NativeTexan

NativeTexan

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About NativeTexan

13th year as a nurse, 12 years in ER on night shift. Former firefighter.

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  1. New job! No more hospital for me!

    Cherry, You go
  2. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    Oh, and one of my favorites from 7 or 8 years ago was the guy who drank the Vicks for the vaporizer, instead of the Vicks cough syrup. That was a fun lavage. Everyone's nose was running, and that...
  3. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    People who won't treat a kid's temp because they want ME to see how high it really is..... "I lost my tampon"...... "I smoked marijuana all day and now I'm
  4. My friend has a 2 year old that will be in a pelvic sling for the next 3 weeks. I would like to send her a package, and was wondering if any of you peds nurses have suggestions on what I could put in...
  5. Your last day in the ER

    On my last day (night) in the ER, I'm sticking every patients cell phone where the sun don't
  6. Effexor Withdrawl

    Kathy, I took effexor for about a year after having a miscarriage. It took me nearly a year to wean off it, because the withdrawal symptoms were so bad.I'd end up taking a dose to be able to work or...
  7. mandatory scrubs?

    Does your facility require you to wear a certain color scrubs for your unit, and if so, do they provide them, or give a clothing allowance? Our ER is talking about requiring nurses to wear one color,...
  8. D&C's in the ER?

    Well, I did a little research on the online edition of our newspaper. I remembered that one week ago today, a BUNCH of doctors got together and went up to the state capitol to address the issue of...
  9. Stool transplant???

    I do NOT want to be the person THAT jar is handed
  10. Why Do We Push Ourselves? (Maybe long)

    My mom is 56 years old. She had one semester of college left and she would have had a Bachelor's Degree in teaching. But, my dad came home after 3 years in Vietnam, and she quit school, got married,...
  11. Stool transplant???

    Wow! 13 years in emergency nursing and THAT's the grossest thing I've ever heard of!!!! Whatever
  12. lidocaine for IV starts?

    Thanks ya'll,very
  13. lidocaine for IV starts?

    We are curious if any of you out there use lidocaine to start IV's in the ER? We don't, but often have pt's show up that really get hacked when we don't do that for them. Any
  14. Is it me.....

    You guys are a hoot!! You'll be glad to know I was sooooooooo nice to my security guard pt last night. I tried to take the high road and subscribe to the "kill 'em with kindness" thing.
  15. Is it me.....

    Of all things....I have one of our security guards right now as a pt!! Think I should dole out the demerol for his kidney stone in proportion to how much security he provides?