Escape5

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1. Never Good Enough

   Escape5 replied to nursemartin00's topic in General Nursing

   I have been feeling the same, "never good enough" hits the nail on the head. I don't think it's wrong to become frustrated when you feel like you give it your all and you never get any positive...

2. ER Warm Fuzzies

   Escape5 replied to Escape5's topic in Emergency

   Well, I don't quite agree with that but if you feel that way it's your choice. I have enough time to once in a while notice and appreciate nice things even in such a high-stress, fast-paced...

3. Toradol/ketorolac for major trauma pts

   Escape5 replied to back2bRN's topic in Emergency

   I generally don't find Toradol ordered in major trauma, at least in the ED. We usually give small doses of Fentanyl in the initial trauma assessment since it is short-acting, less risk of hypotension,...

4. ER Warm Fuzzies

   Escape5 posted a topic in Emergency

   So I'm just coming out of my lurking shell, sorry if there's been a similar thread. Just wanted to see if anyone had a really sweet ER story to share. When I say sweet, I mean did someone in the ER...

5. Have you ever felt defeated?

   Escape5 replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

   I've been lurking for a while on these boards but felt the need to de-lurk to reply to your post. I have been spirituality-confused as well due to many reasons (mostly personal issues, nothing major...

6. Chief complaints that made you laugh?

   Escape5 replied to nickos's topic in General Nursing

   I always enjoy random symptoms thrown together into one complaint: "Dizziness, tooth pain, hearing voices" "Chest pain/UTI" "Suture

7. Patient allergies and dislikes

   Escape5 replied to azhiker96's topic in General Nursing

   i had a pt the other day who listed an allergy to caffiene, reaction: jittery. i also had a pt. that wrote she was allergic to "tacos." um

8. Using words like honey, sweety a no-no?

   Escape5 replied to bee212's topic in General Nursing

   I think a lot of this comes down to age. It's does seem a lot different when a younger person calls an older person sweety/honey/etc, rather than vice versa...younger to older can tend to sound...

9. Pts admitted from ER

   Escape5 replied to Mom2Chaos's topic in Emergency

   If a pt. is on any sort of cardiac monitoring, they must be transported to the floor with an RN and an additional person (usually an EMT.) It's really annoying because it pulls the nurse off the floor...

10. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    Escape5 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Level I Trauma Center/ER. Code Blue and Code Yellow refer specifically to trauma. It confuses some people, esp. new grads, when a CPR in progress or a patient codes in a room, they will...

11. *Microbiology-Summer 2006*

    Escape5 replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This comes a little late in the thread, but thanks to all who provided links to Microbiology website! I am in Microbiology and I just can't take studying in the book anymore, it's too dense and I...

12. Leaving the Profession!

    Escape5 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same way as you. I am starting nursing school soon, and I browse these boards a lot and I am usually comforted and excited by some of the posts I see about nurses with good experiences,...