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1. Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

   ok-rn replied to Dplear's topic in Humor

   I think 3 is too small a number in our area! 6 would come closer!!!

2. Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

   ok-rn replied to Dplear's topic in Humor

   An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.

3. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

   ok-rn replied to Brian's topic in Humor

   Having been a nurse for 15 years in med surg, L&D, ICU, office and ER, I have pretty much seen it and heard it all. And to add injury to insult, my husband is in law enforcement so we get to deal with the same "high caliber" clientel. Our poor k...

4. Help! Dysfunctional ER in Small Town. 1000 Visits/Month

   ok-rn replied to catalyst's topic in Emergency

   I am an RN in rural Oklahoma. I have been in ER 11 years and have seen LOTS of changes! We see on an average of 1200 a month, the most of which is on the day shift, 7A-7P. However, we staff 2 RN's each shift, around the clock. We have admissions...

5. Why you love/hate ER

   ok-rn replied to BlueBear's topic in Emergency

   I don't have much to add except: I hate having patients come in to see "their" doctor at 3 in the morning and they won't take no for an answer. Drs. who send their patients to the ER instead of their office to perform simple procedures like casting...

6. Charting Bloopers

   ok-rn replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   In our ER patients who do not have a physician are assigned one for admission. We have a rotating call list that we call "Dr. None". We had a brand new intern who went in to examine a Spanish speaking diabetic with no Dr. She kept asking him who...