Uptoherern

Uptoherern RN

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  1. Rules for the ER (long)

    Uptoherern replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    oh, my other comment............ Do you know the difference between an experienced ER nurse and a bulldog?

  2. Rules for the ER (long)

    Uptoherern replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    "My view is that maybe if nurses were more polite and kind to their patients maybe there would be more nurses in the field. I think that a lot of the nursing shortage is because people see how nurses...

  3. Rules for the ER (long)

    Uptoherern replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    1. If you come to the ER by ambulance, you are going to have to find your own way home when we discharge you. 2. If you come to the ER by ambulance with a splinter in your foot, you will be sent to...

  4. The War with the Floors

    Uptoherern replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    our process is ridiculous. the ER doc needs to know what insurance the patient has before he can call the hospitalist. This is because different groups cover different insurance plans. There is one...

  5. critical care: The Making of an ICU nurse

    Uptoherern posted a topic in General Nursing

    there is an article in one of my new nursing magazines titled: Media portrayals: Cheers and jeers. One of the "cheers" went to the Boston Globe for a series of articles about the experiences of a...

  6. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern posted a topic in Emergency

    If anyone has seen a thread re: this, please let me know. I did a search, but couldn't find anything. My question is......how does your er triage? Our goes like this...... (I'm talking about walk=in...

  7. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    jeez, we have one tech, usually 6p to 6a. one triage rn. I figured out I saw and traiged 60 patients on my 9a-9p shift a few days ago. of course, not all evenly spaced out! I think our mgr got the...

  8. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    OK...............found out in a meeting today what the plan is. We have been doing the 5 level triage system (trying, I should say). When the patients present in the waiting room, the triage nurse...

  9. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    i guess that would explain the three triage nurses. sounds like our county er. I believe I will find out tomorrow how our triage system will change. I don't particularily have high hopes, since all...

  10. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    HOW many patients does your er see? per

  11. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    as for the previous post on er triage, how do you comply with Hippa if new patients are asking you questions while you are triaging? that doesn't seem like it would fly at all. As triage nurses, does...

  12. how does your er triage?

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    we use lots of travellers in phx. mostly during the winter months because A. We are the busiest then, and B. you DO NOT want to be here in the summer. It starts to get hot in May (>100 degrees)...

  13. er diversion.

    Uptoherern posted a topic in Emergency

    just thought you all might find this interesting. In the greater phoenix area tonight, 16 hospitals on diversion (or rotation=opened back up by dispatch). 3 hospitals are on "caution". 16 are open....

  14. Evil People

    Uptoherern replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    the evil people are everywhere.............just last night, in a 2 bed room with a curtain drawn between the beds........... The psychotic women on one side was loudly saying "LALALALALALA" you know,...

  15. Pure Tone Stethoscopes

    Uptoherern replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    I think those are ones that I saw on the internet.......have to have AA batteries in them and cost almost $200? I was wondering if they are worth the $

  16. Room assignments and pt load.

    Uptoherern replied to hollykate's topic in Emergency

    this is interesting. Our new manager tells us that the national average load for an ER nurse is 5 patients each. ??? We typically have (and this changes day to day, it seems) 4 rooms each, plus...

  17. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    ah well, vent over....gotta go to work! Actually, I am supposed to work 9-9 today, but am on call making something like $2 per hour. Then, when they need me, (and they WILL need me..it is Monday!)...

  18. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    Uptoherern replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Next time you get drunk (which will be as soon as you leave the er), please sleep somewhere hidden from public view. 7 visits to the er in 3 days is a bit too much. (our frequent flyer homeless,...

  19. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    To clarify, again, the patient was never seen. She signed in and then left. I don't know how long she was waiting. We try to have someone do a second triage station, but unfortunately, we are not...

  20. Meds you hate to give....

    Uptoherern replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have to agree with bicillin. Not only does it feel like you are injecting cream into someone's butt, you have to do it twice! Remember theophylline drips? These people were buzzzzzed. had to...

  21. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    As a closing note.................I hate triage. well, no, actually I LIKE triage for about 4-6 hours, then after that I hate it. I got kind of burned out after doing med/surg for 10 years, and...

  22. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    oh, FYI, when we tell our manager that we don't have a replacement for a nurse leaving at her appointed time, or we have a sick call and no fast track nurse or whatever, her answer is "Make It

  23. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    sorry, I originally posted this, and then my internet stopped working. The person in question had just signed in, she had not yet been triaged. There WERE 4 elderly chest pain patients signed in...

  24. Why would an ICU patient be on Viagra BID (off label use?)

    Uptoherern replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    ...............so they don't fall off the

  25. What is the highest blood sugar you have seen in a walky talky patient?

    Uptoherern replied to austin heart's topic in General Nursing

    great kid named chris, long blond hair, used to come in with his mom. age14 (about 9 years ago). Used to come in with sugars in the 1200's all the time. very polite, cool kid. BUT, used to go out...