Hanginten247

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1. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   Hanginten247 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   Biggest pet-peeve: drunks choosing to pee all over the ER floor instead of using a urinal or bedpan, happens DAILY

2. Difficulty with coworkers

   Hanginten247 replied to MiriamRn's topic in Emergency

   Love it!! :-)

3. Upfront payment for non emergent conditions

   Hanginten247 replied to danggirl's topic in Emergency

   Ugh... So unbelievably right on the money, no pun intended... Have a guy who has been through almost all of the ERs in Baltimore here getting free dialysis whenever he wants... This guy has no means of payment whatsoever, refuses to get labs drawn, a...

4. Upfront payment for non emergent conditions

   Hanginten247 replied to danggirl's topic in Emergency

   EXACTLY...

5. IV Benadryl

   Hanginten247 replied to kmrn1737's topic in Emergency

   On two separate occasions, I have given IV Benadryl to middle-aged African American women and they had both had this coughing fit and severe confusion, then became obtunded for a minute or two. Scared the daylights out of me, but I specifically remem...

6. Delegation

   Hanginten247 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone! This is my first post, so go easy on me! My name is Joey, been an RN for about 3 years now, all MICU experience up to this point. Just started in an inner-city, high volume ED here in Baltimore back in October. So, having some real issu...