HappyICVRN

HappyICVRN has 13 years experience and specializes in ER, ICU,L&D, IV team, M/S, HS, IMCU, SNF.

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1. EKGs in triage?

   HappyICVRN replied to etceducator's topic in Emergency

   I have worked in more than one hospital that the volume at times was so overwhelming that chest pains could not go immediately to a stretcher. At both hospitals, the triage assessment and vitals were done along with an EKG. The EKG was immediately ...

2. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

   HappyICVRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   After years of working in the ER I think this is the best I have ever heard. After giving pt IV anti-emetics and or pain medication, the pt would call me to the room requesting more medication because "I threw up the other medicine. " Took a while t...