rjtucker

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1. Article: Prayer - Alive, Well, or at Least of Interest

   rjtucker replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was a new baby Christian one night long ago when we had the ER night from you know where. We had a gazillian patients coming out of every crack, when a 94 year old female with Alzheimer's came in with a sizable gash on her head. She'd pitched off t...

2. "Funny Codes"?

   rjtucker replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   Well, maybe just one more good one. I was working in an ER in early 90s with a doc who was, well shall we say, free-minded....new-agish. Anyway, we had a full arrest come in and of course we all did our "thing" and were wroking away when we got him h...

3. "Funny Codes"?

   rjtucker replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   Having been in ER nursing since 1969, I've got some really funny ones, but I'll try to keep it short here. I floated to CCU one evening where a 54 year old male had been admitted with chest pain and EKG changes. He was beginning to throw a few PVCs a...

4. Failed Abortions

   rjtucker replied to Kalico's topic in NICU

   Very unfortunately, I have both referred and experienced post 24 week abortions with live birth. One such incident was a set of twins who were 32 weeks. Both were suffocated by the physician upon birth. Saline was allowed at that time and it was felt...