TrafalgarRN replied to defyinggravity2009's topic in General Nursing
First and foremost i don't know how long you have been doing this to understand the union perspective. Let me give you a story....a long time ago , i worked in an Oncology floor and i had 6-8 patients on a night; 2 would be getting blood transfusion...
TrafalgarRN replied to defyinggravity2009's topic in General Nursing
Its amazing when i see people say we don't need any union and yet they come crying to AA when the Sh*t hits the fan. I see people cry about having 10 ER patients, 7 Medsurg Patients or even 4 ICU patients . I see people cry how they got laid off with...
TrafalgarRN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing
Hate to say this but it really gets better. The only problem is that many hospitals are rushing to implement the system lacking better implementation. I don't know what the rush is but i think its related to the new Health Legislation. I work for th...
TrafalgarRN replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing
Always put your foot down...i will be stern and tell them that if they can't be polite then i can't help them and they can get another nurse to take care of them or they can sign out and go home and follow up with their doctor. I am polite but if you...
Did you say you guys tube blood through the pneumatic system? Are there no checks between the blood bank tech and the person picking up the blood? As to who was right; i would say whoever was following the written policy and procedure. As for tubing ...
TrafalgarRN replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency
1. When you are a frequent flyer and you are in my department to score a round of Narcotics. Hey its your life...if the provider orders its and your blood pressure and rest of the vitals are normal...i will gladly give it. Hey i love my job. 2. When ...
TrafalgarRN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency
Exactly...who cares who writes the orders..if you want you own orders then be a provider. There is always a reason for maintenance fluids....why would a sane person maintain a 500 ml/hr infusion rate on maintenance fluids? Dosage is based on age, we...
Something i read somewhere and would love to share: You Might be an ER Nurse if: You consider a tongue depressor an eating utensil. You have ever tried to identify what a patient ate last by examining the barf on your shoes. You're at the grocer...
TrafalgarRN replied to crabalot's topic in Emergency
Hey...if they called me to be a sitter i would go running :)...and it would be the most easy but boring 8 hrs of my life. But to your question...i have never worked in a place where they float ER nurses and from a legal point its a risk issue when yo...
Silence Kills ; Patient Safety Comes First; I never overlook when co-workers endanger patients through shortcuts. My family use the ED where I work and I want to be comfortable knowing that the right steps are being followed by in providing care. Th...
@Kyprn...wish to defer for a minute....A New MD is certainly different from a New NP...Those rotations in med school are thousands of hours for clinicals....in residency you eat, live, shower, play in the hospital. Definitely the NP approach is diffe...
The patient has some serious psych issues because no normal person would have behaved like that. Manipulation, attention seeking are psych symptoms in my little world. But at the same time i agree that this guy should have been in jail or close Psych...
Hello and sorry about you frustration but i have some basic rules to avoid poor reports. We have an electronic health system and when assignments are done i will take at least 5 minutes to review the records of the patients i am getting. We have a ma...
Mhhh....never heard of such method of administering Morphine or any other narcotics intravenously but as someone stated you are always covered by following the hospitals policy.I have seen many ways people administer IV narcotics but as a rule its p...