Christy1019 ASN, RN

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    Trauma roon in your ED... who gets it?

    Christy1019 replied to A&OxNone's topic in Emergency

    My ED is a level 1 trauma center w/120 beds divided into triage, CDU (24hr observation unit) & tx areas by acuity i.e. cat 3/4 is peds and fast track, cat 2 is abd pain, & non-emergent DIB/CP...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Christy1019 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Yesterday.. c/o Being startled while asleep Per EMS they arrived to find a woman sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the street crying, w/a car that ran into the streetlight nearby. They asked if...
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    Stupid People Award

    Christy1019 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    lady bringing in a 2yr old states "she got a bee sting in her eye so i put turpentine in it but now she can't
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    Funny Sign In Slips

    Christy1019 replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    patient's chief complaint verbatim: "hot hot *****, itchy itchy, burn burn, pee pee" .... ended up being a
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Christy1019 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    i agree w/the last two posters, the nurse was likely giving Lantus which is long acting which has a delayed onset and peak time, HOWEVER, regardless if it was long or short acting, the nurse should...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Christy1019 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    haha that reminds me of this cute little old lady i had a few weeks ago, the legal guardian with her comes rushing up to triage saying how this woman can't breathe or talk etc etc, i'm looking at this...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Christy1019 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    this wasn't the most ridiculous reason i've seen by far, but was one of my more recent ones that annoyed me.. it's 2am and i'm assigned to triage/registration, i call this 20-something female pt that...
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    New ED Resident

    Christy1019 replied to BackpackingRN's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations! I hope it all goes well for you and if I can give one piece of advice to help keep the nurses from wanting to strangle you ... if you work in an ER that's anything like mine and have...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    Christy1019 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Cyndi First off, I am sorry that your son had an awful nurse like that, but am glad that the rest of his health care team treated you both well. My response to your post was never meant to be...
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    Trauma Room Staffing (not ratios...)

    Christy1019 replied to beepeadoo's topic in Emergency

    wouldn't you need at least 2 nurses assigned in the even of an actual trauma or resuscitation.. one to scribe, one to do tasks i.e. monitor/iv/meds
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    Christy1019 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I started in the ed as a new grad and have been there for 3 1/2yrs, at a very large inner detroit level 1 trauma center that sees everything from a multiple gsw walking in the front door, to a child...
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    What is the lowest HGB you have seen?

    Christy1019 replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    1.8 with no identifiable cause of blood loss! his diagnosis was "anemia not usually associated with life" but he lived, only to come back the next month w/a massive ICH, herniated and died in the...
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    Fever and dying

    Christy1019 replied to honeybee888's topic in General Nursing

    i work in ER and don't often have patients that are actively dying for prolonged periods of time, so this is the first i have ever heard of the fever associated w/dying. I'm just wondering if someone...
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    What certifications do you have???

    Christy1019 replied to godbless-yute's topic in Emergency

    ACLS/BLS, critical care, TNCC, ENPC, hazmat, and working on
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    Dropping pressures with nitro. Anyone experience this??

    Christy1019 replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    i agree with what everyone else has said about people being hypersensitive, possible interactions with home meds etc. however i wonder if it is possible that the ntg bottle was actually 0.6mg dose vs...
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    Administering Narcs and nurse liability

    Christy1019 replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    Not that i prefer to make a habit of giving high dose narcs to my pts, I have come across some instances where pts have received even higher doses of dilaudid d/t high tolerance and opiod dependence...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Christy1019 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    i've been an er nurse for 3yrs and thankfully have a great team & had to think hard to remember a situation that freaked me out, but still managed to come up with a few.. in nursing school, during...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Christy1019 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for one of the most hilarious and best illustrated stories i've ever read on here lol, and kudos to you for being one heck of a nurse, i know a lot of nurses that wouldn't have held their...
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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    Christy1019 replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this isn't a common one but the other night this lady told me she had "premenapausal angelina" but couldn't tell me anything about what it was, not to mention she's 65yrs old (premenapausal...
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    Need advice from experienced ER nurses!

    Christy1019 replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    when i was a newbie i felt the same, like i was just in everyone's way, but i never shyed (no idea how thats spelled lol) away from them because they were exciting and you see and learn a lot of...
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    IV Gauge for CT

    Christy1019 replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Personally, I think that policy is , i absolutely HATE HATE HATE deep brachial ultrasound guided IVs, i will ONLY let people attempt to put one in my pt (i had no desire to take the training course...
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    What's the scariest thing you've ever seen as a nurse?

    Christy1019 replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    just curious... w/ur training as a marine don't they teach you techniques to takedown/disable someone even if theyre bigger/stronger... just wondering if u stepped in to help her is
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    triage suggestions

    Christy1019 replied to nurse ninja's topic in Emergency

    just curious... is the person at the front desk registering the pts a nurse or a registration person? The only reason i ask is that I was recently discussing different triage ideas with one of our...
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    Where should I work in Detroit, MI????

    Christy1019 replied to christineBdriscoll's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I work at henry ford detroit campus in the ER but have coworkers that have gone to or come from MICU/SICU, I personally love the ER, as we are generally very busy with traumas and everything else that...
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    Starting pay for new rn

    Christy1019 replied to vn2998's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I'm at Henry Ford detroit campus and when I was hired 3yrs ago I was started at 24.81 with 1.85 for midnights and 2.00 for weekends, and since we had a freeze on raises since then I'm unfortunately...