NurseJacqui

NurseJacqui

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  1. CNA's...complaining constantly...

    NurseJacqui replied to StephMSeattle's topic in General Nursing

    Another problem is that some of these CNAS have been working there since before I was born or else they have worked with me when I was a CNA. I have the same problem with unit assistants. But that is...

  2. CNA's...complaining constantly...

    NurseJacqui replied to StephMSeattle's topic in General Nursing

    Dave, respect is also earned. I don't respect someone who sits on their ass with their feet up while I am running around doing their job. I was a CNA myself and let me tell you, our CNAS in the ER...

  3. Pseudoseizures?

    NurseJacqui replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But what I wonder is if this was really a pseudoseizure or was she just faking it? Like maybe she has Munchausen's or something? Because over the years the girl has gone to the ER for a variety of...

  4. CNA's...complaining constantly...

    NurseJacqui replied to StephMSeattle's topic in General Nursing

    Our evening CNAS seem to feel they have the run of the ER for some reason. We have one who is constantly scratching herself and wiping her nose with her hand and who is loud, rude and innappropriate...

  5. Why is the term client used instead of patient?

    NurseJacqui replied to LauraLou's topic in General Nursing

    It was explained to me that it is because we are providing " customer service" . I was always of the opinion that I was providing " care" not "service" If I wanted to work in the service industry, I...

  6. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    NurseJacqui replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    This is a MAJOR problem in our ED. When we are holding 20 admissions and more are coming in through triage and we are on full bypass, I don't want to hear that the nurse is on break. I am lucky if I...

  7. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    NurseJacqui replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    The other night I had a lady complain that there were too many carbs in her 2gmNa Low Chol dinner. And some woman interrupted me while I was trying to get report on a critical pt to let me know that "...

  8. I hate it when people say this...

    NurseJacqui replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    A while back a young man was brought into the ER via ambulance for flu-like symptoms. To be nice, I drew his blood while I was starting the IV so I didn't have to stick him twice. Well I didn't...

  9. I hate it when people say this...

    NurseJacqui replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in triage one day and I was triaging a young girl. When I asked her her chief complaint, she began to elaborate and her mother said, " Honey, she's the secretary ...she doesn't undestand all...

  10. WARNING!! Discretionary subject matter!

    NurseJacqui replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital is not the place for such things.

  11. Flu epidemic?

    NurseJacqui replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    I noticed that the media failed to mention the circumstances under which these children died. Were they immunosuppressed already, did they have pre-existing conditions, etc? What were the...

  12. Flu epidemic?

    NurseJacqui replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    It's ridiculous. And the media isn't helping. You would think people have never had the flu or a cold before. And you would think that no one ever heard of taking Tylenol or Advil for fever. We had so...

  13. Crowd Control

    NurseJacqui posted a topic in Emergency

    I have been having some issues with crowd control lately, especially in the triage area. I am having pts or family members of pts waiting to be seen interrupting me while I am with another pt who...

  14. Crowd Control

    NurseJacqui replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Well, I have already made the decision that I will not stay in my current job for very long because I want to work in a level one trauma center. I am currently bound by contract though to my current...

  15. Crowd Control

    NurseJacqui replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Also...last week I was repeatedly threatened by a woman who accused me of being sarcastic. I had been at work for 5 minutes and was getting report and she overheard the report and said, " Why are you...

  16. Crowd Control

    NurseJacqui replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Geez, guys I didn't say I cried in public. It was in the privacy of the dirty utility room. I DID talk to my head nurse the next day and she talked to security. Now all of the security guards hate me....

  17. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    NurseJacqui replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    Dolphin...are you even a nurse? Because if you knew your ass from your elbow, you would stop this inane babbling. My father shot himself when I was a little girl. I only WISH someone had tried to stop...

  18. Psychiatric Patients in ER

    NurseJacqui replied to Dolphin777's topic in Emergency

    Why would someone place a pt who wasn't a danger to himself or others in restraints or seclusion? We have a crisis stabilization unit in our ER and restraints and seclusion are ONLY used as a last...

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

    NurseJacqui replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I had this woman come in the other day for LLQ pain. She had gone to another hospital 2 days before and they did an ultrasound, cat scan and blood work and they found nothing wrong with her. So she...

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

    NurseJacqui replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I like it when a mom brings in son for a sprained ankle, but then figures well, since I am already here I may as well have this back pain I have had for 6 years checked out, and my daughter's nose is...

  21. CNA's in ER.

    NurseJacqui replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Emergency

    I am an ER nurse and I could not survive without the techs. They draw blood, do EKGS, put on splints and help with crutch walking. They also do accuchecks, transport pts, and do chest compressions...

  22. If ONE more person tells me......

    NurseJacqui replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    I went into the ER right out of nursing school. None of the nurses I work with were ever EMTS and they are fine. Everyone seems to know what's best for everyone else. Everyone has an opinion. Just...

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

    NurseJacqui replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    The other day I relieved the triage nurse and I wasn't there for 2 seconds when a young kid came up to me. I asked him what his name was and he pointed to the next name on the list, so I took him...

  24. Ticked off and ready to quit job!

    NurseJacqui replied to lashon20's topic in General Nursing

    What is a stna? I could never work in a nursing home. When I was a student I was a nurse's aid on a very heavy med surg floor and almost all of the pts were nursing home pts. They were full of...

  25. Press Gainey in the ER

    NurseJacqui replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I am against it. The ones who tend to reply are the ones who come to the ED with non-urgent problems who cannot understand why the 14 year old in cardiac arrest is more emergent than getting them an...