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  1. Organization?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to JaxiaKiley's topic in Emergency

    Good

  2. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Kimbernurse: Oh you have no idea how much I agree with you and can honestly say I have been in your shoes. It does really suck how the nonmedicals surf.....and then judge. It's like you can't get away...

  3. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Yes I agree...but this is an emergncy nursing thread and I am an ER

  4. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I

  5. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I prefaced this thread as a vent but knew there would be people who come in to make comments yet again. The site is Allnurses.com (Where nurses come together)....You know that coming into the site....

  6. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Meadow, Vent in here.....it's what the thread is all about.

  7. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I

  8. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Exactly my

  9. Questioning Our Compassion

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I can only imagine what you guys through. Don' you agree it's nice to beable to vent without being called a bad nurse and questioning your compassion? Koodos to you in the

  10. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    TraumaNurseRN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    This week, I have officially become sick, tired, and disgusted with the drug-seeking behaviors and, in addition, the Press Ganey-brainwashed administration that condones them. Patient comes to ED for...

  11. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    TraumaNurseRN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    i am not personally on any pain meds for my chronic pain. i use ibuprofen and a heating pad, so i am not in any way a drug seeker and have never been to the er seeking any pain meds. i do not know...

  12. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Sure, I agree the backboard is uncomfortable.....but to say the risk of a pressure sore vs spinal cord injury is I guess where this RN and many others shake our heads with the arguement. We follow our...

  13. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    clearing the cervical spine in unconscious adult trauma patients: a survey of practice in specialist centres in the uk[color=#336699]* p. s. jones 1 , j. wadley 2 and m. healy 3 1 specialist...

  14. LPNS in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to BShelleyLPN's topic in Emergency

    We have 2 lpns in our ED and I love them. They have more experience than so many of the RNs and I would want them as my nurse. They're

  15. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    TraumaNurseRN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    This is a vent thread, and actually is being treated as

  16. ER Newbie

    TraumaNurseRN replied to minifish's topic in Emergency

    Jill, ER nursing is a different bird for sure. I have been in the ER since I graduated from school. (was an RRT for 14 years prior)...So, although I was green out of school, I did have the acuity...

  17. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    TNCC...take the

  18. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    That why we feel so unappreciated at times, because without us....who would care for you. So without patients we wouldn't have a job....without us patients would not be cared for.....Cause the DOCS...

  19. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    :banghead::banghead::banghead:

  20. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

  21. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    TraumaNurseRN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    "i am sorry to disagree with you but you can not always tell someone's pain level. i believe it is absolutely ridiculous for anyone to suffer in todays world. people are so afraid that everyone is a...

  22. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    :deadhorse

  23. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    abc has become established as the ubiquitous emergency care paradigm, reflected across the spectrum of advanced life support programmes. military practitioners have been intuitively uncomfortable with...

  24. Triage Rules / Rants

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Worked Triage yesterday.....Our 65 bed ED was filled by 11am. Small things, big things, but by 3pm there are 17 "waiting to come back"....Now mind you..we always keep 2 monitored meds on hold for...

  25. Is a backboard for transport only, or immobilization while in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    we have a brand new state of the art ed with 65 beds, 90% with monitors, 3 trauma bays with every gadget imaginable. my point is in our level ii trauma center....we base removal of the back board...