mellowkat

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1. Bariatric Patients

   mellowkat replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   This guy was about 18-25 so old enough to know that being bariatric= not good. And old enough to know how how to manipulate the system with his obesity. Though I can understand young children not...

2. Bariatric Patients

   mellowkat replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   I once had the misfortune to nurse a bariatric patient that actually TOOK PRIDE in his weight. He was quite young and obviously ambulant as he had managed to feature on the news for severly bashing up...

3. ED-did you always know?

   mellowkat replied to ~'JesusRocks'~'s topic in Emergency

   About halfway through the first year of my nursing course I had the idea that I wanted to be an emergency nurse. Even in my student rotation of the emergency department I was absolutely loving it. I...

4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   mellowkat replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I have to admit that unfortunately that I am one of those annoying ones on the rare occasion. The was this one time when I had laparoscopic surgery and one of the wounds dehisced about 2 days...