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Just this week this happened to me. I answered a call light in our at the moment extremely busy ER. A female in her 50s, dx with a common cold says "where's my nurse, I need to be discharged. This...

radiologist interpretation of an abd series... "funny looking cecum" I mean, really??! Maybe it caused him to chuckle...

"When I noticed there was more, I had to get my charge nurse. Now, keep in mind this is a very large older woman who was screaming and yelling the entire time. It took 3 of us to get the rest out (...

these aren't charting bloopers-- but I work in ER, and working triage quite often, I'd like to type just what the patient tells me. Examples: 80-ish yr old woman tells me she saw blood in the...

beautiful. well said. it resonated with my soul. keep on writing.

This could be my story, nearly word for word. I started out on day shift for orientation in the ER...then flip flopped back and forth between days, nights, afternoons and my poor body had nooo clue...

Oh wow, this really strikes a chord with me. I can understand exactly how you feel... I work in ER, so my situation may be a little different, but the same types of people still come through there....

I hear what you're saying. But we also have to protect the patient from themselves, and protect staff and other patients. There's a lot to be said for your attitude in how you approach patients when...