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Okay, I work in a large ER and I also work PRN in a rehab hospital. I will say that many times when I go in to do a simple assessment on a patient, especially at the rehab hospital, I don't necessarily wear gloves. They're always bedside, for me, and...

I, for one, am glad that nursing schools have tough standards.

Seriously?? Wow, maybe it's different in the south or something. I love my night shift. We have dinners/parties all the time, our management is great...I never feel like we get the "shaft," so to speak.

If I have a patient with a simple extremity injury, chronic back pain, toothache, etc....no, I most likely won't take an O2 sat reading.

I understand it's best not to stick an unnecessarily huge IV in someone; however, I hate to use 22s for the simple fact that if for some reason that patient ends up needing blood or blood products, I'm going to have to stick them yet again. I know ev...

We are a 35 bed Level 1 trauma center, and we have 2 paramedics in our dept who function in the same role as a nurse. They can give meds, about the only thing they don't do on their own is hang blood. However, our NM hired these people very carefully...

Yes indeed, the rivalry is alive and well. I respect ICU nurses, and know that they have a stressful job just like we do. My only gripe is that at times, it seems they wil do ANYTHING to avoid getting a new patient. The nurse will be "out of the dept...

I think you did great! You can only do so much, people have their right to refuse I guess. Maybe next time she'll listen to you.

So true! Wouldn't life be so much better if that were the case?? If your family member is unresponsive, sure, I'll let you answer for them. But if they are awake and talking, come on...they are at least capable of providing their own pain scale numbe...

Each nurse where I work is assigned a pod, or section of 4 beds. If we're staffed well, we'll often have a nurse assigned to the hallway until 11 pm. After that, different people will usually pitch in to take the hallway pts if needed. Our trauma bay...

I'd be careful, this might be state specific. Where I work (TN), we have to report an assault of any type. The pt is not required to actually make a report, but the hospital is obligated to let the local PD know so that they can come and talk to the ...

I just had a patient call our front desk and request to speak to a nurse, so our patient reps transferred the call over to me at triage. This chick says "umm...I'm just wondering, if I have genital herpes and I have sex, can I spread it?" I think th...

For the record, I don't have peds experience, so I don't intend anything that I say to be taken in reference to peds. I have to agree with the many who have stated that it's all about feel. IT IS!! I started working in the ER as a nurse tech during ...

That's hilarious. She didn't have ONE person in her life who was like "hun...they meant C or K at the end of his name"? Poor child.

I work in a 40 bed Level 1 trauma center's ED...we are able to have one LPN on shift at any one time. They have taken add'l classes and can give IVP meds. About the only thing they have to get an RNs help with is to hang blood and sign off on their a...

Ahhh so true. Sometimes I just want to be like "Look, I said 1-10, not 1-30, not 1-50, not 1-12. Just ONE to TEN." And yes, it's amazing to me how similar all of our accounts are, no matter where in the world we're writing from.

hey, I took TNCC a couple of years ago, it's a good course. Our hospital doesn't offer any extra pay, but at least they paid for us to take it. My biggest suggestion would be to make sure you VOICE everything you're doing when you are graded on your...

We recently also had a patient in our waiting room end up coding and subsequently dying. The patient had fairly stable vitals at triage, but apparently had esophogeal varices that ruptured, and he bled out. What makes it harder is that he passed out ...

Maybe he was a serial killer in disguise?!

Sorry, just thought it was a fairly common order.

Yea I'm ER and I stilll knew what OOBTC meant...hmm.

Hey Sassy, So you're from ATL huh? Not too far from me, I live in Chattanooga. :) Just wondering, a lil off topic but I dont' think I'm able to send PMs yet...what made you decide Navy? I'm seriously thinking Navy too, but just haven't decided for su...

"A nurse that thinks of patients as "beggars" (it is not like she is not getting paid), and is resistant to help out a male nurse will result in delayed care, resentful care, or uncomfortable care. " I agree completely. Sure, we all have our frustrat...

Zippy, you need to realize that your average ED does not have the advanced equipment needed to take care of spine pts the way that an ICU may have. I work in a 40 bed Level 1 trauma center/teaching facility's ER, and we have TWO trolley beds in the w...

Wymnwise, I agree :) I was just stating that as far as I'm concerned, it's not a way for people to get out of work. It's just a way to respect the patient.