jimminy

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1. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

   jimminy replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

   OBHEATHERNurse "You guys in ER & L&D are the only one's (I think) that have pt's that walk in off the street. You guys don't really have anywhere to steer your frustration of another new...

2. Deescalating aggression

   jimminy replied to ERguru's topic in Emergency

   Ours is called SAMA (Satori Alternatives to Manage Aggression). Satori stands for "clear understanding". It is a four day program that has been condensed into one 8 hour session. It involves all...

3. Activities for nurses week?

   jimminy replied to uyf's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds good. The reason we don't always stand up and be counted is because we are too **** tired after shifts from hell. Our poor bodys would have to be held up by sticks and someone would have to...

4. Do you hold patients in the ED?

   jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

   no, you do not sound crazy! We were so bad the other night. The house supervisor came down and said the same thing about the floor being just as crazy. She said they did not have enough staff...

5. Do you hold patients in the ED?

   jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

   CEN35 Oops, I forgot to mention that we heard the unofficial scuttlebutt after one of the "administrators" spent three hours with us....................they are going to leave the EC alone for...

6. Do you hold patients in the ED?

   jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

   CEN35 Wouldn't they just die, probably after just three hours also!!! We have all (all er nurses) gotten used to working so short staffed at such a high acuity level, that even if they staffed us a...

7. who fills out the incident report?

   jimminy replied to Michelle_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   michelle, At our hospital, the one that finds the problem fills out the incident report, informs the head nurse and the doctor. The doctor has to fill out a portion that states what he did, then...

8. Do you hold patients in the ED?

   jimminy replied to shootemrn's topic in Emergency

   Wow, I think this applies to every hospital around. I'm hoping a situation last week will help. We have been "reorganized" by a consultant company and things could not be worse. We have been telling...

9. spooky spooky spooky

   jimminy replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

   OOOOH, makes my hair stand on end. Sometimes our nights are so bad, freaky codes coming in,, patients more irate than usual. We open the viewing room to "air out the spirits". Believe it or not,...

10. Lunch breaks

    jimminy replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We work 12hour shifts. We get one unpaid lunch break and two 15 min. breaks when there is time. For the most part we try to relieve each other without interruptions. We seldom get the full lunch. Our...

11. Team Nursing with Paramedics........

    jimminy replied to CEN35's topic in Emergency

    I work at a level one trauma center that is also a teaching hospital so we have many different levels of experience there. I can tell you honestly, having experienced paramedics to help out is...

12. first code blue

    jimminy replied to tonia's topic in General Nursing

    Its good you can cry! Everyone handles it differently, IE: Black humor, crying, laughing, smoking, quiet time. My hardest one was coding a 13 yr old boy GSW victim. He looked just like my 13yr old...

13. tar removal

    jimminy posted a topic in Burn

    Any suggestions for tar removal on a severly burned patient, without doing further

14. should psych patients be held accountable?

    jimminy replied to psychnurse01's topic in Psychiatric

    You can press charges on any aggressive patient that causes harm to you. However, getting the DA to accept the case is another matter. According to them, if the patient has a true psyc. history,...