cota2k

cota2k

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  1. Dear nurse, I really don't want to bother you

    cota2k replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for saving Grams (etc..) life, but I think she (etc..) needs food, water, blankets (etc..) The best was when I first started in ED. Air ambulance crew is there to transport a resp distress 10...

  2. A Christmas Tribute to Us

    cota2k replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is too much. I'm so glad to have this site, my wife just doesn't get the humor in our world, but without it we'd never last. Thank You nd mum for sharing. Merry Christmas to all.

  3. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    cota2k replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    33y/o female. OD on who knows what. B/P 54/37 on the monitor, manual 60/36. SR 70's t/o her stay in the ED. Highest 235/110. Waited at PMD for his wife to drive him to ED. The telephone report...

  4. Idiots Guide to Drugs...

    cota2k replied to belabelisa's topic in General Nursing

    dilaudid, toradol, lortab, pepcid, reglan, phenergan, rocephin, levaquin, morphine, nitro, asa, lopressor, cardizem, heparin, integrilin. Just like everybody is saying. You could spend hours, days...

  5. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    cota2k replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A 19ish female with back pain left one rural hospital with Dad to drive 25 minutes to our rural hospital because their ED was to busy, and didn't want to wait. After I assesed her, IV'd her and told...

  6. What's your holiday bonus?

    cota2k replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I received a 2006-2007 day planner. It's dec 2006. It's the thought I understand. Merry Christmas to

  7. Triage's Christmas Songs: Triage the Nursie

    cota2k replied to Antikigirl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Cute!

  8. Cure for whiny negative nurses - PET PEEVE game. Always read first post before entry.

    cota2k replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pet Peeve:Head Scratchers You saw your PMD yesterday morning uh huh you have a surgical consult at 1030 today uh huh you filled a lortab script from the PMD at 1500 yesterday uh huh (it's now...

  9. Get THIS!

    cota2k replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember working as a tech my last year in nursing school, and feeling quite helpless. There were nurses that you just knew wouldn't hear that pump, and if you brought it up, still might not...

  10. STUPID PARENTS!! (vent here)

    cota2k replied to tgb3rn's topic in General Nursing

    $1,0000. Hmmm. I hate to bring this up, but...how does this relate to malpractice limitation? Would a million dollars have made it up to your daughter? Never. While I like the idea of your 12...

  11. Charting Bloopers

    cota2k replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about having a bamboo bag available for conscious

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    cota2k replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Still consider myself new to the ED, so I am still amazed. Recently we had a 7 y/o sent to us from a county mental health councelor because the child was acting up during a scheduled office visit....

  13. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    cota2k replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to you and your male associate. OK, she's 90. It takes toughness, and a little attitude to get there. Wimps don't make to 90. She seen her changes, and lived up to her challenges. I'll give...

  14. You know you work nights when.......

    cota2k replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Day light savings!!! As if 0100 - 0200 wasn't bad enough the first

  15. Nursing survival gifts...

    cota2k replied to White Shoes's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about an "Easy Button" similar to staples commercials? Or, I think it was the movie click, where one could make everything stop momentarily, allowing the user to breathe, pee, caffienate,...

  16. You know you work nights when.......

    cota2k replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    i'm the new guy in the ed so i get all the shift changes. it never ceases to amaze me the calls our dept gets all hours of the night, the phone never stops. the night shifters that are off just call...

  17. Being a man in the field

    cota2k replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have always enjoyed being the male in a female dominated profession. It's been repeated often here that both sexes, as with any two people that work together, will change the dynamics. We all...

  18. RNs on my clinical unit are mean!

    cota2k replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

    I was fortunate while on med surg to get students from the program I had graduated from. I feel it provided me with an opportunity to show, rather than teach, the students why they are bustin their...

  19. Hyperglycemia

    cota2k replied to MeryMellen's topic in Emergency

    It's usually given IV pretty quick out here in the

  20. Emergency Nurses Week

    cota2k replied to ERnursing4me's topic in Emergency

    I had no idea it was ED Nurses Week, no wonder allour favorite regulars have bee in. I thought it was just the full moon. CONGRATS TO ALL!

  21. How True Is this?

    cota2k replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I started in a small community hospital. Neighbors taking care of neighbors. I was on a med/surg, telmetry floor. I was able to gain experience with ortho, surg, cardiac, respiratory, CA, and on...

  22. do you know enough about MI symptoms?

    cota2k replied to diamondmeadows's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday in the ED our triage nurse nicknamed "Bring 'em back jack", given the name for bringing patients directly back if they are suspiscious, brought back a 67 y/o female that was tired. Began...

  23. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    cota2k replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    four years for Uncle Sam pumping gas, then pumped gas at the airport. Laid off and went to OT Asst program and did that for about 9 years. Now I've been a RN for a year and a half, and loving it! I...

  24. Care plans + finding Nsg articles: 2 really good websites everyone should know about!

    cota2k replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    After I graduated from an ADN program, and passed the NCLEX, I sold all my books. Now, a year later, I find myself at a four year college entering their BSN program. This program has a challenge...

  25. How are male nurses perceived?

    cota2k replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    I am a male RN (or supreme commander, another thread) and have never been questioned, even in my rural, little community