Dewgrl

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It's been my expiriance that many transgender individuals are very eager to be noticed in their new "role" and I have to wonder if the student brought attention to it on purpose. Think of it like when you get a new haircut, and you want everyone's opion on it. A male to female I knew wanted to show her breast development and "pretty" nails to anyone that walked into the room. He/she was simply proud of the changes in his/her life....

I want to start off by saying how proud I am of the way you handled the this trauma. You stopped and offered assistance and that alone is a great thing. I worked in an er a few years back, as a tech, and had a very similar situation. My sister and I were a few minutes from home and came across a fresh accident, woman vs semi. I told my sister to stay in the car (younger and no medical expierence) and to call 911. I got out to find the woman covered with coats from waist down, husband standing beside hew screaming "help her, help her" and another passerby (young guy maybe 18) holding the husband. Now understand I'd seen lot's of trauma, but we get it neatly packaged on a backboard with all our supplies at hand. I start the the basic's (no resp, no pulse and lot's of blood) and procede to do cpr. Shortly after, ems rolls up, shp pulls husband away and they call her. Turns out( I didn't know about the semi at the time) they had car trouble and she had stepped out from behind the car right into the path of the semi. The coats were covering the fact that she had been twisted in two almost. I still remember everything as it was really traumatic for me and took me along time to get over it. I still think of it from time to time and it always makes me wish I could have done more. Sometimes though I believe any effort is better than none, even the futile kind.

:angryfire My first "female" exam was when I was twenty. I had put it off due to what I viewed as no need coupled with a very shy nature. I went to a man who became very unkind when I asked for a nurse to stay for the exam. The female(not sure her staff position) seemed irritated as well. Needless to say I am now going for my second exam at twenty seven and I found a female this time.

I disagree. He threatned to run over the nurse. That kind of attitude towards other's is not something one would encourage in healthcare. I feel he has indicated he over-reacts to something which most of us would have dealt with as unfair and moved on. To vent is one thing, to threaten bodily harm is another. This is why I view him as unprofessional. P.S. I was re-reading the post above and noticed his comment and my quote of it were removed. Perhaps if you had seen what he posted you would be able to see my point of view.

Every ER is run in their own special way, but here is what I did as a tech- Phlebotomy-blood draws unless they needed an iv. Knowledge of what tube for what will be needed....i.e. lavender for cbc's, green for lytes etc... EKG's-lead placement, ways to get best read out like covering up a pt who's cold and shaking(can't read ekg like that;)) with warm blanket Foleys/fem caths-Basic's men have only one option, women have three so a little knowlege of the female body will help Transporting pt's, cleaning and wrapping wounds, cpr, urine dips, vitals, fsbs, stocking rooms, laundry, etc... pretty much everything but med's, IV's and paperwork. This was my hospital, and each will be different. I hope this helps. P.S. I only check in here once in a while, and ER staff will eat you alive if they see you as childish or impatient...smile, be strong, and pay close attention to those around you. Emulate the positive, ignore the negative, and smile some more.:balloons:

We have a few nurses who nod off on nights in the unit. My view is, if you're on your un-paid break, leave the floor and do as you please. What I have a problem with is those who sit and fall asleep at the desk, everynight. When ribbed about it, complain "well I had to do this, this, and this and didn't get any sleep." That's not the unit's problem. I sleep day's becuase I work nights. PERIOD! Worse when mngmnt's told, they ignore it! :angryfireIf it was once in a blue moon, I could live with it, but night after night, it get's old!

I wonder if she perhaps sensed what seems to be your unprofessional attitude and was protecting her patients. Could the mother have been asked in a bad moment, or not understood who was seeking permission to observe?

We are getting a new unit (ICU) and the first complaint was that the proposed nurses station was to small, and that we couldn't see the pt's. Mngmnt's response? You should be in the pt's room's, not at the station. I work nights. In the dark, sleeping pt's room, you want me to sit. And who is watching the one ot two other pt's for, since if the other nurse has three, and I have three, and we are both in one pt's room, that leaves two pt's on their own....:trout:

I was just discussing this the other day...According to my father(who has passed) my maternal grandmother was "half" cherokee. I have pictures of her dressed in what appears to be some sort outfit that looks indian, and I have knives that she supposedly made. I had a little bead doll of hers that I was given as a child, but have lost. My point here is that although by my calculations I would be 1/8th cherokee, I take after my irish father with my blond hair and green/grey/blue eyes. I've heard of people trying to claim indian heritage for various aid, however I think money like that should go towards people still immersed in the native culture, trying to keep culture alive, rather than someone who's never been on a reservation. Just my two cents worth!

I'm currently a unit assistant (slowly but surely will become full fledged nurse) and we do it all. Call lights, bedpans, stocking, ordering supplies, taking off orders, the phones, you name it we do it. Because I've also been an ER tech, and a phelbo, I also do the occasional ekg in a bind and have helped lab with blood draws. And I'm not sure if this is expected, but I can also take a manual bp and have on a routine basis. I think though as people have said, it just depends on the unit and shift sometimes. I work nights in a small ICU, but I know the dayshift unit assistant on are med-surg just works desk. Good luck it whatever you do.:)

Here is your best argument...Go to a search engine-yahoo, msn, whatever.. Type the following words- Baby left I was looking for an article I had read a week ago about an infant left in a couples flowerbed, and the husband had speculated that becuase his wife is a nurse, and comes and go's in scrubs, someone thought the baby would be safe there. What I found instead was story after story about baby's left in trash cans, a wal mart toilet, etc... If one mom learns about safe haven (what we call in Oh, and not well known) and leaves the baby in a safe warm place, it's worth it. One toddler adopts, beats one baby buried.

It's a real 911 call...not so funny...A five year old boy called 911, told dispatcher that mommy wasn't breathing-dispatcher told the poor kid to stop playing with the phone, and to put adult on the line-no one dispatched Three hours later-he calls back repeats his story, and a DIFFRENT DISPATCHER still won't believe the poor kid. Threatens to send the cops out if he doesn't stop playing on the phone. An hour later the police arrive(sure it was sent out as non-emergency) Mom is dead on the floor-heart problems... The dispatchers were suspended and after an investigation now face a year in prison:o

I have found two kinds of doctors that are most common.... One who will listen and appreciate helpfull ideas-may or may not implement, but listens and considers you helpfull for trying...In other words-teamwork:) The second is often a flirt(okay maybe I'm personalizing this a bit, had a Doc come in, sit and flirt and make inaproprite comments, then blow off any requst ex breathing treatments, you might make-anything he hasn't thought of) or a jerk- who is insulted that you dare suggest any course of treatment, and will often not only ignore your suggestion, but do the opposite it seems almost to spite you.:angryfire I'm sure there is a happy medium between the two, and are other types, these just seem the most common..

I promise not to swear at work if you promise never to drop the "g" bomb! I try to always say fudge or some "soft subsitute" for dirty words, but I saw that you mentioned god in your post. I have a co-worker who brings up the bible and god all to often, to staff and pt. I find this just as offensive as when you hear the "f" bomb drop...just something to think about...