Sassy5d

Every cyclic vomiter i've ever taken care of smoked large quantities of weed. I've yet to take care of one who wasn't demanding of pain meds. It is what it is and working in ER keeps me humble. Thank goodness I'm not the one on the gurney

You're only in your 3rd week of orientation. I would put in a full year before you make a choice. It's amazing how far you come.. How you go from hating/feeling overwhelmed to loving/breezing through

From 3p on we are packed to the rafters.

Say it with me, all emergencies are not emergencies!! Yes it's busy. If they are breathing, have good vitals and are not in distress, don't distress yourself over it. If you have stable peeps and an arrest rolls in and then a stroke, chances are, th...

My job has a no fault policy. Call off cuz you'd rather be drunk is no different than call off cuz your mom fell and broke her hip. I think my job is pretty generous with these days. If it becomes excessive, esp for medical reasons, one would need to...

Pretend everyone has AIDS. We've all heard it but quite frankly, many have no idea and other's just don't want to bother to tell you..

I don't use a syringe. I attach my vaccutainer directly to my fitted j-loop. The order in which you draw your rainbow can ruin your entire draw.

Maybe it's certain lab techs. I dont work in the lab and won't even attempt to know how things go but im willing to bet that most spin the samples and then call me to complain.. Where there's 1 tech that seems to call the instant the tubes arrive an...

Besides, I love the radiologist report of 'ectopic cant be excluded' when that was the reason for the exam.

I always try to put myself in other's shoes. Picture yourself as a M/S nurse 10 years from now. Apply for the dream job. Find out a nurse with 2 years experience and 3 different jobs quit because the going got tough got the job instead... How do you ...

But wait, here's EMS bringing your stroke and the triage nurse just pulled your abd pain out into the hallway with your acute MI. The floor can't take report, your ICU hold is tanking. I think your seizure pt in bed 1 just went endo over the seizure ...

It's a different kind of crazy.. Like three patients family members irate on the telephone, your pt about to do a back flip off their bed while the labs on the other line to give you a critical result and to tell you all your other labs hemolyzed.. A...

I'm puzzled why we hand out narcs to adults for a lil stubbed toe but giving a child an appropriate opiate dose seems like a crime.

My place requires foleys. They would sit on a pt till the cows came home. I don't like the practice but what can ya do.

I'll bite. When I was a baby nurse... So proud of my iv piggy I hung.. Counted those darn drips just like we learned.. Except I didn't have the tubing set up properly and wouldn't ya know, as soon as my pt moved their arm, my 60 min iv atb infused in...

Each facility pays different wages. While you might make 2.00 or whatever more at UH, the insurance is expensive both deductions from your pay and what you pay out of pocket. Prn wages vary also. I think UH shift differential is higher also. I don...

Imo, let's pretend the rules were changed... I think people would just alter their cc to fit. Much like they state cp when the waiting room is full. I think it's always going to be like this and we just need to vent offsides and otherwise grin and be...

Uh pays better than ccf but the benefits from cc far outweigh the hourly wage at UH. This may explain why so many cc employees work at UH prn

There's probably a huge difference between pt volume also.

Full moon? I am so emotionally exhausted from my past 2 12's. Can I tell you how excited I was when my shift was over? I was given a pt right after my shift was over in my double room, while I was finishing up something with my other pt and after t...

I know I'm a rough around the edges kinda gal, but I'm old school nursing where docs r 'Gods'. So I tend to still approach them in a submissive fashion. Tonight at work, had a situation that left me feeling humiliated by a doctor, in front of my cow...

I have not had the opportunity to work with them again. But I'm sure I will this weekend. Did I do something wrong? Depends on how you view it. I was working a pt with a PA, who obviously consults with md for things. Basically, I was attempting to ...

I share your frustrations

I love it and I hate it. But it's one of those things where it's almost an addiction. I can't imagine being a floor nurse..ever. When I speak with friends who work ed and they say they love it, they don't typically work inner city. Where I work, bi...

When someone asks tell me your drug seeker stories, I almost feel like they want to know fresh ideas. I find humor in just about everything.. But drug seeking is not one of them.. But that's me. It's frustrating, pressing resources, the situation al...