rzookrn

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1. Patient asking for something at the wrong time...

   rzookrn replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   Just this week this happened to me. I answered a call light in our at the moment extremely busy ER. A female in her 50s, dx with a common cold says "where's my nurse, I need to be discharged. This whatever I have isn't going to get better sitting her...

2. Charting Bloopers

   rzookrn replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   radiologist interpretation of an abd series... "funny looking cecum" I mean, really??! Maybe it caused him to chuckle...

3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   rzookrn replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   "When I noticed there was more, I had to get my charge nurse. Now, keep in mind this is a very large older woman who was screaming and yelling the entire time. It took 3 of us to get the rest out ( 2 to hold her down, 1 to dig) We got a p-nut butt...

4. Charting Bloopers

   rzookrn replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   these aren't charting bloopers-- but I work in ER, and working triage quite often, I'd like to type just what the patient tells me. Examples: 80-ish yr old woman tells me she saw blood in the toilet but she didn't have a bowel movement so she do...

5. The Blend of Grey

   rzookrn replied to Gold_SJ's topic in General Nursing

   beautiful. well said. it resonated with my soul. keep on writing.

6. Need to vent.......

   rzookrn replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in General Nursing

   This could be my story, nearly word for word. I started out on day shift for orientation in the ER...then flip flopped back and forth between days, nights, afternoons and my poor body had nooo clue what it was supposed to be doing. I was miserable. I...

7. A floor nurse's rambling late night rant.

   rzookrn replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

   Oh wow, this really strikes a chord with me. I can understand exactly how you feel... I work in ER, so my situation may be a little different, but the same types of people still come through there. For example, the "not so sick" want more and more bl...

8. What's the most dangerous thing that's happened to you while working?

   rzookrn replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

   I hear what you're saying. But we also have to protect the patient from themselves, and protect staff and other patients. There's a lot to be said for your attitude in how you approach patients when searching them. I like to make sure that the patien...