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frenchfroggyAPRN MSN, LPN, RN, APRN

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

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just got home from work, had a LOL 88 in the ER, placed a FC and had soymilk colored urine, she reeked of yeast, had an elevated K+ level and a white count of 30 thousand. I was soo glad when I went...

  2. Stool sample for Micro class?????

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to RXtech's topic in General Students

    the worst is someone who is c-diff positive, with the explosive diarrhea, yes it does get all over the place :barf01::barf01::barf01:i've been a nurse for 9 years and that is worse than someone with...

  3. The Patient I Failed

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks nerdtonurse, that was a wonderfully written piece, it brought a tear to my eye. I have been in your shoes more than I would like, it is always hard to see a family member go against the...

  4. ER vs. Telemetry.. need help

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to abbabask's topic in Emergency

    It looks like you have answered the question yourself, take the ER, it will be good for you and your family. You will learn so much, and it will help you in the

  5. How to decide who gets the first admit

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    I do the assignments on our shift at our small hospital. I try to give the first admit to the nurse with the easiest patient load. I make assignments and try to make it as fair as possible, ie:same...

  6. Race during report.

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    In our town we have two women with the same name, one is white, the other is black. When we give report on this name, we will say the white,black one. There is nothing condescending about this in our...

  7. If you had to give a student nurse advice...

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to 2009newgrad's topic in Emergency

    Remember, the only stupid question is the one not

  8. New ED nurses who "know it all"

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency

    When I precept a new nurse to the hospital or a new grad, I explain what i am doing and why I'm doing it. IE putting a heplock in the chest painer, nitro (if not contraindicated by allergy) ASA, O2,...

  9. RN at triage window?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to RNintheER's topic in Emergency

    I work in a small town hospital. A 4 bed ER. I (RN) see them in the triage area, get vs, name, dr., allergies, cc and most importantly consent to treat. I decide whether to send them up front to be...

  10. what makes you a good ER nurse?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Always remember your ABC's ( airway, breathing, circulation), if their screaming "I can't breath", you know they are breathing. You can hear and see someone in respiratory distress, they have a...

  11. what makes you a good ER nurse?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Amen

  12. new nurse in emergency nursing

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to mikejsmithrn's topic in Emergency

    Don't be afraid to ask a question. The only dumb question there is , is the one you don't ask and do something

  13. med reconciliation in the ED

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to ern91's topic in Emergency

    We have to fill them out even if they don't take anything. Just to prove that we

  14. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    3 year old came home from Dads house, Mom noted blood on panties while getting ready for bath. Large amount of blood out of lady parts. Sent to Childrens hospital. She cringed when our doctor (male)...

  15. Rules for the ER (long)

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    :bow::bow::yeah::yeah:

  16. the RN's appearance

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    At my graduation from RN school we had a very strict dress code, black shoes and a black dress. I noticed during the ceremony one of the Medical Students had on lime green flip flops. The person that...

  17. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a bilateral AKA in the hospital, that requested me to feed him. When asked if someone fed him at home, "No, I just want ya'll to feed me, I'm too tired to feed myself". I explained to him...

  18. Accidental arterial stick !!!

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Li'lOne's topic in Emergency

    I work in a small rural ER. On my shift I am usually the last resort for hard sticks. There are some days that I can't hit the broad side of a barn, and others that I can close my eyes and hit...

  19. How do you treat headaches?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I agree with beachbum, What ? What is your point? What state are you in? Never heard of this lic. Our docs use reglan, benadryl and IVF-- it works every

  20. Why get a BSN?

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I went from LPN to BSN. It was the best thing I could have done for myself. I can tell the difference in the staff that I work with, there are only 3 BSN RN's at the small hospital that I work in. The...

  21. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dont come into my ER and say "I have the worst migraine HA ever" and proceed to beat your head on the wall. And tell me that Demerol 100/Phen 50 IM will work. All of this after standing at the Dr....

  22. Words You Hear In The Wonderful World of Nursing

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to 43RN20's topic in Nursing Humor

    This happened to me about six months ago. a lol was not doing well the family wanted us to medicate her with 2 of morphine q 2 hours, I gave the first at 0700- she was grimacing resp 20. when I went...

  23. oh ye uninformed... this is why er nurses "don't care"

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Had one yesterday that called 911 for "sore and achy all over" this dude has been in our ER once a week for the last month for the same thing. Told it was arthritis, just like all of the other trips....

  24. Tongue Rings

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to MsLady06's topic in Emergency

    We haven't seen any tongue ring infections in our ER, but have seen several folks come in with chipped teeth from their tongue ring and expect us to fix

  25. Rules for the ER (long)

    frenchfroggyAPRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Overheard the other day from a tx room "I can only take Stadol 3/Phen 50 for my migraine. I proceeded giving her 60 Toradol IM. Boy she was