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I was just browsing these boards and I read posts from all over the country and things are pretty much the same everywhere! I see these things all the time and I think they are universal throught our ED's..these are my observations please tell me...

Hi All, I just wanted to ask everyone if they have the same problem that my ED is currently facing. The last three weeks we have been holding patients in our department because the hospital is full. My department is a 34 bed Level II ed. T...

Do you think after the fourth or fifth code the pt or the family would have figured out that bringing grandma popeye's fried chicken is friggin bad!

Make you sure you got comfortable shoes!

Working in the ED nothing really freaks me out. Well one thing does that makes me want to barf is when pt's have pureed soft diet and seeing pureed beef. UGH! :imbar

I dont know why I neveer seen that list before it is soo funny!:roll

I have been named in a lawsuit and was named as a defendant. The lawsuit was actually for a child who died of menengititis. We saw the child in our ED one week before he died. He was diagnosed with URI and sent home and did well for three days and ca...

pushing KCL is bad!

In our hospital we have a 30 minute blackout period at shift change. Works out well and I work in the ED

I know your freaking out now but dont! Many years ago I was preparing to graduate from nursing school and was preparing to take my NCLEX. I had a job lined up in a ED where I worked as a ED tech for 5 years. Alot of pressure since I respected the...

Katana that was soo funny.

Okay folks I hold my hand on a bible and have witnesses to the following poop story is complety true. I work in The ED of my hospital and we get a frequent flier who is the most disgusting woman in the world. first a brief history about this pat...

I wear New Balance 810's also. There is actually a factory in the next town over so I can get em cheap. For the students that are not allowed sneakers can you wear those vinyl clogs? I wore them for a while and they were comfortable but my wife made ...

I actually had a really bad experience with a primary doctor whose pt was admitted with GI bleed and a hct 22 on the ICU floor. I floated up there occasionaly but usally work in the ED. I was assesing this pt because her HR went up to 140 and she was...

Emergency rooms are very very dangerous places to work in. In our department we had so many assaults on staff and other incidents we have police 24/7 and you have to be buzzed in and all vistors must go through a metal detector. You should let your a...

Last year we got a (1) pencil with the hospitals name on them. Can only imagine the massive budget for nurses week!

As with all professions you have people that need to find another career. As nurses we are obligated to protect all patients. If you see a nurse abusing a patient either verbally or physically you are obligated ethically and legally for that patients...

Well to be honest folks I did kiss one ass the other day. Not a demanding patient. He was just some old guy who pretty much donated the ED. I found this out when I was talking to this very nice man and he said to me "how do you like this building?" I...

i wish there was a rolling electronic marquee sign that says over and over we are not a detox.....we are not a fast food franchise....your version of a emergency may differ from the triage nurse's version.....we are not a detox... get the picture :)

The holding situation got so bad in our hospital with consistently holding 20+ patients in our 25 bed ED that the DON did something drastic. He cancelled all elective surgeries and freed up about 15 beds a day. The surgeons were so upset about this t...

I wasn't going to post about this but it has happened to me on multiple occasions. Have you folks ever had a patient who is "Sleeved" in tatoos start sweating when you go to start a IV and says "I dont like needles!" I then casually put down the 20ga...

I have been working ER for aprox 7 years and I too am amazed by the request I get. as for a former poster the people that are most demanding are the ones who are the least sick. It seems that most everyone who is a frequent flier are the ones that as...

By the Grace of God goes me? Yes... for a person that is suffering from a medical ailment absolutely. You should be thankful that you have your health and not be suffering their fate. But chronic alcoholics..They have a choice. Our hospit...

Hi All, 67yo woman who called 911 came in last night. Chief complaint was that she took Ambien and became drowsy about 1/2 hour later. OH MY GOD!

I really dont get sick. I work in the ER and everyone that walks through the door is coughing and they never cover their mouths! They actually cough in your face like to tell you "Hey im sick" So I guess after hundreds of micro exposures you build up...