Ouch!

Ouch! has 8 years experience and specializes in ED, TICU, Burns, Medical/ Cardiac.

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1. What Personalioty Does Best in ICU Nursing?

   Ouch! replied to JMomBaby's topic in MICU

   Hi Jackie, By the sounds of it, you have the right stuff! Being organised and time management are very important The thing is you'll know within the first few days whether you like it or not. It's not for the feint hearted, and that's what seperates ...

2. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

   Ouch! replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

   # I saw my GP this afternoon and he gave me some antibiotics, but now I have a headache and I have a fever! How do you expect to feel better if you have only had 1 dose of antibiotics and it has only been 6 hours since you saw your GP! :smackingf

3. Freaky Things

   Ouch! replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

   My story isn't set in a hospital enviroment, but it happend when I was still a nursing student. A longtime friend of my gran was terminal with Ca breast. I visited her once while she was sick and cared for at home. That day she gave me all of her nu...

4. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

   Ouch! replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

   # When patient tell you (the triage RN) one thing and when the doctor examines them they change their story completely! Making you look like an idiot, 'cause you didn't do an EKG on the patient who is having chest pain!!! :angryfire # When you are t...

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

   Ouch! replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Hehehehe.... 1) Most often UTI's 2) Mother to 3yr old "You have stomach a ache!" tell the nurse. The child is saying "No I don't!" Mom "Yes you do" Kid "No not me!'' WTH?? 3) People that come in for "check up's" during the busiest time of the day (o...

6. ER Nurses. Read This!

   Ouch! replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   Wow!! Thank you!! :bowingpur:yelclap: