eldernurse

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1. Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

   eldernurse replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

   I swear y'all work in my hospital!

2. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

   eldernurse replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Speaking of hotel, last night someone came to our ER via ambulance for (get this) DRY MOUTH! Talk about hotel!!! with limosine service!!!!! I, too, am sick and tired of catering to all of the idiots who think that we are the enemy or the handmaiden....

3. Beware Gastric Bypass with stapeling!

   eldernurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a friend who is also a nurse who had gastric bypass surgery. She was unable to eat ANYTHING for a year. She was on TPN via a picc line in her right AC. Then, she developed ulcers that began bleeding and she almost died. Then, she needed sur...

4. New breed of bullies!

   eldernurse replied to Tink RN's topic in Relations

   Unfortunately, every job has its group of a$$holes working. Sometimes they outnumber us and sometimes we outnumber them. I came to our ER 2 years ago when management had just changed over and the breaking up of the nasty clique had begun. A nurse ...

5. Nurses are not Doctors

   eldernurse replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, I agree. If doctors realized what we do then they would give us a little more respect. I am tired of trying to second guess that ones that think we should be able to anticipate their every need. I am sick and tired of the ones that think...

6. How many visits until you label a frequent flyer or drug seeker?

   eldernurse replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

   A frequent flyer is a person who has visited the ER instead of going to an MD's office for any ailment that is non-emergent. He may have visited more than one ER (ie, "the other hospital gives out cab tickets and meals"), or his doctor may have made...

7. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

   eldernurse replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

   Simple answer, YES! I work in a big city hospital, I have worked with all kinds of surgeons and the answer is YES, YES, YES. I have said to several of them that if humble was a requirement they would have failed.

8. What do these people do?

   eldernurse replied to Gigglesforall's topic in Emergency

   They just aren't there all at the same time!

9. Sars

   eldernurse replied to berry's topic in Emergency

   I am scared of SARS like I have not been afraid of any of the other dangerous things that come through the door. SARS is killing some of us. I have no problem asking patients to mask when they have a fever with cold symptoms.

10. Hypothetical Question re: prn meds

    eldernurse replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    Shandy Lynn has the right idea. Our hospital actually has a policy about that. It has guidelines. I hate it when a physician writes an unclear order to give 1 or 2. It feels like I am prescribing. This is one of the reasons I love the ER. Ther...

11. Dealing with angry MDs

    eldernurse replied to jzkfel's topic in General Nursing

    these stories are why i have lost all respect for doctors. who taught them to treat people that way? what happens a lot of the time is that i see nurses go with the flow so they don't have to have encounters like that----the patient loses out on th...

12. groan, getting fired up again about articles in nursing mags

    eldernurse replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    To nurse Lou, vigilant families are OK as long as they don't have unreal expectations on how long this care should take. I can turn, clean, do mouth care and medicate in about 3 minutes, see ya in a couple of hours! I hate the ones who say, you have...

13. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    eldernurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I have voted and I am in the emergency room! We have beds in the holding area. I am supposed to have help back there to clean and make beds between patients but they are never around. I go through 10 to 15 patients a shift and I make 95% of the be...

14. Too funny...

    eldernurse replied to ERNurse752's topic in Emergency

    We had one come in by ambulance the other day for "hives" of all things. Then, when we gave her body creme (that she could have bought in a grocery) for her dry skin, she wanted social service to find her a way home. Of all the nerve!

15. what can you say

    eldernurse replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I hate it when they send patients to the ED with change in mental status and we have to ask "How could you tell?" But one of the latest reasons to be admitted to our ED is "inability to ambulate!" Just because a person needs to be placed in a nursi...