RhiaRN75

RhiaRN75 RN

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About RhiaRN75

RhiaRN75 is a RN and specializes in ER.


All details have been altered to protect the guilty and innocent. If I said it happened last night, it most likely happened years ago.

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  1. How do you triage? How do you assign levels?

    Everyone, thanks for the input! I re-read my posts and I really wasn't trying to argue, except maybe with myself :) If it seemed that way, I apologize. Driving home this AM, I caught myself musing as I changed gears. Hmmm.... 1st gear, short time, ...
  2. How do you triage? How do you assign levels?

    Ok. I think I'm not getting my point across very well. Or perhaps I'm just wrong, won't be the first time. As I understand, the policy uses resources required as a part of determining triage level. Consider the yeast infection. This fictional pt ha...
  3. How do you triage? How do you assign levels?

    Ok, that makes sense. Another question... Do you consider resources needed, or what the doc is likely to do? For example, the patient who is out of ventolin. She's not in distress, but it's been hot and she has some wheezes. So, is she a level 5 ...
  4. Poor nurses

    To the OP, I feel your pain. I make more then that, plus my hubby's salary, and we live on a very tight budget. His hours were cut almost two years ago and not likely to improve anytime soon. Each year that goes by, despite good evaluations and raise...
  5. Summer Sizzling Heat

    The solution is never to make it about you. There's always the person, usually one with more pull, that doesn't give a fig and isn't afraid to say so. So, I'm hot. I'm flipping miserable, in fact. I'm on the verge of 'dun falled out'. Well, if I'...
  6. We have a five level triage system. Since we're a small hospital, all the ED nurses rotate through assignments, including triage. For those in similiar situations.... how do you assign levels? For me, I tend to look at it as "is it an emergency or n...
  7. Yep, the hospital is homey to me. My Mom's a nurse, so it's not like I just happened to wander in and felt the click. I read my mom's nursing books as a kid, grossed my friends out with the dermatology pictures, heard her stories, and a good portion ...
  8. I'm a job hopper.... HELP!

    NurseCard- I was thinking the new job/new facility was day shift. I see your point about going to days at your current facility. I don't feel your reasons are stupid or juvenile- sounds pretty reasonable to me. Life's too short to work with toxic peo...
  9. I'm a job hopper.... HELP!

    I scratched my itch by traveling- you may want to look into that. If you have to have a home base and stay close, you can work full time for a local agency. If there's a large enough hospital nearby you could also apply for the float pool. Sit down...
  10. Vent: Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

    I have seen families behave unreasonably for several reasons. Mistrust is certainly one of them but it's not the most frequent one I have encountered. It's really important to find out why they behave this way because the best way to deal with one wi...
  11. Dry, Cracked Hands

    Olive oil at night wrapped up in socks helps. The best, for me, is atrac-tain cream. A coworker who has eczema recommended it. I'm not sure how natural it is but it doesn't contain preservatives. If I can't find that, I use gold bond foot cream. ...
  12. How to stretch Dansko shoes

    If you have a shoe repair shop near you, they can stretch them. A few men's speciality stores- the small locally owned men's wear type- may be able to as well. I would guess some types of leather, like the box leather, wouldn't stretch well. If you...
  13. If it's bad- I keep calling, and make it pretty clear I will continue to do so until the pt improves or the doc decides he's like some peace. I've rarely had to do this but I will if need be. I also force them to set parameters and write said param...
  14. Do you wear your engagement rings at work?

    Congratulations! I wore my engagement ring- new nurse, new ring.... I was quite proud :) After I cracked the band a second time, I stopped wearing it at work. Now all I wear is my wedding band. My hubby has mentioned buying a new 'better' ring a cou...
  15. Will you give out a medication without the order yet?

    You did the right thing! There is no "...just an xyz" that will save you if something bad happens. The doc may not want a nicotine patch. Nicotine can effect neurotransmitters, BP, HR, drug efficiency, peripheal circulation, etc. and there may be a ...