TraumaNurseRN

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  1. Holding our tongues vs things we really want to say!

    TraumaNurseRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Have you ever wanted to tell a patient in triage....You've got to be kidding, you came to the ER for this? What makes you think this is an emergency?:angryfire Do you know the definition of EMERGENCY...

  2. Tired of EMS thinking they can walk in!

    TraumaNurseRN posted a topic in Emergency

    This thread has evolved from a pevious thread of EMS (one in particular) thinking they are more than qualified to work right along side a licensed RN in the ED just because they.....scoop and tx...

  3. ER nurses wear "biggirl panties"

    TraumaNurseRN posted a topic in Emergency

    We are the beasty girls and boys aren't we? We get talked about, yelled to, nasty talk, complained about,kicked, spit on, peed on, pooped, trash talked all through a course of any given day. Even when...

  4. ER nurses wear "biggirl panties"

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I wasn't having a bad day as it was suggested, I started the thread in the Er nursing area to give koodos to ER nurses. We

  5. Hello Haldol

    TraumaNurseRN replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    omg...too

  6. ED Admissions

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in MICU, SICU

    worth the read ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ guest editorial acep news september 2006 by david f. baehren, m.d. for a generation or two, we have lamented the loss of role models in society. as...

  7. ER nurses wear "biggirl panties"

    TraumaNurseRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    worth reposting...... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ guest editorial acep news september 2006 by david f. baehren, m.d. for a generation or two, we have lamented the loss of role models in...

  8. Help Please!!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in Emergency

    Yeah...I thought it too funny when one of the fellow ER nurses here told an ICU nurse....we wear big girl panties....omg..mad me laugh out

  9. Police use excessive force, ER docs say- What do ER nurses think

    TraumaNurseRN replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

    what nursing specialty do you

  10. Help Please!!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in Emergency

    hahahaha....should indeed be interesting....let us know how that goes..... looking forward to

  11. ED Admissions

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yes, I see your point....please see mine. I do not like leaving my 3 ESI/2 patient(s) to transport a now stable patient to ICU, but it's part of our protocol and we do it. It can get quite scarey...

  12. ED Admissions

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was invited to check out the responses to "ED admissions" by nrsang97 who recently visited the ER nursing site and voiced her opinion about a new policy her hospital instituted..... (having the ICU...

  13. Police use excessive force, ER docs say- What do ER nurses think

    TraumaNurseRN replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

    I think a criminal is a criminal, and the police have learned through experience what works and what doesn't and the philosophy of safety to self first applies to them just as it does to the drug...

  14. What exactly do you do as an ER nurse?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to vegnurse21's topic in Emergency

    It can be a dirty, exhausting job but ya know, I wouldn't go anywhere else. We complain and whine but my co-workers love what we do....and do it well I might add....we have an awesome crew.....even...

  15. Misjudged EMT

    TraumaNurseRN replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in Emergency

    lol.....I get hotflashes and t-shirts under my scrubs would be miserable. I do wear a sports bra

  16. Police use excessive force, ER docs say- What do ER nurses think

    TraumaNurseRN replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

    I think it depends on what has occured. In general, I have never seen excessive force used but rather force used to handle the current situation. Just the other day I had a patient who was verbally...

  17. What about my pain!?

    TraumaNurseRN replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    Is this post for

  18. Latex Allergy

    TraumaNurseRN replied to orange-rn's topic in Emergency

    According to my husband who sold nitriles, among other gloves (Safeskin) before they were bought out by KimberlyClark. There is not only latex allergies to gloves but the powder and proteins in the...

  19. Latex Allergy

    TraumaNurseRN replied to orange-rn's topic in Emergency

    was there any other barrier used besides the

  20. Help Please!!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to ashleyjean3's topic in Emergency

    I read the posts you are referring to.....2 people responded....And yes there will be no understanding at this point, and that's something we can agree on. I thought you were done with this ER nursing...

  21. migraine faker at the ED!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    apparently you too haven't worn the ER

  22. migraine faker at the ED!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    What?...now you know I have never had crippling pain?

  23. migraine faker at the ED!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Plese don't try to tell me how to be a good ER nurse. My question was a question which is asked every minute of every day in very ER around the world if the nurse is worth her skills. Plain and...

  24. migraine faker at the ED!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Pain is a subjective thing so suggesting that someone isn't having a migraine because they can work through it, is ridiculous. I still think migraines are non-emergent.....and sitting in triage for 7...

  25. migraine faker at the ED!

    TraumaNurseRN replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    :yeah::yeah::yeah:you go girl! tell it like it is!...lovin