DiannaK

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

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

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 (triage history), the quicker you will be seen by a d...

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 child was on Abilify and Risperdal. I give Mom the rai...

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 asked Mom "why", she told me he was bi-polar. I was...

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 have a bed available. She might benefit from some '...

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 world, since no one else can seem to get into their kid...

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!! One therapist I saw "diagnosed" me with PMDD, and...

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 judging people. I'm honestly trying to understand wh...

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

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 pot. They were the really wild kids ..... If 2 thug k...

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 .....

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

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 place a collar of not, I will call back and ask the M...

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 field, since we had 4 or 5 (unrelated) pt that were hit...

I gave this for the first time last night ... we give it in ibuprofen to kill the taste. My pt (8 yrs old) swallowed it like a champ, and chased it down with some Sprite. He didn't vomit at all. Sorry .. I don't have any info about the efficacy/safe...

I think that the whole comment from your NM is a bit ridiculous, and part of me is firmly planted right beside you, as a nurse new to the ER. First .. we are adults, and like it or not, the majority of us are not Pollyannas. There are folks in this ...

oh no! not more toxic spiders!! they've migrated to Kentucky, as well. Someone HAS to stop them!!

very well written ... and I think it's difficult to see both sides, unless you've done both. (see my previous post)

I work in a stand-alone ER, which is a part of a larger hospital network in the city. We always take admission orders from the admitting MD when we are sending a pt to be admitted. In our ER, the only problem we have is getting to a computer, so that...

My best friend is an ER nurse there .. if you have SPECIFIC questions, I'll ask her, and get back to you. She seems to be pretty happy, and she's been there for a few years.

I started at BHE, in TCU ... YEARS ago.. this was back before we had Vencor/Kindred, so we had vents on TCU on a regular basis. I left for a while, went to Caritas, then came back to BHE, working CCU, then OHRR. I loved BHE, and would have probably ...

I've not heard of any cath lab paying more than floor/ICU/ER nursing. Where you could pick up more money would be in the call pay, depending on the hospital's policy. When I worked OHRR, I was prn. I always signed up on call, because if they needed ...

From what I've seen, lipid control seems to be an issue, at least in the primary care realm. I can't tell you how many times, when taking a history before doing a stress test on a patient, folks told me that they had high cholesterol, and their doc ...

speaking as a former ICU/CCU/OHRR nurse, RELAX! I just started in a free standing ER, after working for a cardiology group for about 5 years. I was petrified about starting in the ER, for many of the same reasons you've expressed. Things I've learne...