It's cya. Take another staff member with you to do inventory. Make sure you're both signing paper. Many times, family n pt turn around and say 'You stole my Gucci glasses' what Gucci glasses? Or...
But I have a new provider. And he orders everything in the chart. Nursing tasks.. He told me the other day to take peroxide and really 'scrub' the crusted/scabbed/dried blood off an injury. I asked...
Seems like you are taking the outcome personally. As if you're stumbling or fumbling is the reason for the outcome. Did you ever get a cause of death? What if it were a PE? Brain anyerism? I've seen...
Sassy5d replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency
My year in ED comes next month. Although it feels like orientation was forever ago.. The veteran docs n nurses will still be there to help you, not leave you hang.. And they'll take into account...
Sassy5d replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
I left an outstanding urine order.. On a practically anuric renal pt. I told the nurse if they happen to pee, send it down the shoot. We usually don't call for beds until all our orders are...
Sassy5d replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in Emergency
That's pretty much my typical day. I'm just outside of a major city. We're not a trauma hosp but traumas still walk in, along with girls in labor and we have no ob dept. Sounds like a great...
I don't have that situation as much as a find new pts, no Id and don't know their social. They still get treated.. Although I don't know how they'd fill their rx if they fake
Sassy5d replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency
Sometimes though, our 'fast track' peep need main ER beds. Those innocent cc change once they get brought back. In all honestly, our ER would probably crumble if we had separate
Sassy5d replied to chrisktrauma's topic in Emergency
I totally agree. I completely understand, in this sue happy society, to over work up patients. Where I work, any time you mention dizziness, nurses automatically do the EKG. We don't need to wait...
Sassy5d replied to momandstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I think it boils down to the MAR. If you pull a med, check it even once against mar and then know your pt, you can't make a mistake. The problem lies in polypharmacy. You have 20+ pts to pass meds to...
Sassy5d replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
I'm just wondering. I've never worked a ms floor.. But is there not some sort of heads up that you're getting an admission, from the ER? I can't imagine the nurse to nurse report is the first you're...
Sassy5d replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
WA, I wish I worked with you! When I've tried to lightheartedly point out I'm getting pretty swamped, the floor is usually swamped too so there's no empathy. Right up there with report is the nurse...
Sassy5d replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
How about hosp to hosp report? That was fun tonight.. Dear nurse, the pt u know nothing about is now at your facility cuz I've been trying to give you report for 35
Just wanted to review everyone's almost favorite topic. Is there an unwritten rule that getting into the ER equals IV dilaudid? Or just because the last time you were here you were given iv mor or...
Sassy5d replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
Same problem at my place. Roll it off. I actually just talk. Tell em why they are there, what meds, iv, vs, dx admit doc and history. I don't let them ask 500
Ha ha. No. Just told me about how much pain she was in, and that she was letting me know of her high tolerance to pain meds because she's needed to take so many po ones. Her visitor was the one who...
I don't really think it's 'afraid'.. I was just exhausted. Ha! Just thinking back and am I forgetting something? Pain control is the new 'standard' that is being addressed. They say 10/10, you get a...
15 years ago when I was a baby nurse, things were so different. I really wish people would get a clue. I know things are only going to go down hill. Tonight was a great example. I was satisfied with...
Sassy5d replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency
I've pretty much always mixed it with lido.. But, many of the nurses I work with tell me I'm too nice, that it would somehow encourage people to be more safe with sex, that they'd remember the