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  1. Crowd Control

    Scis replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Wow. A year and a half? What kind of contract did you sign? Are they paying your nursing school bills? What's up? Now you know why you were contracted for so long, apparently staffing that...

  2. :pBODILY FLUIDS

    Scis replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    Semen???? I've been in the ER for ten-plus years, and, thankfully, never been "splashed" with semen. Nor have I been splashed with lady partsl secretions.... I must be lucky!I guess these two would...

  3. Crowd Control

    Scis replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    TerraRN: We're just looking out for you! Don't let them get to you! Also, just a little critique, DON'T OFFER ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS, DON'T EXPLAIN YOUR ACTIONS!!!!! You doing so opens a...

  4. Finally a complaint I can relate to!

    Scis replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    Medic946RN: You guys really stick together. Had a doc answer the trauma phone the other night and the case coming in was a longshoreman who had been hit in the crotch with an iron pole that then...

  5. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    Scis replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Comical, but sad. In our ER, though, the nurses must at least question the patient prior to "shipping them up" to L & D. Let's face it, some term labor patients can conceal the pregnancy very...

  6. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    Scis replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Gotta love it! You CAN'T make this stuff

  7. Crowd Control

    Scis replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    TerraRN: I know it must be frustrating for you, but crying is simply not an option! Remember, at work we think logically, cognitively, not emotionally! Don't allow work issues to project onto your...

  8. IV Capatibilities

    Scis replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    CCUNRS: Exactly. I figured holding the antibiotic for a bit wouldn't compromise his care. I was about to take him to the CCU where a central line would be placed anyway due to the dopa...

  9. IV Capatibilities

    Scis posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have a question for you CCU nurses. It's just a simple one, but anything we nurses do not know, you know we need to ask! If you have two lines going into a patient, one with dopamine piggybacked to...

  10. IV Capatibilities

    Scis replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    mikehammerschmidt: But dopa ALWAYS seems to be incompatible, and anyway, I figure it should always be changed to as large an access as possible due to it's potential for tissue extravasation if the...

  11. IV Capatibilities

    Scis replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks guys, you've given me food for thought! I just wasn't sure about Dopa with Lido. Seems like Dopamine is VERY tempermental. Although it'd be great to know if this is possible, since this...

  12. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    "Therapeutic Waits" are a requirement for all temper tantrum throwers and nonsensical complaints.....Plus, the louder they scream at you, the longer they get ignored for NOT being sick enough to be...

  13. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    canoehead: wouldn't it be nice if they'd take tylenol or motrin beforehand and NOT come to the ER? You know, like we do when we don't feel

  14. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    mother/babyrn: It's not so much that it's the pregnancy that gets us seasoned ER RN's in such a rush to get the patient up to OB, it's the fact that it is one patient that we CAN directly turf to...

  15. IV Capatibilities

    Scis replied to Scis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Panda: I guess that's true, always better to be safe. However this person was IVDA with NO veins, so two IV's was a miracle! Plus they both had to be in the same arm. Suppose once he got up to the...

  16. What do you folks think of this?

    Scis replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Sounds wonderful, but definitely not workable in all areas of the country. In the ER I work, a level I, large-inner city hospital, we have a 22-bedded main ER, which usually converts to 22 x 2, as...

  17. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    Scis replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Don't you every wonder how the conversation goes in these families who turn up in the ER as a group for minor, nonemergent complaints? I mean, it's usually in the evening, mostly weekends, maybe a...

  18. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    How about the ones who take the ambulances in, then walk past you perfectly able-bodied? They definitely need to have a surcharge for the ambulance service. They do not seem to think that maybe they...

  19. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    Todd, don't be so hard on yourself or us! Please stick around, you never know, you could start to see things our way and convert to ER nursing! I have to admit, among nursing colleagues, some of the...

  20. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    Scis replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    Nightingale and cotjockey et. al.: I really enjoyed your postings. C'mon, it's true, if we don't see SOME humor in these things, we'd all go nuts, then these patients would have NO ONE to put up with...

  21. about doubts

    Scis replied to B.T.H's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    iliket3: If it's any consolation, in ten years of practicing, I have NEVER met anyone, with outside family commitments or otherwise, that "breezed through" their primary nursing programs. The entire...

  22. online recert for ACLS

    Scis replied to bsweilrn's topic in Emergency

    How do you find out about ACLS on line? What about the practical component? I didn't know this was even available. Please post more info!

  23. medical documentation issue

    Scis replied to basha's topic in General Nursing

    basha: What BarbPick adivsed you seems to be the best. First, calm down! When you try to justify what you did it does tend to sound a little manic, not to offend you. Yes, writing over is never...

  24. I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    Scis replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    jnette: Not only CAN you say no, but your license REQUIRES that you say no and inform your management if you feel you are not able to give the safe amount of adequate care with the patient load you...

  25. i need help on school Assignment

    Scis replied to Beee's topic in Emergency

    Beee I have ten years experience in an urbal, Level I trauma center in Northern NJ in ER/Trauma. I am also a certified emergency nurse (CEN) about to take the CEN exam for the fourth time. I am...