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  1. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

    it's a losing battle. everyone is frustrated. the system is what it is and there's really nothing we can do about it. patient's get admitted and we have to find a bed for them. if the floor has an...

  2. Tenure vs Newbie (feel sunk?)

    TraumaNurseRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Okay, this thread is a vent thread.....let's get that in the open right off the bat. How many tenure nurses feel the newbies are put in a sink or swim situation? How many tenure nurses would accompany...

  3. OMG! Unreported Patient Fall

    TraumaNurseRN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    the problem is this. the night nurse did not document the fall and doesn't want to tell the agency what happened. day nurse says it was on purpose because the client was being uncooperative. i don't...

  4. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    my contribution is a story with a happy ending. the woman's boyfriend stabbed her in the upper left chest wall 1 inch away from the heart as the ct scan revealed. he stabbed her and left her for dead....

  5. Enraged (venting)

    TraumaNurseRN replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    Many times the drunks get intubated for THEIR own safety, I agree, shame on that ER

  6. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    TraumaNurseRN replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    this thread was meant as a sounding board for venting to fellow er rns who can empathize with the multitude of people who wonder into the emergency room with complaints that have no business coming to...

  7. Mass Exodus from ED

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Update: The Manager announced her departrue this past Friday and the co-manager announced her relocation plans a few days prior. Huge changes to come we hear. This is all good news for the nursing...

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

    TraumaNurseRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Going to the ER for nonemergent issues is abuse of the system plain and simple. Most of the time over the counter stuff would help but....they don't want to pay for

  9. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    TraumaNurseRN replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    originally posted by rntoben2008 oh my goodness!!! i am soon to be a grad nurse, switching careers in midlife, and i wouldn't ever want your attitude. "let them rot"? good god almighty, you need...

  10. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    TraumaNurseRN replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    rn2ben2008: as an rn for 11 years in the ed and 14 as a respiratory therapist, i have laughed long and hard through the years with the sick humor that is ed nursing. even as an rrt we used to make...

  11. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like they need to be set straight..........and get a life of her

  12. After I graduate can I start right off in the ER?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    In my opinon a med-surg floor will not expose you to what is needed in the ED. Just go for it! Get all the certs. needed to undersand your position and make certain the preceptorship has what you...

  13. Pet Un-Peeves, or what I like about Emergency Nursing

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ERbunny's topic in Emergency

    I love the "legal high" when the endorphins kick

  14. Mass Exodus from ED

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    No, unfortunately, I am not one of the hand picked....And I know why!..lol I have always had the ability to speak my mind when necessary or when asked for my opinion, I give it. They wouldn't want me...

  15. ER Pet Peeves

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    One of my biggest pet peeves is having to deal with minor issues when there are true emergencies in the ER. I hate not being able to tell the patients they are ignorant of what the ER should be used...

  16. ER Pet Peeves

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    hahahahahahaha

  17. Growing Thick Skin.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Dempather's topic in Emergency

    We code the babies as well. We get the whole spectrum, fetal demises, traumas and delivering of healthy bouncing babies. We had 2 SIDS babies just last week, and a trauma of a 9 year old who died as...

  18. Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    TraumaNurseRN replied to HanaRN's topic in Emergency

    you know your an ER nurse if you can hold your bladder for 16

  19. er visitors...a funny

    TraumaNurseRN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    lol....I find it funny how ICU nurses really get a kick out of thinking such negative thoughts about ER nurses. They've never done our kind of work, so I guess the saying is true, ignorance is bliss....

  20. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    TraumaNurseRN replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I guess ERs are the same everywhere you

  21. Docs yelling at nurses....

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    We recently had a mass exodus of tenure RNs (20) from the ED. Now, with many new grads and new RNs from elsewhere in the hospital, the docs are frustrated and the newbies are too. I never "allow" a...

  22. Unfair Wage Increase

    TraumaNurseRN replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    Isn't it time to move

  23. Good ER leadership

    TraumaNurseRN replied to cookienay's topic in Emergency

    There has recently been some shake ups in management in my ED. There was so much complaining and a mass exodus where we are that they brought in some sort of consulting team in and basically that's...

  24. Are there "well staffed" ERs?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    We have days where there isn't enough staffing, there have been call offs or multiple traumas come in and there isn't enough staffing. We have an on call system too which covers each shift every day...

  25. I don't think I can handle this!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Eldragon .....wanted to add.......Who can swallow 30 pills before breakfast....that is breakfast