Uptoherern

Uptoherern RN

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  1. ER Pet Peeves

    Uptoherern replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    1. visitors that stop me in the hallway, with my arms full of supplies and obviously rushing and ask for a cup of hot tea (for themself, not the pt.) 2. the second visitor that observes above, and...

  2. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Uptoherern replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not to change the subject from handwashing, but back to the button thing............ We were given buttons a few years back and told we had to wear them. They said BMG with a red circle around and...

  3. closing floors during summer slow down

    Uptoherern posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in a fairly small community hospital. level II er. Our er has 14 beds, and 5 fast track. we routinely put 2-3 pts inthe hall and have an L & D room that sometimes gets used for pelvics...

  4. closing floors during summer slow down

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    geez.....when they opened it back up, we all had hope because they said they had rooms they could renovate on the other floor. "they" said that the floor would stay open. Well..............here it...

  5. closing floors during summer slow down

    Uptoherern replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    i'm re posting just to keep my post active. anybody? is my hospital so weird that no one can think of anything to say?

  6. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Uptoherern replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    pt says the state issued health insurance won't pay for the lotromin for his std/yeast infection. He then states it costs $20 (!) (how does he KNOW?) Well sir. if you don't want it to fall off, you...

  7. Patients who steal from the ER

    Uptoherern replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    had a lady once, d/c from med/surg with a suitcase full of cutlery from all her meals, linens, blankets. charge nurse emptied it out and gave her a sermon.

  8. How can you say you're not paid well?

    Uptoherern replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    Garbage Collectors Make More Than Nurses...........they Are Mostly Men. Need I Say

  9. ER RN salary

    Uptoherern replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Emergency

    ARIZONA;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; $29 per hour pool. no benefits, no sick time, no vacation, nada. get $2/hr. shift diff for 3p-11p. $1/hr xtra for charge. (which, technically, I am not supposed to do since...

  10. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Uptoherern replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    biggest pet peeve..........no more drunk tanks. I'd volunteer a shift a month to keep them out of the

  11. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Uptoherern replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    hoohaa!!! :rotfl: ARE you a student?????????????? (originally adressed to teeituptom.

  12. Funny Sign In Slips

    Uptoherern replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    "swelling in my

  13. Funny Sign In Slips

    Uptoherern replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    "I have a sist in virginia." I thought..........well, I have a sister in Nebraska, but I don't go to the ER for that! :rotfl: (Had a lady partsl cyst)

  14. On-call

    Uptoherern replied to CB's topic in Emergency

    we are paid some pittance for being "on call". Something like $2 per hour (or less). Then when we are called in, we get paid time and a half. A few weeks ago, I was on call for the first 4 hours of...

  15. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Uptoherern replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    with the smelly stuff you just need to learn how to totally breath thru your mouth......need to do a total nasal bypass. then the smelly's won't get

  16. What do you HATE to do at work?

    Uptoherern replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Anything psych........I just can't do that. Walking people to the bathroom, or in the hall.......so many things to do, and I'm thinking of all of them while s-l-o-w-l-y we w-a-l-k. Not sure why that...

  17. Why am I an ER nurse again?

    Uptoherern replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    but of course............life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gona get. Keeps it interesting. Sometimes, we actually DO make a

  18. Is your place of employment offering you the flu vaccine?

    Uptoherern replied to RN~in~CT's topic in General Nursing

    http://hotjobs.promotions.yahoo.com/apprentice Did it again! This irks me. The word "shot" above, takes you to the "hotjobs" web site, and completely boots me out of allnurses.com. what

  19. Is your place of employment offering you the flu vaccine?

    Uptoherern replied to RN~in~CT's topic in General Nursing

    what is up with this post? On my computer, the "hots" in the word "shots" is underlined and in a different color. I can click onto the word, and it boots me out of allnurses.com and into a...

  20. How do you feel Paramedics can improve?

    Uptoherern replied to Medic_78's topic in Emergency

    why oh why don't they start iv's on seizure

  21. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Uptoherern replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    glass thermometers in jars of alcohol..........(and playing with the mercury when they

  22. Not exactly the Motel 6, but....

    Uptoherern replied to FZ1Tom's topic in Emergency

    in our waiting room, they lay down on the tile floor! Or right outside the entrance to pee in the bushes or throw up..........geez. there's a bathroom right there. Seems that usually the ones that...

  23. Drug Seeker Stories

    Uptoherern replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    We now have a woman who has been frequenting area er's with a shoulder dislocation. Prior to our visit, the police had taped her clinging to the jail bars and "moving her arm around really weird". She...

  24. Practical jokes at work

    Uptoherern replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I made an ER chart listing a 350# man, HIV +, Temp 103, Hx: DM, HTN, recent gastric bypass surgery. c/o SOB, dizzy, N/V/D x 6 days. B/P 211/106, HR 138, resp 28. Then I found someone's forgotten...

  25. Acute Rhabdomyolysis?

    Uptoherern replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

    had a lady just tonight with a ck of 7055. Not near as high as I've seen. She was polysubstance abuse and was found by a neighbor/friend in her bathroom sitting on the toilet ALOC. Four hours after...