klcrn1987

klcrn1987

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  1. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in Emergency

    What are some of the strangest things you have heard people say are wrong with them....and what was the MD's diagnosis.. I had a guy come in saying he had "what looked like adult Chickenpox on his...

  2. Emergency Response Nurse

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In light of the recent disasters....Haiti and now the Chile earthquakes...I have been thinking about the idea of being a volunteer Emergency Response Nurse...reponding to emergencies/disasters around...

  3. Emergency Response Nurse

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Bumping this

  4. Suggestions for specific CEU courses.....

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a pvt duty nurse for a 5 year old girl who is comatose, ventilated and has a G-Tube. She has Neurofibromatosis, Mitochondrial Disease and Leigh's Disease. Her "comatose-ness" is due to a brain...

  5. maggots?

    klcrn1987 replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

    OK..how many went "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" on that

  6. ED t-shirts Hilarious

    klcrn1987 replied to ecat81's topic in Emergency

    some of those are really great but the one that made me bust out laughing was... You say Against Medical Advice I say Adios Mother ******! I can't believe they actually but my favorite saying on a...

  7. Triage Rules / Rants

    klcrn1987 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    "that if the nurse was truly "burned out" they wouldnt care enough for it to be a "rant" you have to "care" about something to be annoyed when its abused." I'm sure it's the same all over but in my ER...

  8. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    klcrn1987 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    had a patient call into ER and ask if we did "milligrams" here....what??..."I need my boobs checked"....mammogram is what she really wanted Had a guy come in and wanted checked because..."My...

  9. Triage Rules / Rants

    klcrn1987 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    One of my biggest gripes in triage is...the 10/10 pain scale....does ANYBODY ever have less than 10?? I had a girl a couple days ago with what ended up being a RUPTURED ovarian abscess...very...

  10. Worst doctors orders ever received

    klcrn1987 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    I would have told him...YOU talk to the patient and "de-escalate" him!!!! "I think I would have told the person who wrote that order that "this is a no-kill shelter we don't do that here." Great...

  11. Worst doctors orders ever received

    klcrn1987 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    I was working night turn on med/surg and got a"possible OD" from the ER...she had been Narcaned in the ER and we were told she was OK for admission. About 4 hours later (3am), she crashed and was a...

  12. maggots?

    klcrn1987 replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

    We have a pt that is a frequent flyer that routinely comes in with maggots in her bilat lower legs. She has elephantits and isn't very good at taking care of herself. All you have to do is say the...

  13. Blood draw from IVs?

    klcrn1987 replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    In the ER where I work we draw blood from an IV that we JUST start...if it's an existing IV started by the Medics or if any meds/fluids have run through it...we do a separate stick. So far no...

  14. emt-basic good idea to get it before i apply to an ER/ED?

    klcrn1987 replied to 8jimi8ICURN's topic in Emergency

    Very true...you bring up a good

  15. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    "People like that should have to pay cash, up front." .....at triple the going rate...and pay for the poor guy they might have caused further injury to because they were tying up a rig on something...

  16. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    OMG Altra.....now I'm going to go around with that crazy song in my head all day...Thanks alot!! :chuckle :chuckle ..Goes to ER complaining of "coconut song stuck in

  17. emt-basic good idea to get it before i apply to an ER/ED?

    klcrn1987 replied to 8jimi8ICURN's topic in Emergency

    Here's MHO.....IF you can do it...go for it. It never hurts to get more knowledge. I don't think it will help you much in getting an ER job but what it will do is help you to understand what an...

  18. Triage help....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    "they tell me stuff I NEVER, EVER wanted to know. As a matter of fact one of my main problems in triage is getting the patient to shut up!!" I've had that happen already....sometimes it's like...

  19. Triage help....

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in Emergency

    This may have been asked elsewhere but there is soooo much info on this forum I had a hard time finding it... I am a new ER nurse...just completed my 1st 2 days in the department...and have sooo many...

  20. No one else to talk to and just need to vent....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much for the replies. When I posted I had just gotten home after work and was feeling very down and frustrated, just writing it down helped tremendously. And to have so many say they...

  21. No one else to talk to and just need to vent....

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have 21 years of med/surg--long term care experience and a friend of mine talked me into moving to the ER--I've been there since August 12th and I feel soooo out of place sometimes. I work in a...

  22. No one else to talk to and just need to vent....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    WOW..sorry..didn't realize how looooong my post

  23. new to triage

    klcrn1987 replied to lela186's topic in Emergency

    I am a new ER nurse and we do our own triage also...do you have any suggestions on triage courses to take?? I feel I really need some help in this area....

  24. Triage help....

    klcrn1987 replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the tips...:) "One piece of advice I could give you would be, if they look sick as sh*t and by that I mean REALLY GOING DOWN THE DRAIN, don't waste time up at triage. Bring them straight...

  25. Self-Triage in the Emergency Department

    klcrn1987 replied to friskas's topic in Emergency

    Great example 10MG-IV I'm a new nurse to the ER even tho I've been med/surg--long term care for over 20 years. It KILLS me how patients state they are 10/10...I need my Dilaudid Q 2 hours...