nursejennie76 replied to bjaeram's topic in Emergency
I work in a Peds ER and we give it. I would not have survived my forst trimester of pregnancy without zofran ODT, it worked quik and I was not sleepy liek with phenergan. We do break them in half alot.
nursejennie76 replied to nurse2be123's topic in General Nursing
You have ran into a bad batch of nurses!! I love CNA's and techs they make my job much easier and I am the first to thank them!! Maybe it is just the place you are working?? Good Luck!!
nursejennie76 replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing
I dont know where you work, but I am a great ER nurse, and I work with great ER nurses, and I will hang meds on the admitting orders, I assess my patients, and know more about them then the ER doc does!! So please dont bash all ER nurses!!! By the wa...
nursejennie76 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric
I had a similar situation with a coworker, who was also on multiple prescrition narcs, with very strange behavior and getting lost for long periods of time, i contacted managment and they said that they could not do anything because there were not ca...
nursejennie76 replied to edmia's topic in Uniform/Gear
All the nurses where I work ( LPN's, and RN,s ) wear royal blue only!! You look like a damn crayola crayon. I hate it!! Maybe it would not be such a bad color if I was not forced to wear it!! And the techs wear burgandy ( nice color combo) I hear al...
nursejennie76 replied to paramedic_t's topic in General Nursing
Well I as the recieving ER nurse would be glad you cut them off-- because I am gonig to anyway, because he had bought himself a foley catheter and that would save me a step!! I used to work EMS and had to cut underwear off before, tell her to get her...
nursejennie76 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency
I worked right up until delivery with my first 2 and plan to with this one also-- fatigue was a big issue and I found myself wanting to triage alot in the last few weeks-- I am holding out that this pregnancy goes as well as the others did!! But I am...
nursejennie76 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency
Ok I usually never complain about posts but this one rubbed me the wrong way!! I had a recent terrible bought with hyperemesis with this pregnancy. I lost 12 pounds in 5 days and could keep nothing down and my OB told me to go to the ER, I waited li...
nursejennie76 replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing
I recently applied for a new job also-- did not know about pregnancy at the time but I do now and they offered me a position-- I do not plan to disclose my pregnancy until after i start my orientation, just because my new manager is a male and I am n...
Well after much sole searching I have decided to leave my small town ER after 1 year-- I need to go back to what I call " the real world" where there is a pyxis, updated equipment, and real ER docs all the time and not the old town family doc that wa...