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

   Tink RN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Had another great one this past weekend. Tell me if you ever got this one: middle age female presents to ER with c/o generalized rash (looked like eczema) for 2 weeks (yep - 2 weeks) asked why she didn't see her PMD, she states she "didn't have time"...

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

   Tink RN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I think one of the most rediculous was for a pregnancy test. Min cost of $500.00 for the ER visit when they could have bought one at Walmart for like $7! Or even have one done free at the health dept ... I'm sure that bill didn't get paid anyway.

3. Men in Nursing

   Tink RN replied to BNS_Rob's topic in Humor

   Sorry ... poor wording on my part - I should have been more specific because I certainly didn't mean to offend any of you guys. I was making light of an on going situation where I work. SOME of the male nurses that work with me brag about not having ...

4. Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

   Tink RN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

   Well ILoveSnoopy - Thats the beauty of this forum. Ofcourse none of us would voice these opinions to our patients ... but being able to vent to others that understand exactly where you are coming from is therapeutic for us as healthcare providers. I ...

5. Crowd Control

   Tink RN replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

   Just call me canoehead Jr. - I didn't get it either.

6. no restrictions to visitors

   Tink RN replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

7. Men in Nursing

   Tink RN replied to BNS_Rob's topic in Humor

   Rule #1 guys - If female nurses can hold urinals and cath men, then male nurses need to get used to the idea of helping ladies with bed pans and cath'ing women!

8. Please hang up the darn phone!

   Tink RN posted a topic in Emergency

   Have you ever found yourself feeling the urge to wrap a phone cord around someones neck? Scenario #1 - EMS brings in a patient non-emergent with no apparent distress, (in report they clued you in that patient said she has not had family members visit...

9. Love those Nursing Caps..

   Tink RN replied to NIghtshift LPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   LOL ... you guys have to check out the "travel trunk" site! You can buy a nurses hat, a maid hat or even a waitress hat all at the same convenient location. Kind of offers some perspective on where the whole hat thing originated. (Nurse = Dr.'s maid)...

10. Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

    Tink RN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate. I had a female patient yesterday that had been in the ER all night ... every test known was done, but no etiology found for her complaints. VS were normal and all labs WNL. Another nurse had unhooked her IV so she could walk to the bat...

11. Sacred cows that need to be laid to rest

    Tink RN replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    I did see one foley malfunction (in 13 years) in which the balloon apparently was defective and would not inflate. We were working on a trauma and the other nurses were giving the nurse that put it in grief about, "Why didn't you check the balloon be...

12. Sent home from Clinical

    Tink RN replied to JuicyJem's topic in General Nursing

    Bless your heart ... I am sorry to hear that! First of all, I hope your Grandmother is doing well. Perhaps the instructor did feel this was best, maybe she knew you were stressed and needed to be with your family. Or not ... based on your stating she...

13. why no responses to my post

    Tink RN replied to cathytoday's topic in Career Support

    LPN a waste of time? I don't think so. I was a LPN for 10 years before I returned to school and became a RN. I think that was the best option for me in persuing a career in nursing. Opinions will vary on this subject - there are several threads from ...

14. EMS-what's their problem?

    Tink RN replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    In defense of the LTC nurses calling 911 for a 90 year old DNR patient ... first of all, DNR does not mean "Do not treat". As an ER nurse, I am surprised I continue to maintain this mentality but it is something I have always believed in. Granted qua...

15. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Tink RN replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    Where I work, it is a hospital policy thing. If they are over 24 weeks and present to the ER with an OB complaint, they are to go directly to the LDRP unit. The ER Docs don't want the liability for one thing; and we are usually short staffed as it is...