andhow5

andhow5 BSN, RN

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  1. Camera phones in the ER

    andhow5 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    Eh... That would make me uneasy to have my photo taken. I would have asked him to delete the image since he had not obtained my permission prior to taking the picture, but I'm sure he would've...

  2. 2 nights of triage hell

    andhow5 replied to EmerNurse's topic in Emergency

    It's the McDonald's drive-through, next-gen video game, instant gratification mentality. I think it's only going to get

  3. 2 nights of triage hell

    andhow5 replied to EmerNurse's topic in Emergency

    Delivered in a HALLWAY? UGH!!! I'd be screaming MY head off! LOL! Keep up the good fight (and we won't tell the doc you truly are psychic - that you just wanted to hear him scream about ICU

  4. Does ED have a bad rep for mean nurses?

    andhow5 replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    I affectionately refer to work as, "The Zoo". Only I can't quite figure out if the staff is supposed to be the animals in the cages or

  5. Does ED have a bad rep for mean nurses?

    andhow5 replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    It sounds to me like it was a toxic environment, not that it was BECAUSE they were ED nurses. Glad you're out of it - no job is worth putting up with that... And I have to ask... ATTACK NURSES?...

  6. I C E......In Case of Emergency

    andhow5 replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    It's used around my area (Southwest Indiana), and our EMS are really good at looking through cell phones if our police haven't already... I have used it a few times in the *rare* instances the phone...

  7. Is it a Genetic trait or a learned behaviour

    andhow5 replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Ahhh... I've often wondered this as well. I've seen a couple of families of "multi-generational seekers", and of course they are allergic to "everything except that one medicine that starts with a...

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

    andhow5 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Seeing that you were 3 weeks PP, you did the right thing in going in to be seen. The staff would not consider you a pest or imposition. That's an urgent problem. Again, that was not a stupid problem...

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

    andhow5 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    That's when I would have wandered up to my off-duty cop and told him that a drunk left AMA, so he would've been hunted down and arrested for public

  10. Here's a lovely news story about something that happened in a local ED

    andhow5 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Emergency

    Holy cow! That is just awful! I can't even begin to imagine a co-worker that you work with that closely being killed like that! That would be so horrid! And the other patients and family members...

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

    andhow5 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    :yelclap: Well

  12. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Not a problem! Anything to help fight the war on frequent fliers that do not have an actual urgent or emergent problem! Now if only we can get the free gift program started. You know the one I speak...

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

    andhow5 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    LOL! Sorry, I can't help but to laugh, because that always seems to happen to me. I get the ones that "speak no english". Are you sure you're not my long lost

  14. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm the one that does it...

  15. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    LOL! I get my point across very well, can you tell? Heheheee! And I get a kick out of your posts too! I love the pt's that are allergic to every pain reliever except Dilaudid, LOL! If they are...

  16. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I just want to clarify - for the person that thought most of these were "jokes" or exaggerations"... They are not. Sad to say that truth is stranger than fiction! We couldn't even begin to make up...

  17. Eh? Pedi field protocols?

    andhow5 replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    I've never heard anything of the sort. I would think that a controlled airway would be the "golden rule" no matter peds, geri, et

  18. Unsafe assignments in the ED

    andhow5 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    Where I am now (and tonight is my last shift there), the "normal" is usually 4-6 rooms (all monitored). However, there was a very LONG period of time where I'd routinely get 8-12 rooms (all monitored...

  19. Sometimes I wanna strangle people....goes along with the "Rules" thread

    andhow5 replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    Ohhhhhhhh... What a jerk. I would have been SO tempted to say, "Why, yes, the patient IS dying - it's a 2-year old near-drowning victim. Would you like for me to escort you to his mother so you can...

  20. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Have you been in the ER as a NURSE? Have you had to deal with ANY of what we're venting about? How do you deal with having someone tell you to, "Shut the F up, that unless you do what I say right now...

  21. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Oh, another one, regarding visitors with the patients... I don't care if you're an EMT, Paramedic, Nurse, CNA, Doctor, Student Nurse, whatever - I know what I'm doing, I'm good at my job, now back off...

  22. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Ah well... Those that criticize us obviously don't have a clue and won't ever have

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

    andhow5 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I can certainly empathize with my kidney stone patients! I've had 3 kids (naturally - and I think I'm a wuss) and 3 surgeries for stones. Let's just say I'd rather have 8 more children (all at the...

  24. Rules for the ER (long)

    andhow5 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Treat us with respect and we'll treat you the same. Do not chase me into another patient's room to complain about the wait. If you do, you WILL found yourself bounced out very quickly and *gasp* very...

  25. ER RN to EMT?

    andhow5 replied to ERRN629's topic in Emergency

    I don't know about Massachusetts, but most courses require a specific number of classroom hours be completed before you become eligible to "graduate" from the class and sit for the exam. I know it's...