Treat et Street

Treat et Street has 15 years experience and specializes in Rescue+Medic+ER ER ER ER.

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1. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

   Treat et Street replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism

   Katie5, what side of the fence are you on? Like education, basic healthcare is a right that only benefits us all.

2. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

   Treat et Street posted a topic in Activism

   If it is a right, then we have some work to do. If a privelidge, you get what you can pay for, right? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

3. Grammar errors at the workplace, just for fun :)

   Treat et Street replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

   We laugh about it all the time, but someone will invariably write "***** drainage" instead of "purulent drainage".

4. Interested in ER nursing but have a concern...

   Treat et Street replied to Delirious's topic in Emergency

   I am O-neg and donate blood. I would really like to see what, if anything, happens after someone gets 350cc of T + S after all my years of exposure and the resulting antibodies...

5. Do Nurses have to do the following??

   Treat et Street replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

   I just call a code brown and suddenly the room is swarming with helpful people from all over the hospital.

6. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

   Treat et Street replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Oh,yeah, I DO wonder about the entire process of who handles my food. And when someone is so blatent about contaminating my food worse than it already is, I am going to do something about it. The reply I expected from the manager would have been al...

7. Male Nurse Just starting RN.. Advice plz.

   Treat et Street replied to Reap's topic in General Nursing

   I have been an RN for awhile and I may come off to some kinda gruff outside of my patients' rooms. When I am with a patient, they are given my complete attention and consideration and dedication. Most nurses, myself included, talk only about the bad...

8. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

   Treat et Street replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   My recent cashier story: She licked her fingers on each plastic bag she had to open AND handled my food with those same saliva-covered phalanges. When she was done, I said, "just a minute", and went to customer service to tell them what occurred. Th...

9. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

   Treat et Street replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Missmanager: How come when you were on maternity leave I GOT Press-Gainey kudos and thank you cards from my patients? Since you are back, there have been none. Am I to suspect this is just between you and the trash can?

10. Assaulted by patient... VENT

    Treat et Street replied to CeeKayRN's topic in Emergency

    CeeKayRN: What was the outcome of your case?

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

    Treat et Street replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I would treat you any day for your dislocated toe. Sounds like you did what you could before going to the ER. I wouldn't have put you in front of the line, but you wouldn't have been in the back, either. Please tell me your feet were somewhat clea...

12. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    Treat et Street replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

    Can someone PLEASE write standing orders RE: Things "unimportant" per the MD. Per the Nurse. Per the Patient. Per the time of day. Or, OMG! Take 2 seconds to tell someone "Thanks for your question but I'll take care of that later. Click." ...

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

    Treat et Street replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    60 y/o gentleman comes in with CC of L arm blue and numb. I took the tourniquet off that the phlebotomist at the health fair left on. He LWBS.

14. Rules for the ER (long)

    Treat et Street replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    If you work for the cable company, I am going to charge you for a foley catheter, 4x4's, various specula, IV set, multiple oximetry tests, and possibly 1:1 critical nursing care for your sore throat. WHAAAT??? Yes sir, I did not ask for all those r...

15. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    Treat et Street replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    rgroyer: 1) You do not exhibit the steriotypical behaviours of a supervisor. THANK YOU! 2) With your positive attitude towards your staff, you will most likely be promoted from the chopping block to the wood chipper by upper management. (Been there,...