lillarn

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1. Missouri Salary Poll

   lillarn replied to maggijo's topic in Missouri

   ssm maxes out $33 hour. poor staffing, poor management--you earn your money.

2. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

   lillarn replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

   "can't breed" this from a SOB mother of 5.

3. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   lillarn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   But darling, that's a sign of extreme respect! In my ER, sometimes I hear some old lady yell, "WAITRESS!" (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

4. Your One Best Piece Of Advice Please.

   lillarn replied to whitman's topic in Emergency

   1. the more hostile the patient, the sweeter you should be. a patient can't maintain hatefulness for long in the face of real kindness. works every time. 2. the hideously bad attitudes of the poverty-stricken patients reflect a fine line between rage...

5. ER Morale

   lillarn replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in Emergency

   hear, hear! it's like trying to pacify breast cancer patients with little pink ribbons. we had FOUR call-ins today and another resignation, and i had seven patients all day long--your usual chest pains and dialysis patients and SOB's. i am so tired i...

6. ER Morale

   lillarn replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in Emergency

   Our ER is really, really having a hard time too. Over the past few years most of the old-timers have quit. There are no breaks and haven't been for years. Most of our doctors have left too when the organization stopped paying for their health insuran...

7. What's your holiday bonus?

   lillarn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   I just got a letter from the hospital saying there would be an extra $25 in my next paycheck. Also, they mentioned that they are paying the taxes on this gift. Be still my heart. We are also not allowed to take a Christmas holiday (i.e., PTO) durin...

8. Rules for the ER (long)

   lillarn replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

   New Rule #1: If you are a drug seeker, and you tell me that you are allergic to morphine, toradol, ibuprofen, and tylenol, but that you got this one drug once that started with a "d" --could it be, dilala? or--demolol? don't expect me to tell you the...

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

   lillarn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I work security in an ER and one day a young lady was being seen and her mother was with her, cant remember exactly what her complaint was. Anyway she kept making trips to the bathroom trying to give urine when all of a sudden the mother starts screa...

10. what is your nurse to patient ratio?

    lillarn replied to paphgrl's topic in Emergency

    ours is 6 to 4 to 1 before 9 or 11 am, then 4 to 1, no floats except for someone to give us our 30" lunch. our techs--2 or three for our whole er, twenty beds, always full, high acuity, not much trauma. do i need to mention no breaks? some of the tec...

11. Er Salary

    lillarn replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency

    Absolutely we should make more money, much more. The hospitals run on our backs, always have. As the nursing "shortage" has bloomed, nursing salaries have remained stagnant, thereby increasing the "shortage." (In my view, nurses have fled from the ba...