Dragonnurse1

Dragonnurse1 ASN, RN

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  1. How many times have you cried???

    Dragonnurse1 replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We don't talk about Dr's offices because around here Dr's use nursing assistants or certifed nurses aides but no RN's. The only offices here that us RN's is the cardiovascular groups because...

  2. How many times have you cried???

    Dragonnurse1 replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CandyRain78, hang in there, things will get better. All of us have had certain patients that have made us cry, some that have made us angry and some we just wanted to strangle. Try to find someone...

  3. er visitors...a funny

    Dragonnurse1 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Just thought about this one, been watching True stories from the ER on TV and it sparked this one. Hubby worked scrub tech in or and moonlight in ER. Transporting patient to CCU Elevator gets stuck...

  4. er visitors...a funny

    Dragonnurse1 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Good Lord! Some people are so, so, I don't even have a word for it or let us just say no words I can put here. ICU nurses (critical care?) I watched Cardiac ICU nurses try to work a cardiac in the...

  5. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is an unfortunate occurance but sometimes patients present with a complexity of sx that is very complex. Thats why doctors "practice" medicine. Or perhaps she is exhusted from the "problems",...

  6. Nursing student struggling, needs tips on how to pass classes and succeed....

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Wheaties's topic in General Students

    Go to local bookstore and buy drug cards - they come in a package kinda like 3x5 - Then sleep and party, go on a cruise, take a trip or just veg out with family. Do not obsess about September - do not...

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

    Dragonnurse1 replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    Boy small ER. normally we had 1 nurse in chest pain center - 7 patients, fast track 2 nurses with 14 to 20 pts, trauma beds 4/ nurses 2 1 Doc and 1 PA or NP. Hell we asked ortho to send someone to...

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

    Dragonnurse1 replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    Strange - there were never any critical care nurses that could come to ER and stablize closed head tramua with flail chest broken rt humerous, fractured pelvis, insert dual chest tubes. start emergent...

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

    Dragonnurse1 replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    Go straight to ER I did and I can tell you that with the extreme differences between floors and ER any time on floor will ruin you for the ER. It moves fast keeps you on your toes nothing is ever the...

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

    Dragonnurse1 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    A ambulance patient with a broken fingernail. She had the long tips and pulled nail loose from nail bed and called

  11. How many times have you cried???

    Dragonnurse1 replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went straight to ER after grad. In fact I never wanted to work anywhere else. I have cried may times with family. It is a natural reaction if you have empathy for your patients. I cried once when...

  12. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Kiringat the big duh's you will get easily enough like a patient coming thru triage with a 42 o2 sat - 38 by blood gas. chest white out and she is chf patient. That you will get. It is the more...

  13. ER Pet Peeves

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I really loved the tactile temp. Da baby feels like shes burning up. Did you take temp. Don't got a thermador. We started sending therms with all new babies. We had man drive himself to ER having...

  14. ER Pet Peeves

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    OK some of you do not yet have enough life experience to be a RN in the ER. I worked my last day March 12, 2003 9:30AM during CPR recert when I had a very adverse reaction to latex (or the corn...

  15. ER Pet Peeves

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Along this line: 3am drunk male looking to go upstairs to see his babies mama who is currently in labor and does not know first or last name. True

  16. er visitors...a funny

    Dragonnurse1 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    To all the other ER nurses out there a big THANKS. It is interesting to see that it is a national problem whereby any other "floor or ICU" considers ER nurses as the lowest group in nursing. I have...

  17. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ok - I had to give up reading the other posts my nursing school would flunk you for failing both areas. If we could not assess the patient and follow procedure (do the skills required according to...

  18. er visitors...a funny

    Dragonnurse1 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I would add the following one: Patient in 20's complaining of chest pain can give you every symptom for a heart attack until you ask where does the pain radiate and you can see them trying to...

  19. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    10MG-IV 6 months before I found out that I had C3-4-5 discs herniated I could to to the ER get the following, 100mg Demerol, 50 mg, phenergan and 100 mg of pentobarbitol; then drive home try to find...

  20. pain in the ed

    Dragonnurse1 replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    We wanted menus printed so the patients - oops customers- could pick out what they wanted and throw in a bag of fries with it. 2nd place was a drive up where we would serve fried chicken and beer. How...

  21. Latex Allergy

    Dragonnurse1 replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

    :bow:To you amiller126 - It is bad enough when one person has the allergy but ya'll have to be twice as careful. My hubby has only the slightest reaction to latex adhesives. I hope he gets his kidney...

  22. Latex allergy.

    Dragonnurse1 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    As I have posted before, there are so many warnings about the onset of latex allergies but as nurses we do not pay attention to our own health.:uhoh21: Mine came sliding in the back door. I reacted...

  23. Latex Allergy

    Dragonnurse1 replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

    Gidgette, Most latex allergic patient have neg. rast test, also neg. ELISA test. There is no definative test for latex allergy, except your own reactions. Shop around for allergist that believes in...

  24. Latex Allergy

    Dragonnurse1 replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

    :bowingpur:You rock! I only wish that the people around here were as concerned for their patients as you. My last hospital stay hubby put No Latex sign on my door and the first question the nurse...

  25. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    Dragonnurse1 replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    Nanacarol, this is the last post I will make on this subject. The "tone" of your post pointed to a big problem in the medical field in general. We know that hospitals are forming "Pain assessment...