ToryAdore

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1. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

   ToryAdore replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

   Balsamic vinegar...?:roll

2. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

   ToryAdore replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

   a "toy"...? Umm...maybe it was Mattels East Bake Oven. That'll do it

3. Trying To Resign!!! Help!!!!!

   ToryAdore replied to PedsRNBSN's topic in New Nurse

   If the reason you're leaving was job related why would you mind them saying they wouldn't hire you back...? Would you go back if they wanted you...? If not, I can't see any reason to risk turning your new employer off by asking for another week.

4. Is 'E.R' the tv show accurate?

   ToryAdore replied to AussieJack's topic in Emergency

   Imagine residents doing every diagnostic procedure themselves..?. Last week the female resident performed a mammogram. I'm waiting for one of them to do a bed bath.

5. What would you do...?

   ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

   I could probably deal with the need to get the pt. into a gown but without paperwork or documentation...umm...are you supposed to take verbal instructions from the pt....? Heck, if you give them a local, they could even assist with the procedure.

6. vomiting blood and alcohol

   ToryAdore replied to krisssy's topic in Emergency

   Krissy, I'm probably wrong and this is going to sound way out of left field but, did he throw up in the ER..? Who determined that it was blood..? Was that checked...? Could an 18 year old with 7 beers + in him determine that it was blood or did he po...

7. vomiting blood and alcohol

   ToryAdore replied to krisssy's topic in Emergency

   I think we may be overreacting a bit here. Krissy never said he entered the ED because he was drunk...but for vomiting blood. (as it turned out it wasn't due to health problems associated with chronic drinking but for a virus). He didn't hurt himself...

8. Evil People

   ToryAdore replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

   You did great in just walking away. I'm sure I would have said something (as I left to find another nurse) that bordered on "totally inappropriate" such as "it might be a good idea if I call Social Services regarding a "minor" getting so drunk that t...

9. What would you do...?

   ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

   From the responses, it seems that undergarments are removed "without" asking the surgeon first. Are there different proprietary rules at each facility about this..? I was trained (at my facility) to ask the surgeon "before" you do anything to what th...

10. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    ToryAdore replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Having a female nurse present during the PE is as much a safeguard to the MD as it is to the pt. I've read about the numerous frivilous law suits and allegations by pts. who accuse the MD of fondling or conducting themselves in an otherwise inappropr...

11. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    ToryAdore replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Digressing just a bit, I feel bad for the male pt. who, after requesting a male nurse (for whatever reason he's so inclined) is talked about behind his back in the nurses break room about why he doesn't want a female nurse. Most often he's suspected ...

12. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    ToryAdore replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    And if you DID ask if she were pregnant, would the ER Director expect you to have put the (example) 4 chest pain pts. in their 60's or 70's aside...? Of course not. It seems that the Director has 20/20 hindsight. Second-guessing staff is just flat ou...

13. What would you do...?

    ToryAdore posted a topic in Operating Room

    We had a man in for a hernia repair yesterday. Not an inguinal hernia but upper gastric...about 2-3 inches above the navel. The warming blanket was on and after removing his gown from under the blanket, I noticed that he was wearing underwear. I ment...

14. Pt complaint - frustrated

    ToryAdore replied to jamieRN's topic in New Nurse

    You have to go by the numbers. If you have good feedback from 99% of your pts. or family members (sometimes even no feedback is good), then don't fret over the complaint from that 1%. Especially if there wasn't an incident that you could look back on...

15. NGT placement

    ToryAdore replied to SHALIMAR's topic in Emergency

    http://www.enw.org/Research-NGT.htm This site is pretty comprehensive about placement