I_LOVE_TRAUMA

I_LOVE_TRAUMA RN

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  1. Am I a backstabber or just a concerned co-worker?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would just leave it alone. It really doesn't concern you. If you just let her be, she will soon enough drown herself, if you get involved it will somehow come back to hurt you. You are not her boss,...

  2. You Know You've Had A Hectic Shift/Day At Work

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    You are stopped at a red light (on the same road you've drove home on everyday for 10 years) and are getting mad because this is the longest light ever, you've been sitting there for 10 minutes, when...

  3. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Had a fellow RN tell me that he went into a room to check a vent alarm in the ICU and found the RN with the wire cutters in her hand about to snip open the wires on a patients jaw ex-fix, wired shut...

  4. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    sissiesmomma, we must work in the same place! The stairwell thing happened at my work too, but the nurse got canned, the intensivist got a talking to. It DOES happen but not as often as one thinks....

  5. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did a quick search of the link you provided and found several FREE programs for preventative medicine, and treatment of acute and chronic illness for adults. The quote you listed shows only what is...

  6. hawthorne--opinion?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to 1lollipop's topic in New York Nursing

    I don't like Hawthorne because it does not portray nurses the right way. I mean come on the director of nursing is available at every crisis, and is readily available to every nurse everytime they...

  7. Sigmoid volvulus anyone?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Our surgeons almost always attempt to reverse with colonoscopy now, works many times, very

  8. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My thoughts exactly! I see people like this all of the time in my ED. I always refer them to the free clinic I work at, if this woman were to come there she would be seen and cared for by the...

  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I love Halloween, its just around the corner ya know. I think this is bump worthy! I have one... My husband's cousin and her family moved into a new home. Her, her husband, and their 2 y/o...

  10. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Saw 11 patients last night in my ER. 2 had medical insurance, 9 did not. All were treated equally and immediatly. Some were discharged, some were admitted. All will be treated the same until they are...

  11. Rules for the ER (long)

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    uh,

  12. Sad day in the USA

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    Boy, you really know how to scare a girl! I just saw our country in 5-10 years. Why did you have to bring this up-I'm more scared than ever for my children now! If you want to watch a good documentary...

  13. Sad day in the USA

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much for your kind words. I really did not want to get on here and share this personal story, but I felt it was relevant to the topic. Good luck to

  14. Sad day in the USA

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much, and I agree with you. The reason I became a nurse was so that I could help those in need. I don't judge anyone. I was not trying to sound better than anyone else-just giving an...

  15. Sad day in the USA

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    I would have to respectfully disagree with you here. If they come to the ER, no matter what, they go to the front of the line. The GSW and the addict I spoke of in my last post-they were both operated...

  16. ETOH/heroin/cocaine=GOOD times!! :)

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to MizzLizz's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to mention the manipulative thing-OMG that is the worst!!! They are sooo sweet and kind until they don't get something right on time, and then all hell breaks loose! They sneak off the floor...

  17. ETOH/heroin/cocaine=GOOD times!! :)

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to MizzLizz's topic in General Nursing

    Let's please remember that this is a place where nurses should feel free to vent their frustrations and should not be judged. And I don't think we need to bring in all of the "my loved on is a drug...

  18. Sad day in the USA

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to rickkijo's topic in Emergency

    I just have to say that it appears that many of the responders here, the ones that are for socialized medicine anyways, have not really studied this topic at all. Many of the statements made here have...

  19. Policy on ED violence

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in Emergency

    We actually have the PD working at our place-real guns and everything-we are very

  20. What do you guys think of this?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA posted a topic in Emergency

    So we were REALLY full last night and had to hold some of the sicker patients for a long time because floors were full. When I came on I got a 86 y/o man who was a SAH and very confused normally...

  21. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Really? Cause I think it varies greatly by facility. I work at a large level 1 trauma ICU. Our trauma ICU is considered the most specialized place in the hospital, where the sickest heads go. The docs...

  22. What's so stressful about working 3, 12hr shifts?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    It has nothing to do with being physically strong, I am 4'11, 90 pounds, and have been doing this a very looong time. You have to be a strong person all around. Being a mentor and educator to young...

  23. Sure signs your pt. is sick

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    If your pt looks healthy as a horse, but is anxious and says, ''I'm gonna die" they to me are the sickest person in the hospital and you better get ready for a code

  24. What do you guys think of this?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    This is what I ended up having to do. The pharmacy wouldn't do it that way until I got it ordered this way. That confused me because I thought it was always given by drip, the doc wanted it by drip...

  25. What do you guys think of this?

    I_LOVE_TRAUMA replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    I would have made up a drip myself, but the point was that I called them ahead of time so as to be sure that THEY would send a drip every time, I didn't want anyone who didn't know better to push it...