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RN_in_SC

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RN_in_SC specializes in Neuroscience, ED.


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  1. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    "balls itch"
  2. morphine IV

    You can dilute it with saline and push it slowly - VERY slowly on an elderly patient. Make sure you have them hooked up to a sat and pulse monitor and have 02 ready (cannula and non-breather mask) because esp in old people, narcotics make them stop b...
  3. Eat Before You Get Here!

    I work in an ER. Yes, it does get VERY annoying having to explain to patients (who have only been back in a room less than an hour) that we do NOT have hot meal service like "the rest of the floors" because we are an EMERGENCY ROOM. And yes, I love i...
  4. A Useful Bedside Test

    I think it is hysterical when a patient freaks out about getting an IV and asks to be injected with "something to numb the area" before inserting the IV. So you are afraid of needles and you want to be stuck TWICE? Also, I was in triage and this girl...
  5. vent--angry patients--your input

    We would not treat a pt who is verbally or physically abusive (unless they are AMS) I would call security and have them escorted out, esp a repeat "customer"
  6. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    My co-worker said the other other night - more than three complaints - and the chief complaint becomes "weakness" It is so funny how people think when they come in for some problem they might as well get "all checked out" so we have c/o combos (for a...
  7. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    I want to know how you make the violin!
  8. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    While shaving my elderly STEMI pts very hairy chest, his wife asked, “I don’t mean to bother you, but can you get his back too?” Is that funny? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  9. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    Well, this was supposed to be a funny, venting thread. But some people are way too serious! Lighten up - take what you need and leave the rest. As for the medication issue - we are actually "allowed" to give up to the dosage the doctor ordered, don'...
  10. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    Bringing luggage to the ER! It amazes me when people bring a suitcase to the ER when they come in for a cold or minor belly pain. They are only in the treatment room 5 minutes and haven't seen a doctor and ask "Do you think I will be staying overnigh...
  11. 1. Don't tell me you have abdominal pain as you eat Doritos in my triage booth. 2. If you come to the ER by ambulance, the first thing I will ask you is how you are getting home. No, we don't have people on staff to drive you home, and don't tell me ...
  12. A comic going to the ER

    We actually have valet parking. Funny
  13. How do you deal with.....?

    It is no the way my co-workers treat patients that I find unprofessional. I think they all do well with the patients. It is more they way they treat each other, like we are back in High School. Thanks for your reply! Each one gives me something more ...
  14. How do you deal with.....?

    Thank you all for your responses, I really appreciate them all.
  15. How do you deal with.....?

    I have been working in the Emergency Department of a downtown hospital for 7 months. Normally things balance out with patients and I feel ok about my work, but lately things seemed to have gotten worse. Our patients are varied, but the patients we ma...