boztc

boztc has 30 years experience and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Nnoc

   boztc replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   I'm so jealous. I wish we could get that kind of representation going for us here. I'll keep trying. We're going to Springfield next week to demonstrate for nurse-patient ratios. Last year our...

2. Nnoc

   boztc replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   I'm in...a card-carrying member. I love these guys (and I'm not in a union.) The NNOC is the best place I've found for Patient

3. Fever Kits

   boztc replied to boztc's topic in Emergency

   All I have is a couple of abstracts I found on the internet. I've got the hospital librarian doing a journal search, but she hasn't found much yet. When I read the articles I'll let you know. One...

4. Fever Kits

   boztc replied to boztc's topic in Emergency

   A couple of hospitals gave families little boxes with a digital thermometer, Tylenol and Motrin, and laminated dosage instructions. I'd like to include a couple of other things, too. The subsequent...

5. Fever Kits

   boztc posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm looking for Emergency Nurses who have distributed Fever Kits to their Pediatric patients' families. I'd like to do this at my hospital, but I'm going to have to show that it will save the facility...

6. ED Physicians with overkill

   boztc replied to ThisEDRNRocks's topic in Emergency

   I still remember, fondly, one of my favorite Docs. Under the H&P he once wrote "no findings." For a diagnosis, "Malingerer." God, I loved

7. Nnoc

   boztc replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   Right on Sister! (Am I dating myself?) I agree. Union or not, I've been waiting 30 years for the profession to wake up and realize that there is power in numbers. Our "Professional Organizations" are...

8. solicited by a national union

   boztc posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been contacted by a national nursing union and invited to attend their out of state "convention" next month. They are willing to pay my airfare and accomodations for 4 days. Plus...I will earn...

9. ED Physicians with overkill

   boztc replied to ThisEDRNRocks's topic in Emergency

   It's a liability issue. Remember clinical

10. Nnoc

    boztc replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Try this link:

11. Anyone love their facility?

    boztc replied to platinum_garb's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Pretty sad, isn't

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

    boztc replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I had a 15 y/o female come (with a friend) to the ER to "get rid of" a pimple because she had a date that night. When we insisted on a parental permission before treatment, she became belligerent...

13. Frequent Flyers in the ED

    boztc replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Just because they are drunk, it doesn't mean they are not sick. If they have an AMS, cut their clothes off to check for Trauma, intubate for respiratory compromise, insert a Foley and IV. Get some...

14. Plantar fasciitis--it's killing me!!

    boztc replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    Birkenstocks. A firm sole (not softer one) is the