Working in the ED nothing really freaks me out. Well one thing does that makes me want to barf is when pt's have pureed soft diet and seeing pureed beef. UGH! :imbar
I have been named in a lawsuit and was named as a defendant. The lawsuit was actually for a child who died of menengititis. We saw the child in our ED one week before he died. He was diagnosed with URI and sent home and did well for three days and ca...
I know your freaking out now but dont! Many years ago I was preparing to graduate from nursing school and was preparing to take my NCLEX. I had a job lined up in a ED where I worked as a ED tech for 5 years. Alot of pressure since I respected the...
Okay folks I hold my hand on a bible and have witnesses to the following poop story is complety true. I work in The ED of my hospital and we get a frequent flier who is the most disgusting woman in the world. first a brief history about this pat...
I wear New Balance 810's also. There is actually a factory in the next town over so I can get em cheap. For the students that are not allowed sneakers can you wear those vinyl clogs? I wore them for a while and they were comfortable but my wife made ...
I actually had a really bad experience with a primary doctor whose pt was admitted with GI bleed and a hct 22 on the ICU floor. I floated up there occasionaly but usally work in the ED. I was assesing this pt because her HR went up to 140 and she was...
shootemrn replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency
Emergency rooms are very very dangerous places to work in. In our department we had so many assaults on staff and other incidents we have police 24/7 and you have to be buzzed in and all vistors must go through a metal detector. You should let your a...
As with all professions you have people that need to find another career. As nurses we are obligated to protect all patients. If you see a nurse abusing a patient either verbally or physically you are obligated ethically and legally for that patients...