaNurse replied to NICUNURSE's topic in General Nursing

   I just left a non-union hospital where I felt my license and the patient's safety was on the line due to unsafe staffing ratios. I am now at a union hospital where the staffing ratios hospital-wide are significantly better. As a new nurse (May 02) I ...

6. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

   NCTraumaNurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Where do I subscribe?????

7. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

   NCTraumaNurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Where do I subscribe?????

8. Tubes

   NCTraumaNurse replied to Mkue's topic in General Students

   Can you say, OUCH!?

9. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

   NCTraumaNurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Just an afterthought (or after post...) I am alive today, and have a daughter, husband, dog, two cats, some fish, and hopefully some grandchildren some day BECAUSE I OWN GUNS!! So yes, as someone said, it is hard for an unarmed person to go up agains...

10. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

    NCTraumaNurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Shay, for the assist. I did say that anyone could do a search on violent crimes to find information, that's all I did. Yes, it is a terrible tragedy, and one that should not have happened. Perhaps some intervention should have come sooner i...

11. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

    NCTraumaNurse replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Australia and Great Britain have the two highest violent crime rates in the industrialized world. The United States did not make the top ten. Feel free to check this link, or do a search on violent crime statistics in G.B and Australia. http://wnd.co...

12. professional upgrade, change our title from nurse to ?

    NCTraumaNurse replied to MICU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that would be me, CAC!!!!!, and how was YOUR day?

13. I wonder......

    NCTraumaNurse replied to rncountry's topic in General Nursing

    I actually like the Oprah idea, at least we might actually be heard!

14. More Thoughts on burnout & unsafe staffing

    NCTraumaNurse replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a fabulous idea!

15. Pissed Off!!!

    NCTraumaNurse replied to Melisita's topic in General Students

    Just makes my joints ache, thinking about how OLD I am.... :)