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  1. and the problem is..........?

    marcicatherine posted a topic in Emergency

    This thread is along the lines of patient lingo, but I have to share complaints I have heard this week. Girl comes in and states "I stopped taking my birth control pills 3 days ago and now i'm...

  2. ER vs ICU, how did we get there?

    marcicatherine replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I had a patient come in the ER a few days ago. CP, diaphoresis, vomiting, SOB, and ST elevations through the roof. We did the whole nine yards on her, NTG, Heparin, and Retavase. Finally by the...

  3. mandatory scrubs?

    marcicatherine replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    In our ER, we wear surgical scrubs which are provided to us. Get a pair off the cart, change, work, change, go home. It is very convient, especially with body fluids flying on a daily basis. We...

  4. Another vent!

    marcicatherine posted a topic in Emergency

    Today I was called into the nurse managers's office. She had received a complaint from the director of a nursing home. They had sent us a patient several weeks ago with a head lac 2nd being pushed...

  5. negative attitude

    marcicatherine replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Helicopter brings in a 27 y/o OD on a Saturday morning. Pt took undetermined amount of Xanax, Lorcet and Methadone the night before. On arrival pt was intubated, he had aspirated huge amount of...

  6. patient lingo...

    marcicatherine replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    Ok, man comes in today. C/O shortness of breath. I ask him if he is taking any meds. "Yes, I am taking an anniebioctic for my problem with barnacles" ??????????? Barnacles, barnacles, what the hell...

  7. whats your nurse pt ratio for ED?

    marcicatherine replied to E.D.ucated's topic in Emergency

    I had another one of those extremely unsafe days in the ER. Trauma 1: acute MI, bp too high for Retavase, needs NTG and heparin and prep for the cath lab Trauma 3: Severely dehydrated elderly man,...

  8. just another burning question......

    marcicatherine replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    I'm been on both sides of the fence. I worked ICU before I came to the ER. Yes, there are lots of skills and monitoring done in ICU that we seldom do in the ER. There are also lots of skills that I...

  9. residents in the er

    marcicatherine replied to RN92's topic in Emergency

    We rarely have residents in the ER. My post is, I witnessed a bad incident when a nurse gave succs and the doc couldn't intubate and the pt died. From that moment on I vowed to only give succs if the...

  10. To all the ER nurses...

    marcicatherine replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Emergency

    When I transferred to the ER from ICU I was terrified of starting IV's on children and babies. There were other skills that I wasn't that confident in either....NGT, foley caths, and believe it or...

  11. Another vent!

    marcicatherine replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the support. Actually my nurse manager did get a laugh out of the complaint, she was just trying to get a point of view and wanted to know what I remembered about the patient. And your...

  12. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    marcicatherine replied to harry Krishna's topic in Emergency

    Not to worry! I just guide the starving patients to our lovely assortment of crackers.....we have regular saltines, low sodium saltines, graham crackers, and for the high society clients who are...

  13. Another vent!

    marcicatherine replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    That's a great policy in a perfect world and a perfect ER. Our policy is....if you or your family asks for food, you get it. Otherwise we are stretched too thin to feed all the nursing home patients...

  14. why do we baby our pts

    marcicatherine replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    I totally agree Magik Girl. When I first started working in the ER, I babied the difficult patients. I talked them into tests, blood work, taking meds, staying for treatment........Needless to say,...

  15. patient lingo...

    marcicatherine replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    Along the same lines...a few years ago when i was still working in ICU, I was helping an elderly woman (78) take a bath. She let me do most of the scrubbing. When it came time to wash her genitals,...

  16. Your last day in the ER

    marcicatherine replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I think on my last day in the ER I would: Tell the parents who think it is OK that their 14y/o daughter smokes a pack a day (and they buy them for her) "get the h&*# out of my ER The parents who...

  17. visitor policy vs alien invasion

    marcicatherine replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    If management put phones in all of our rooms, I think I would have to find a new job. What a nightmare!!! I shudder to image the problems that would create! With the availability of cell phones...

  18. emergency room patient education campaign

    marcicatherine replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    We currently have pamphlets at triage and in other areas of the waiting room entitled "What to expect during your visit to the ER" They seem to be pretty imformative, (if people take the time to...

  19. visitor policy vs alien invasion

    marcicatherine replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    Just as annoying as the 30 visitors in a room is the massive volume of calls we get from caring family requesting to speak with the patient or a family member. We don't have phones in the room....

  20. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    marcicatherine replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    I am soooo going to use the word "cabulance" on a daily basis now. I LOVE

  21. nurses, can you help?

    marcicatherine replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you. I went to school full time and worked full time at a turkey processing plant (2nd shift) cleaning up guts no less. I was a part-time mom for 3 and a half years. The guilt was...

  22. Any one care to share how much weight you have lost on Low Carbs?

    marcicatherine replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Finally a thread I can sink my teeth into. I did low carb, when low carb wasn't cool. I have been following the Atkins "way of life" since October 2000. I say way of life because I learned better...

  23. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    marcicatherine replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    It may sound cruel, but when parents tell me (of their 2 y/o) "you won't be able to get him/her to take that medicine". I usually just say..."well, i'm

  24. and the problem is..........?

    marcicatherine replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    OR...the patient is deathly allergic to Vicodin, but Lorcet 10/650 works real

  25. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    marcicatherine replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    PREACH IT FRIEND!!! I totally