TraumaNurseRN

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 and this is not an emergency. Have ever laughed wh...

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 pre-hospital, or observe licensed RNs in the ED to BE A...

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 you are trying to be professional when a nonER nu...

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 rock!

omg...too funny....

you are not a frequent flyer/drug seeker.....where i am from a frq. flyer is someone who has an addiction to narcotics, their primary physician has refused to prescribe the narcotics so they frequent my er and every er they can as often as they can t...

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 parents and individuals, we naturally seek out oth...

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 society. as parents and individuals, we naturally seek ...

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 loud....

what nursing specialty do you work?

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

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 sometimes....Luckily you speak of only one patient whe...

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 nurses come to get their patient from the ED). I m...

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 seeker in the ER angry and abusive towards staff when ...

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 the newbies... Has anyone mentioned the digital diss...

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

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 agressive towards me, when the doctor came in he bec...

Is this post for real?

Sometimes the truth is a bit like......tasting bad water when you are thirsty......you know, like well water.....still, it's water, you're thirsty, and you drink it anyway.

Right! You and I both know ER nurses can spot a frequent flyer from a mile away. Unless you wear the ERRN clog....you haven't walked in our shoes so the saying goes..... How 'bout starting a thread about medicating frequent flyers and then allowing ...

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 gloves can cause reaction. I am not trying to tell y...

was there any other barrier used besides the glove?

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 thread?

apparently you too haven't worn the ER clog

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