dirtytrees

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

   dirtytrees replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   tooth ache that pt reported didnt hurt, came by ems on top of it all, atleast it was a bls truck

2. ER nurse- advice/ what do you wish you knew before starting?

   dirtytrees replied to RNJESS's topic in Emergency

   A few quick tips, do everything you need to do for the patient, ie IV EKG, labs, fluid, assesment, foley whatever , in one trip and always think to cut your time in the room by a third. if you spend to much time in one room you will drown. next, and ...

3. Is Failure to thrive in an 81 yr old lung caner pt considered a psychosocial Dx?

   dirtytrees posted a topic in Student Assist

   I need to do one psychosocial dx on my care plan, I have no trouble writing everything I need I just need to know if Adult Failure to thrive is a psychosocial. Defining characteristics include depression, apathy, decline in cognitive function, social...

4. vein viewer

   dirtytrees replied to pedrn's topic in NICU

   I have sort of a different question, I was in the ER of a childrens hospital and they had a machine that was simply a LED light in a flexible cord attached to a machine, they would run the light over the skin and boom see the veins. My question is ca...