andhow5

andhow5 BSN, RN

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  1. Dont you just love them

    andhow5 replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I agree, I don't feel sorry for them either. It's a choice they make, and all too frequently it's blamed on "mental illness". It's a choice they made, and they need to deal with the consequences and...

  2. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    And, NO! You will NOT receive a work statement because you were seen here 2 weeks ago. To get one, you MUST be a patient that is seen TODAY, and I will only write it out to state you were seen in ER...

  3. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Here's another triaging vent: If I'm in triage, don't come up to me, waving your finger in my face screaming I'm a stupid b*tch because I took someone back (with an O2 sat of 69 - and BLUE) that came...

  4. Enraged (venting)

    andhow5 replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for all the responses! I greatly appreciate it! I have been reading them, but have held off on replying in order to ingest the replies. I was sore for a week, but other than that I was...

  5. Enraged (venting)

    andhow5 replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    We think a lot alike, I think. Since he had received the Haldol-Ativan cocktail, and had already been tazed several times, he had settled down a bit. And idiot me still wanted to help the patient...

  6. Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    andhow5 replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    That situation usually irritates the living daylights out of me. I'd phrase it exactly how I feel, but I don't want to get booted off the board! I give them the "I'll be happy to ask the doctor for...

  7. Overdose, using charcoal on a combative pt?

    andhow5 replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I'd have to say, "It depends." A lot a variables come in to play; time ingested, amount, medication, symptoms, intent (accidental or intentional), et cetera. A lot of times, I've forgone the charcoal...

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

    andhow5 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    LOL @ you all! And the comment about bad a** nurse, LOL! (I have a t-shirt I wear as a night shirt that says, "I'm an emergency room nurse, here to save your a$$, not kiss it!") Seriously, I can...

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

    andhow5 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    Personally, I can usually maintain myself (usually) while at work, but I will go home, cry, and hug my boys even closer... However, one night I did get severely pissed off at a drunk mother and the...

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

    andhow5 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    And and risk for being cheesy, to quote a line from the song, "Men In Black": Sometimes "We're the first, last, and only line of defense". For every gross, horrible, heart-wrenching moment you'll be...

  11. I don't want to judge, but I don't want to fall for ED abuse either!

    andhow5 replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    You did great! Make your own decisions and trust your gut instincts. You'll figure out on your own soon enough which frequent flyers are working it, and which of them are truly

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

    andhow5 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    I had a 14-year old male that was spending the summer with dad (a semi driver). The teen male and his friend were sleeping in the back bed of the semi. Dad had been doing drugs, and decided to...

  13. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    How about: When you drink, then drive a car underneath a semi, knocking the semi's rear wheels off, and having your passenger drug several hundred feet smashing their body into the dashboard (so as to...

  14. How do you describe your job?

    andhow5 replied to HealthyRN's topic in Emergency

    "Jack of all trades and master of none..." That usually confuses them enough to shut 'em up, and if it doesn't, then I'll say something like, "We dive into situations most people would run from", and...

  15. Trauma RN's - A question.......

    andhow5 replied to JourneyCC's topic in Emergency

    I don't think that one is any better than the other. I myself prefer ER, because it just doesn't stop and you never know what you're going to get. In ICU, it's a much more controlled form of chaos;...

  16. phone calls no outsider would believe

    andhow5 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    OK, after the big EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, I would have said, "You'll need to ask the

  17. ER must haves

    andhow5 replied to kathy_bear's topic in Emergency

    Nursey pockets: Alcohol swabs paper clips several black ink pens fine tip sharpie marker (for labeling specimens) tourniquets vial(s) of NS (how many depends on the night) tape *nitro (depends on...

  18. Cen

    andhow5 replied to EmerNurse's topic in Emergency

    Congrats! I've been putting off taking the CEN for awhile now, but will probably get my rear in gear when I get my tax returns... *sigh* Hope I don't vomit on the keyboard like I wanted to after...

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

    andhow5 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    And practically skips across the yard and climbs up into the unit without any difficulty or visible signs of

  20. ER violence

    andhow5 replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    In my ER they have the first name, and first letter of last name on the front, and FULL name on the back. And we all know that our lovely badges won't stay on the proper way... I told my management...

  21. sexual assault/evidence collection in ER?

    andhow5 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    You know what? You did what needed to be done - you comforted your patient, and did the best you could for her to your abilities. I've only had to do 1 rape kit (thank our almighty God!), and it made...

  22. ER Nurses. Read This!

    andhow5 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    That should be required reading of all triaged "lobby dwellers" every time they come up to whine about their schedules and how they have "things to do"... Excellent article, thank you for

  23. Are you afraid to go to the ER?

    andhow5 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Well... I'm completely S.O.L. on going to any of my local ER's... I've worked them all in my nurse's role, and I cringe at the thought of going unconscious in a public place and waking up in the back...

  24. Ever seen this??

    andhow5 replied to vamedic4's topic in Emergency

    I had similar episodes - the pain clinic patients would present; all in various forms of, "I'm a pain clinic patient", "I need to be a pain clinic patient", and, "No, I'm not a pain clinic patient"...

  25. Question about T-Sheets

    andhow5 replied to Tomboy7151's topic in Emergency

    It's a paper flowsheet that Docs can use that is based on the pt's CC. And to the OP - good luck with the new hospital and job! T-system is a nice start for computer-based