gentle_ben_RN ASN

From my experience, I also want to share with you that due to it being a high stress environment you may even find nurses that you like and respect can hurt or offend you without meaning to. I work with a great team of nurses. Sometimes we make each ...

Thank you NICU nurses! I work in the emergency dept and have had my share of mothers having premature emergent deliveries. I just wanted to say a big thanks to NICU nurses everywhere for the job you do. You guys are always there to help when we have ...

I worked in PACU for 2 years before going to the ER. I liked PACU and it was a much easier job than the ER, but very repetitious. After 2 years worth of PACU I felt like I started losing skills. Now I've been in the ER for 2 years and I feel like a m...

The pseudocidal patient: This patient is unhappy or angry, and doesn't want to go home. He complains of being suicidal, stays in the ED until being fed. This one is my favorite...and soooooo true!

thanks for the input guys. have a great week!

I work in a large ER that has an 8 bed behavioral health locked unit where BH patient's are held until being admited to the 2nd floor psych unit. They are to be evaluated by a psychiatrist withing 16 hours of coming to the ER so that complete orders ...

I absolutely want to help the patient's who truly need help if they are considering suicide. I don't want to help the same john/jane does who are at the ER 2 or 3 times a week who act like they are reading from a script and already have their bags pa...

Thanks DManAZRN! I like you idea the best! LOL!

Hey RN2B84. No, I live in NC. It's crazy though isn't it! Thanks.

wanted to add a few to moms great list... 1. good humor 2. Good upper body strength because doing CPR ain't easy 3. Repeat after me...."we're still waiting on your test results."

What does it take to be and ER nurse......let's see....... 1. A great pair of shoes because you will be on your feet 90% of the time and will probably be wading through a ton of crap (figuratively and literally) from the patients, doctors, and even t...

I personally get highly offended if someone hasn't said atleast one snide remark about me daily. Then again, I usually give them something to talk about anyway. Afterall, that's what they live for.... to nurse the sick, and talk about the nurses who ...

Well today is my last day as a PACU nurse. Monday I start in the Emergency Room. Just wondering if anyone has any insight on what I'm getting myself into.:uhoh21: Thanks!

When I worked in the PACU, I saw propofol used frequently, but it was always administered by anesthesiologists or CRNA's. It was used a lot to sedate patients for closed hip manipulatons. In the ER, I've seen it used some. I had a patient last week t...

For the drunks and overdoses.... "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse But change it to....."I wish you would have went to rehab but you said NO NO NO!!!!

Hey ya'll! So you may remember me from weeks earlier. I posted a thread about my new job in the ER. Well I've been in orientation for about 5 weeks now and I think I'm adjusting well. I'm formerly from the PACU for about 3 years and the ER was a real...

Maybe as equally despised as the PACU....

1. All PACU nurses do is empty drains, watch monitors, and ride elevators. 2. "eternal hold" when you try to call report. 3. When trying to call report, nurse replies.... "I didn't even know I was getting a patient!!!!" Well duh, you have an ...

Calling all oncology nurses. I've always had an interest in working in oncology. I am very happy with my area now (PACU), but was thinking about trying oncology some day. I've heard it can be emotionally straining. I was wondering....could you tell m...

I have a knight in armor tattoo on my left shoulder area and plan to get more. I just got it this year for my wife who says I'm her knight in shining armor.

Try a FULL glass of wine....that's what I do;)

I've had nightmares where I was awake and walking but I couldn't breathe on my own so I was put on a ventilator. Then my manager wanted me to come to work of the vent!!! I know....it's crazy.

I am a nurse but in my dream life is am definately a dancing cowboy......i'm serious too.

Our system is similar to starae....but we have a "float" nurse on both sides of our PACU that will relieve the nurses in slots for lunch breaks. The floater also helps with checking in the patient, putting in orders, and then transporting when the pa...

Our standing orders for PACU: 1. Morphine 5mg IV Q 5 min up to 20mg PRN 2. Dilaudid 0.5mg IV Q 5 min up to 2mg PRN 3. Demerol 12.5mg IV may repeat x1 for shivering 1. Phenergan 12.5 mg IV may repeat x1 in 30 min for total of 25mg 2. Zofran 4 mg IV x...