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

    happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    just last week, in the middle of a tornado warning, we had someone come in to the er, by ambulance because, they had to poop, but couldnt get it out! it's right there they said, i just can't get it...

  2. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    happyfeet replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU!!! I have been a CNA for 8 years 4 in LTC, 4 in a hospital. Where I work now, CNA's can d/c foley's, saline locks, take vitals, accuchecks, give enemas, supps, even do ECG's. Although we...

  3. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    happyfeet replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree. Most of the patients that I know & care for find it to be very impressive when an RN does actually take part in the "dirty parts" of patient care. I know several family...

  4. What happened to Nurses Week?

    happyfeet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so mad I could spit!!! At the hospital where I work, this week which is "Nurse's Week", is called "National Hospital Week" & we no longer acknowledge nurses week, because it upset the other...

  5. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    happyfeet replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    I agree that it should be that if a pt. says they have pain that then they have pain. But, where I work we use the 0-10 pain scale, & we have several patients that when asked to rate there pain...

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

    happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I have worked in LTC & in a hospital, & while yes some nursing home nurses are complete idiots, most of them have to be damn good to be able to pass a thousand meds to a hundred people in an 7...

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

    happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    One night, about 2am, a 80 something man came in, feeling dizzy w/ a BP of 60's/40's, after 20min. of telling us he didnt know what happened, he confessed, he thought if he took 4 of the little bllue...

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

    happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I actually had someone bring their dog to the ER once, cause it was bleeding & they didnt know what to do. It was the cutest patient