momoftriplets

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  1. law school

    a quick question. has anyone considered law school after their nursing? I had been looking into MSN programs, but have always been interested law school. I just want to know if there are many nurse...
  2. newsweek column

    Has anyone read this weeks newsweek? they have an opinion column each week where someone writes their own letter, this week was about an ER nurse in Michigan talking about the patient load. I...
  3. Emergency Room Urgent Care/charting legalities

    try posting this in the ED forum, more er nurses would probably look at
  4. Newsweek letter to editor

    I posted the article in the ER forum last week, under newsweek
  5. mcdonald's is not us

    I have done ICU and an currently doing ED, so, though there shouldn't be the attitude of "which nurse has the roughest time", this is a forum where ED nurses are here to vent. I am not disagreeing...
  6. Personalities of an ER Nurse

    How about the Busy Bee. That's the nurse who goes from task to task without actually getting anything done!!! They are the type that looks like they are working hard, but they can't complete...
  7. newsweek column

    Here is the column, I hope this works, I have never pasted before, so forgive me if it doesn't. If ER Nurses Crash, Will Patients Follow? I'm so overworked that I go home at night praying I haven't...
  8. Divorce & Nursing

    and I wasn't even going to read this post... I wonder if the nurses who have bad marriages are the ones at work who are the least assertive and aggressive in their job. I married a mamma's boy whose...
  9. Possible OD?

    you are assuming he od'd on methadone....lol...I would've given the narcan, standard protocol, and our docs would've done the same thing. Also, our medics would've given the narcan as well. Just...
  10. Standby: VENTING

    I think your venting is right on the mark. When I was interested in CRNA school I noticed that they only wanted ICU experience prior to admission. I have ICU experience before I started ER and...
  11. Come backs...

    This is one chance to use HIPPA to your advantage. Just say, " Sorry, due to federal guidelines and HIPPA, only 1 visitor, no phone calls, can't give out info, stay in the patients room, no looking...
  12. I saved a life today! hehe

    That's cute. I see a lot of stuff at triage where the patients just need to stop and think first before freaking out. Depending on the facility and the doc, she could've gotten a PE study to rule...
  13. Flu epidemic?

    I'm sorry, but it is amazing to me that most people do not have the common sense to take care of themselves. I just can't imagine someone not knowing at least a little bit about health. It is not...
  14. Flu epidemic?

    an update, I called work and asked what we had in place to protect staff, they are now having the patients wear masks once they hit triage (if they are having any sx). maybe that will
  15. Flu epidemic?

    our ED is also having an increase in waits to being seen, usually it is around 1 hour, now we are up to 5 hours or so, all the patients are pissed, we are swabbing everyone for the flu and we do have...
  16. What's your craziest story of the ER

    These are great, about the guy who cut off the dog's head, you gotta admit, at least he was thinking of his kid and was concerned for their well-being, no matter how unusual it was,
  17. patient lingo...

    I just love it when they tell you they've got the "sugar".
  18. How low can you go

    I don't believe that medicare will pay for a transfusion unless the hgb is 8.0 or less and there has to be good documentation by the physician to transfuse if it is higher. Usually insurance...
  19. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Todd, you are assuming that patients actually want to be educated!!! Most people just want their problem fixed immediately. If they vomit once, they come into the ER to have it stopped. People...
  20. Hi everyone. I have tried a search and it has not given me the info I am looking for, so I post this question for everyone here.... If you will, please answer, I am not looking for a correct answer,...
  21. Pregnant and working as RN

    I was working 3 12 hour shifts a week in ICU when I found out at 17 wks I was having triplets. I worked til 19 wks when I went on house arrest (bedrest). I did go back to work one shift a week at...