SweetMelissaRN

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1. Food in the ER

   SweetMelissaRN replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   ^^^bahahaha.... Pt's pay for their ER services... Now THAT'S funny!

2. ya just gotta sigh......

   SweetMelissaRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   ^^^^you do realize this is a website that is supposed to let us vent, correct? No need for the lectures lol

3. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

   SweetMelissaRN replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

   Oh man... I get this all the time lol... I actually had one who had the nerve to ask me "are you sure you don't need me to tell you what these meds do? I'm sure you've forgotten a lot since nursing school"..... Right, bc I don't actually use any nurs...

4. ED Cheat sheet?

   SweetMelissaRN replied to MILOBRI's topic in Emergency

   When I start my shift I grab a blank piece of paper and put a pt sticker for each of the occupied rooms. Next to their name I write the CC and anything that still needs to be done. After those initial pt's, I just continue with the stickers and CC mo...

5. Lidocaine with Rocephin?

   SweetMelissaRN replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

   Ummm... I got mine for strep bc I'm allergic to penicillin but could get rocephin without any problems lol

6. Lidocaine with Rocephin?

   SweetMelissaRN replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

   I can say personal experience it is most definitely LESS painful. I've had both and I request the lidocaine with it... We keep a few bottles of lido out specifically to mix rocephin with so we don't need an order. Don't know scientifically if it was ...

7. ED computer systems

   SweetMelissaRN replied to Rolltider's topic in Emergency

   More and more hospitals seem to be going to EPIC... We use meditech at my hospital... VERY outdated..

8. Things to do to past the time...

   SweetMelissaRN replied to SweetMelissaRN's topic in Emergency

9. New residents in the ER (wee rant)

   SweetMelissaRN replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

   Ok, this is slightly off topic but I think it kind of fits here.... So when I was in my 3rd semester of nursing school, I was doing clinicals on a general med-surg floor. Well, at this hospital they have a ton of medical students all over the place. ...

10. I don't need a PCP- I have the ER.

    SweetMelissaRN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Dude.... When you put it like that, how can you argue with that logic? I mean really? But at least they gave a logical well thought answer, I'm frustrated with people who come in because "I don't have to for the ER it's free!" Or, "if I bought Tyleno...

11. Things to do to past the time...

    SweetMelissaRN replied to SweetMelissaRN's topic in Emergency

    Omg, I'm totally going to do the foley trick!

12. Getting into emergency nursing

    SweetMelissaRN replied to countrygurl89's topic in Emergency

13. Odd ER visit

    SweetMelissaRN replied to inshallamiami's topic in Emergency

    I don't think bwhiddon74 was trying to lecture you or directing the "can see your doctor for this" comment to you, but was maybe generalizing. Everyone knows chest pain unrelieved by 3 nitro with a prior history of MI should immediately go to the eme...

14. Back in the ER have a few questions

    SweetMelissaRN replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    For an NG we use a 14-16fr, if its an OG we use an 18fr. All of our foleys are 16fr. Commonly seen things: SOB, abd pain/N/V/D, UTI's, fever/flu-like symptoms, extremity pain, AMS, suicidal/psych issues, vaginal bleeding/discomfort, tooth pain, overd...

15. ER Doc, "I need Succ!"

    SweetMelissaRN replied to Adenosine6's topic in Emergency

    Oh that's awesome... We had a situation kind of like that on a MS floor and the ER doc got so frustrated that he told the charge nurse, "get these nurses out of her and find someone who knows what they're doing!!" It was kind of mean but funny at the...