TinyNurse

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  1. "why not medical school?"

    TinyNurse replied to janony's topic in General Nursing

    nursing to me seems way more cool than being a doctor........afterall......we do encompass both the art and the

  2. Does anyone have opinions on Maxim(agency) good or bad????

    TinyNurse replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    IMHO, maxim is wonderful!!! my mom worked agency for them back in ohio and has nothing but good to say about them!! I took a positon with their travel agency travmax in august, and i also have nothing...

  3. Anyone hate the ER at first?

    TinyNurse replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    i can remember as a new ER nurse, i wanted to "camp out" in the waiting room, just to be sure I didn't "miss anything"............omg.......i loved ER from the

  4. Volunteering in the E.R.

    TinyNurse replied to roxburin's topic in Emergency

    i totally think you should volunteer in the ER. you get to see ALOT of stuff, and have the opportunity to see everything that happens there!! I also think as a student you should try for an ER tech...

  5. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    TinyNurse replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I usually say, "no, this isn't a butterfly, it's a little bit bigger it's an 18" hahaha or when the patient has a "friend" in anesthesia and won't let you touch her even though you could put a 16 in...

  6. How many of y'all......

    TinyNurse replied to Joebird21's topic in Emergency

    never!!! but i still want to puke each and every time an etoh+ beer drinking pt pukes........ hahahahaha nasty

  7. Refugees from NO

    TinyNurse replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    we were getting them for the past two weeks here in san diego......way before they moved the people to

  8. ER violence

    TinyNurse replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    I have a situation that I am still weired out about. I was working agency at a hospital in houston, and the charge wanted me to "help" with a lavage. ( do they even do that anymore??? haha) so i...

  9. drunks

    TinyNurse replied to Dave11's topic in Emergency

    I also have a ton of compassion for these people....some hospitals hang banana bags, but for the most part, the patients are left to sleep it off ( after the beligerence and awful behavior) You are...

  10. No More Demerol IV Push???

    TinyNurse replied to VickyRN's topic in Emergency

    demerol ivp is not a good thing........ i worked at a teaching hospital where it was NEVER given. too addicting, too neurotoxic, and to nephrotoxic. Oftentimes dilaudid was given

  11. I freeze up when the big traumas/CPRs come in

    TinyNurse replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    personally, I would tell your preceptor to "back off" and "just stand there" during the next trauma.....and you do what he/she does. Let he/she watch and critique after!!! doesn't your level I have...

  12. ER T-shirts

    TinyNurse replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    wow!!! i love all of these!! I wish indiana ena took

  13. ER Dept Scrub Color

    TinyNurse replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    in nashville's level I we wore royal......i thought it was awesome, you could tell right away who the RN was!!! we also looked very professional in it, as the rules were strict regarding white no...

  14. what's in your pocket?

    TinyNurse replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    pen, penlight, an 18, tournaquet , alcohol swabs,10ml prepackaged flush, trauma shears, hemostats, mac lipgloss and a sony clie. Cheetah.......that's an awesome idea about a bin to drop your stuff...

  15. Breaks in the ER

    TinyNurse replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    I'm a travel nurse, and let me tell you that when I got to california I was STUNNED to the point of.............. almost not even being able to take my break......haha cali has these staffing laws...

  16. Bedside Report?????

    TinyNurse replied to ckh23's topic in Emergency

    I did a travel assignment that when i was hired it "was required to do bedside report" haha once i got there we never did it once.........ahhhhhhhhhh I honestly think it's a good thing. I also agree...

  17. Cen

    TinyNurse replied to KatieBell's topic in Emergency

    thanks for the advice NeneRN, I ordered the book off amazon, and hope to also test in 3

  18. Am I being a baby?????

    TinyNurse replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    i think lady jezebel said it best, i couldn't have said it any better myself. hang in there, and be yourself. patient care is whats important, and document, document,

  19. nurses buttons bother administration

    TinyNurse replied to lllliv's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I want a button that says "fill these shoes"!!!! that's awesome. ya know I never knew about "nursing togetherness" until I moved to cali. ok, and I do have a bit of a rant here........what's up with...

  20. ER Nurses Treated Different in my Hospital!

    TinyNurse replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    "I have the hallway, the waiting room, as well as the ambulances that keep on rolling in. I know that it is and can be an inconvenience, but I cannot just say I'll take the intubated trauma comming in...

  21. Community Hospital vs Level One

    TinyNurse replied to KatieBell's topic in Emergency

    I've worked in both, and I agree with you there is quite a bit of stabization going on at the community hospitals, with less support. Depends on how far away the level I is............is it close...

  22. Nurse on Survivor

    TinyNurse replied to rogramjet's topic in General Nursing

    i can't believe I missed it......and that my sister didn't update me!!!!! haha I totally hope she goes all the

  23. Would YOU ever have a homebirth?

    TinyNurse replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ( please see above post, yes i had a home birth in 1999 and it was great) I guess I need to add that the ORIGINAL reason I got into nursing was to be a lay midwife. My plan as a single mom was to go...

  24. Would YOU ever have a homebirth?

    TinyNurse replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm an ER nurse, and I had a homebirth. My son will be 6 in October. I won't bore you with the birth-story, but it was beautiful, and I don't think I could give birth any other way. I strongly...

  25. SANE's in ER's?

    TinyNurse replied to Aneroo's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a rural hospital where the SANEs were in the ER. I worked in a major hospital where we sent all the SANE cases to another hospital I work at another hospital where all of the SANE cases go...