Tink RN

Had another great one this past weekend. Tell me if you ever got this one: middle age female presents to ER with c/o generalized rash (looked like eczema) for 2 weeks (yep - 2 weeks) asked why she didn't see her PMD, she states she "didn't have time"...

Hi everyone! I am looking for advice on how to handle a few co-workers I have the unfortunate honor of dealing with frequently. In the ER I work in, there is a "click" that consists of some nurses that are actually quite intelligent and perform t...

I think one of the most rediculous was for a pregnancy test. Min cost of $500.00 for the ER visit when they could have bought one at Walmart for like $7! Or even have one done free at the health dept ... I'm sure that bill didn't get paid anyway.

A good friend of mine just left to go to Iraq for a year. He signed a contract to work as a Paramedic for one year and he will earn $120,000.00 tax free. Though I was less than thrilled with his decision to venture to Iraq, I can see where the offer ...

Sorry ... poor wording on my part - I should have been more specific because I certainly didn't mean to offend any of you guys. I was making light of an on going situation where I work. SOME of the male nurses that work with me brag about not having ...

Well ILoveSnoopy - Thats the beauty of this forum. Ofcourse none of us would voice these opinions to our patients ... but being able to vent to others that understand exactly where you are coming from is therapeutic for us as healthcare providers. I ...

Just call me canoehead Jr. - I didn't get it either.

Have you ever found yourself feeling the urge to wrap a phone cord around someones neck? Scenario #1 - EMS brings in a patient non-emergent with no apparent distress, (in report they clued you in that patient said she has not had family members visit...

Rule #1 guys - If female nurses can hold urinals and cath men, then male nurses need to get used to the idea of helping ladies with bed pans and cath'ing women!

LOL ... you guys have to check out the "travel trunk" site! You can buy a nurses hat, a maid hat or even a waitress hat all at the same convenient location. Kind of offers some perspective on where the whole hat thing originated. (Nurse = Dr.'s maid)...

I can relate. I had a female patient yesterday that had been in the ER all night ... every test known was done, but no etiology found for her complaints. VS were normal and all labs WNL. Another nurse had unhooked her IV so she could walk to the bat...

I did see one foley malfunction (in 13 years) in which the balloon apparently was defective and would not inflate. We were working on a trauma and the other nurses were giving the nurse that put it in grief about, "Why didn't you check the balloon be...

Bless your heart ... I am sorry to hear that! First of all, I hope your Grandmother is doing well. Perhaps the instructor did feel this was best, maybe she knew you were stressed and needed to be with your family. Or not ... based on your stating she...

LPN a waste of time? I don't think so. I was a LPN for 10 years before I returned to school and became a RN. I think that was the best option for me in persuing a career in nursing. Opinions will vary on this subject - there are several threads from ...

In defense of the LTC nurses calling 911 for a 90 year old DNR patient ... first of all, DNR does not mean "Do not treat". As an ER nurse, I am surprised I continue to maintain this mentality but it is something I have always believed in. Granted qua...

Where I work, it is a hospital policy thing. If they are over 24 weeks and present to the ER with an OB complaint, they are to go directly to the LDRP unit. The ER Docs don't want the liability for one thing; and we are usually short staffed as it is...

Well Dolphin, you seem to be the expert ... perhaps you could tell us?

Dolphin, I am trying to see your point ... but as an ER nurse, I have never slapped 4 point restraints on a civilized, non violent patient seeking help for depression ... I think I missed something here.

One of the nurses I work with has a T-shirt that says, "I am an ER nurse - my job is to save your as#, not kiss it" Not true, but I had to laugh. (No, she doesn't wear it at work) Todd, I understand how the twisted ER staff humor is not amusing to o...

As someone previously stated, restraints are and should be a last alternative after other measures to de-escalate the patient have failed and the patient is deemed a threat to themself or others. Restraints are also used short term in the ER ... usua...

I am precepting a new graduate nurse in the ER. I do not think I am "super nurse" and by no means do I "know everything" however I feel my knowledge and skills are up to par, and apparently my nurse manager agrees because she often requests that I pr...

Unfortunately, I can relate. I had an instructor when I was in nursing school that for some reason (I never figured out why) totally disliked me. Other students in my class would approach me after class / clinicals and say things such as, "I felt sor...

As opposed to ...

Lets see ... how about: 1) Risk for Injury, Poisoning R/T Altered Thought Process 2) Risk for Altered Tissue Perfusion 3) Risk For Impaired Skin Integrity ??? Thats about all I can think of directly linked with ASA therapy --------------------------...