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  1. Feeling unappreciated?

    TraumaNurseRN posted a topic in Emergency

    I have a real moment of pause when I write this new thread as there will undoubtedly be somone who wants to accuse me of having burn-out or an unprofessional attitude. Let me first say, this is a vent...

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

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    ...we all know what I'm, saying here.......:barf01:and here....:jester:90% of what is said in jest....is

  3. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    i seriously have no respect for a male nurse who cannot do everything he was trained or expected to do in his scope of practice. i also think it's nasty that some male nurses equate (sexual thoughts)...

  4. Feeling unappreciated?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    For those patients who actually say that to me...and I have had a few. I have actually spun around and made them repeat what they just said. I've told them at that point, your boil on your orifice is...

  5. Triage Rules / Rants

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I had a young female who came in through triage with a frosty drink in her hand complaining about abdominal pain. I said, why are you drinking that? She said cause it's good. She went on to say she...

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

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    that is exactly what i said, so if you weren't so quick to argue you would realize that. i did not answer the question about the beds because this was my first post. so, again....if you weren't so...

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

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    the physician (emd/trauma surgeon) is the person who clears the spine when a trauma patient is brought in fully immobilized. sometimes it's done during the primary survey and sometimes during the...

  8. Feeling unappreciated?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Based on the last post I would like to educate nurses about stomping on the caregivers of your parents while displaying the peacock feather dance. Just because you are a nurse, does not mean you know...

  9. Feeling unappreciated?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    hellllllloooooo...your mother was admitted with a dx of chf.....do you know what chf means nancy know-it-all nurse....grrrrrrr. i hate idiot nurses who come in following their parents or loved...

  10. Interesting facts and observations.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    What would happen if there wasn't anyone of the same sex to care for

  11. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    TraumaNurseRN replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Nurse: " What brings you to the ER today?" Pt:" Something going on down there" Nurse: "Down where?" Pt: "Down there" Pointing below the counter Nurse: " Mamam, where down there?" (Pointing for effect)...

  12. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Same for

  13. Feeling unappreciated?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    OMG.....all of you have made me feel sooooo much better today. Thank you thankyou thankyou!. Isn't it amazing how our memories of nursing school do not reflect how families and patients will treat...

  14. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    "hell, nurses tell me, "hey we are supposed to do that for you." when i go get my own drink from the dinning hall." i could not resist.....dining hall........sounds like the psych floor to

  15. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    "trauma, i hate to say this, but, just let it go with wmwyse. she or he appears to have some very unorthodox views that border on zealotry. in the panty line tattoo thread she accused 60% of all males...

  16. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    What are we saying here? Male nurses should only have to do certain aspects of the job? Since Male nurses fingers are normally longer than females nurses fingers.....should the male nurses be the only...

  17. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    You really really REALLY....NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THIS

  18. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    again.....this is an er nursing site.....don't mesh the two:banghead::banghead: i really think you have

  19. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    You posted this on a Emergency Nursing Posting sight.....please remember

  20. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    In the perfect world nurses could go into your ER room 2 by 2, how about 3 at a time, one bring you your steak and potato, the other a magazine, and the other to fluff your pillow.....but most nurses...

  21. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    TraumaNurseRN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Sure......but it is nice to "vent" in a ER nursing

  22. ER "One Stop"

    TraumaNurseRN replied to insatiable's topic in Emergency

    I guess my take on the article would be this. I still think it's abuse of he "Emergency" system. I don't have a problem with patient's who are "ill" or "injured" coming into the ER but many many...

  23. I hate it!!!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    emtala applies to "participating hospitals", i.e., those that accept payment from the department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) under the medicare...

  24. I hate it!!!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    Our immediate cares are part of our Healthcare foundation, the same docs run the immediate cares and the same nurses who work ER float through there. There are not different "rules", and no-one can be...

  25. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    You work in the ER and that's the ony time a pelvic is