paranoidnurse

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1. Inventions we'd love to see....

   paranoidnurse replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

   Valium, Ativan, or Haldol licks for those in the waiting room. Mandatory use for all patients who have more than two visitors with them! Breathalyzers for the nurses to use and equipment alarms that delivered shocks if anyone tries to remove it from ...

2. Break anyone??????????????????????

   paranoidnurse replied to nursesue71's topic in General Nursing

   We work form 630am to 7pm. SUPPOSED to have two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch. (thats what labor laws say anyway) My hospital is in its yearly lets save money, cut staff, budget hours, etc.... mode. I have worked here almost 8 years and I ...

3. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

   paranoidnurse replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I use the small plastic pill bags or paper med cup, whichever is handiest and whack it with a can of Ensure. we also have a small hammer we hide in the med room drawer for tough pills.

4. Old nurses dont want to learn new tricks?

   paranoidnurse replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

   I've only been a nurse for 8 years so I dont really qualify as an old timer....but..... I work now in a busy ER for the last 3 years or so. Before that I was a med/surg nurse who frequently floated to the LTC unit and to rehab and ICU on the rare occ...

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

   paranoidnurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I was not trying to be judgemental. I have actually had the parents tell me that they were afraid that if their child did not have a fever they would have to wait longer or we might not believe their child was sick. Also many times they will tell you...

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

   paranoidnurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   We see a lot of that in our ER too. Children frequently come in with fevers of 103-104. When we ask the parents when their last dose of tylenol or motrin was given, they state, "we didn't want to give them anything until you saw them." Come on guys, ...

7. propofol

   paranoidnurse replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

   we use it in ER for conscious sedation for ortho stuff like dislocated hips and elbows. Seen it occassionally for closed reductions wrists and ankles. The docs push it. We keep ambu and intubation equipment set up at bedside but so far have not had t...

8. Hospital Love Stories ! ! !

   paranoidnurse replied to Esmeraldad1203's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an RN in the emergency room. My sweetheart is a paramedic. We have been dating for 19 months now and I've never had it so good. We started out as just friends who spoke at work. We both had major changes in our lives at the same time and really j...