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  1. HAZMAT for healthcare

    petiteflower posted a topic in Emergency

    I just attended a HAZMAT training last week. COOL COOL COOL!!! I am going to start on the policies for our facility soon, and am doing the training for the whole hospital. Any

  2. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower posted a topic in Emergency

    I wish I had a nickel for every time a patient presents to the ER with an extensive list of medications, that of course doesn't have the list with them because we have it "on file".

  3. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    I gotta go with Rain on this one. Our hospital policy is they don't go out to smoke. Too many times the doc has gone in to see a patient and they are not in the room, they're out smoking. I agree...

  4. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    Speaking of cigarrettes, what about the ones who want to know if it is ok to go out and smoke while they are waiting for lab results, or waiting for the doctor? (after they get to the

  5. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    ooooh, I would be so tempted to smile for the camera!! (the smile without teeth---mooning) Unfortunately, probably would result in another

  6. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    Well, there's always the positive samsonite

  7. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    :rotfl: :rotfl: gotta love

  8. Taking the NET

    petiteflower replied to mommy2dd's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, except at the college I went to, (the other bccc), we were required to license as an LPN to continue in the program. We also had to do a summer rotation too, so we ended up with about 4 1/2...

  9. HAZMAT for healthcare

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    Training for me came from out of state. Our county diaster person (I am drawing a total blank on the title right now) mandated a list that was required for us to buy with the grant. We got to decide...

  10. I wish I had a nickel for........

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    Those programs sound really neat, but we are much too small to get something like that. Tried the "in order to take better care of you" approach, then you get, well, I have a blue pill for blood...

  11. HAZMAT for healthcare

    petiteflower replied to petiteflower's topic in Emergency

    Isn't it though? I really dreaded going to the class until I got there, and once we got into it---what a neat area to be involved in. Has anyone from your hospital gone to the cobra training in...

  12. Taking the NET

    petiteflower replied to mommy2dd's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh, Is it a step program where you license as an

  13. Taking the NET

    petiteflower replied to mommy2dd's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember what the NET exactly had on it---but if I remember correctly it was a core of basic knowledge and skill and is a tool--not the final say in predicting success in the nursing program....

  14. Eagle Med

    petiteflower posted a topic in General Nursing

    A week ago today was the Eagle Med 4 fixed wing crash. My heart is going out to the families, coworkers and comrades of those 3

  15. D&C's in the ER?

    petiteflower replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    Demerol only? Ouch!!! In our ER it is not done --- they go to OR. I can't imagine any of our docs even WANTING to do them in

  16. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    Well, ummm, Maybe he was so endowed of that particular anatomy that it hung down that far?? :imbar Or maybe it was just a really tall

  17. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    OOHH but ya gotta admit THAT HAD TO HURT!!!!!

  18. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    I saw someone come in by ambulance for an itching foot

  19. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    I learned a good way to assess if the syncope is fake or real (of course the more dramatic the faint the less likely it is to be real) Hold their hand up in the air over their face---amazingly the...

  20. ER vs ICU, how did we get there?

    petiteflower replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Now Tom, I am sure that you knew the exact minute that lady was going to code and timed it just perfect to make sure that you had her in ICU just at the right minute. LOL We work very well with...

  21. Very Scary

    petiteflower replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    That's when you grab the doc by the collar and drag him in to look at the patient---or do as I did and look him in the face and say very calmly--are you going to let this patient code before you do...

  22. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    Don't you know that playdough is part of a balanced diet?? :rotfl: I know what you mean about the prenatal care part. We get a few of those

  23. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    petiteflower replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    I recently was at a pediatric emergency symposium and one of the speakers was Dr Broselow I guess they are working on an otc version of the broselow system for medication dosing--Tylenol etc. Of...

  24. Virtual Patient Simulators

    petiteflower replied to Dave ARNP's topic in General Nursing

    I am with everyone else nyerrn is the best. It has a little of

  25. Frequent Flyers in the ED

    petiteflower replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I live in