DiannaK

DiannaK has 14 years experience and specializes in cardiology.

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1. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

   DiannaK replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

   in our ed, if you had the pid shuffle, you might get a hhi .... hoo-ha

2. Songs to play in the Waiting Room

   DiannaK replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

   I agree with this one .... especially for the folks who go to one ER, sit and wait, get ticked off, then come to our

3. Help! Keeping it short and sweet???

   DiannaK replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

   I say something very similar to this ..... I also may add, to the pt's who don't want to answer questions, because they are in too much pain, etc, etc .... "The quicker we get through this process...

4. Another triage vent thread

   DiannaK replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

   Sometimes .... if we aren't completely slammed, I ATTEMPT to teach pt's a little ... ex: mother who brings her baby in with diaper rash, not getting better with treatment. "doc will see you when we...

5. Any nurses out there who think express care should not exist?

   DiannaK replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

   Thank God we don't have an express care .... I get irritated when half the patients I have, could have seen their PCP for treatment. I suppose I have the most fabulous pediatrician in the entire...

6. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   DiannaK replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   What a fantastic post!! I'd echo a lot of the things you said, and I think I did, in my post, but not quite so eloquently/entertaining! I'm really shocked that you had no withdrawal! EWW! It's NASTY!!...

7. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   DiannaK replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   First of all, thank you for sharing .... and I'm sorry to hear about your son's illness. I don't believe that anyone has said that people are bad parents for medicating their children, and I'm not...

8. Okay, Angel O'Mercy, I'm askin about your new grandson!

   DiannaK replied to stillpressingon's topic in Emergency

   I love this .... too funny! What an awesome

9. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   DiannaK replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   when I read this ... I thought .. "wonder if she went to school with me?" When I was in high school ... worst things kids did was to bring alcohol to school, smoke in the bathroom, and MAYBE smoke...

10. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    DiannaK replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

    I did end up posting in the Psych forum as well .... haven't heard anything back from them yet. I'll keep you posted. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who thought this was very wrong

11. Dropping in from ER forum to ask a question ...

    DiannaK posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hey fellow nurses! I'm hopping over from my home in the ER forum to ask a question of you guys/gals. I was in Triage the other night, and had a 3 year old that was on Abilify and Risperdal. When I...

12. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    DiannaK posted a topic in Emergency

    I may have to cross post this in the Psych Forum, if there is one .... Last night, while doing time in Triage ... I had a sweet 3 year old boy ... I'm asking meds/allergies, etc. Turns out, the...

13. Venting, frustrating.....

    DiannaK replied to azreddun's topic in Emergency

    ewww ... Our ER too .... we (on evenings/nights) call it "Triage-

14. Was I out of line ?

    DiannaK replied to grantw9066's topic in Emergency

    If I'd seen the same pt in Triage, I would have placed a C collar. All it took was one time getting screamed at about NOT putting a collar on a pt .... If there's a question about whether I should...

15. Cardiac patients in the ER - a poll

    DiannaK replied to NurseCherlove's topic in Emergency

    we see about 60-80 pts per day ... Our C/P complaints seem to wax and wane .... when I worked last night, we had zero C/P on my shift (3p-1a). It seemed to be a dangerous night to be at the ball...