ThrowEdNurse

ThrowEdNurse BSN, RN

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  1. Evidence Based Practice

    ThrowEdNurse replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    I tend to think one of the biggest obstacles is time. I now can rush around and do things by routine, almost without thinking in an extremely time efficient manner. The alternative takes time, in...

  2. help w/ nursing school info

    ThrowEdNurse replied to LepetiteYorkies's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Don't know where Folsom is, but in Baton Rouge you have a choice between Southern, Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge General, Baton Rouge CommunityCollege, and Southeastern in Hammond. Those all...

  3. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    ACRN06 is the

  4. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    AND, being interrupted approx every 5 min with things like, "can bed 20 have ice? the family of 22 is on the phone for you, Dr. TooLazytoSeePt is on the phone for you, lab is on the phone for you...

  5. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    AND, it's like when moving and criticallly thinking as fast as you possibly can isn't good enough. Do that for 30 mins and see how tired you are....and

  6. Disaster pay

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    apparently, things are better in NO than BR, I am talking BR. Guess things are far different 1 hour up the

  7. Disaster pay

    ThrowEdNurse posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Did anyone in the area get disaster pay, etc with the recent hurricanes. We got killed @ my hospital and absolutely NO reimbursement for being forced to live @ the hospital to make sure we would...

  8. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    For anyone who is confused about my compassion: Today I stayed late after my shift to ensure that a pt would survive. He was bleeding profusely, into his abd and the blood was coming out very quickly...

  9. Disaster pay

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Thanks for the info. I can't believe the loyalty of the staff and the things people did to make sure they were at work when needed. Who else would leave their home in the face of impending disaster....

  10. Union

    ThrowEdNurse posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    As we all know, Louisiana is last in almost everything, including health care. I am tired of killing myself everyday that I work in our health care system, broken as it is, for the little I get in...

  11. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    ThrowEdNurse replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    Hospital policy is 12.5 mg in 10ml over 2 min. EMS will often bring them in and have administered 25mg (which I love because the pt is always so well behaved.) We also use a lot of Zofran which...

  12. Union

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    You think it's true that the first nurses to initiate bringing the unions in are like lambs to the slaughter. Your career is

  13. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    This isn't a triage chief complaint, but it's still funny. This woman brought in her infant son and his name was spelled Crik. Of course we all made stabs at pronouncing his name all some variation...

  14. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    TraumaNurseRN summed it all up nicely. As with most drug seekers I deal with, multiple times a day, I am done... good

  15. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ThrowEdNurse replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor. I however am never shocked when people don't wish me the best after I have personally attacked their character in an inappropriate place and

  16. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ThrowEdNurse replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, it's so judgemental of me to assume you that your pts all behave like Minnie Mouse when you post items like you do on threads such as this. How terribly wrong of me!! I should have my nursing...

  17. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ThrowEdNurse replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    And if you knew anything about triage, you would know that an addiction would be very low on the priority list....just below toothache and right above script refill, but alas, when will you...

  18. Questioning Our Compassion

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Oh, yeah. And you are more than welcome to attempt to come hang in my ED. You wouldn't last 3 hours, Disney

  19. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ThrowEdNurse replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Someone works a Disney Land ED, if employed as a nurse at

  20. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Hey, we've had a peanut butter ball dependent pt, too! When we began computer documentation I insisted that they added peanut butter balls as a medication for the reconciliation

  21. Union

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Really? Absolutely no one? Then no one gets to complain about the lousy working conditions and pay specific to our state if you can't be bothered to consider

  22. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Anything written in ancient egyptian letters....oh wait, that's supposed to be English. How about you take an extra 30 seconds out of the 2.5 hours you spent tying up my ED bed while you write...

  23. Wild Color Stethoscope?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to tofutti's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Try ultra scope. They're really good and the tubing comes in a million colors and you can get the scope part in a hundred different designs. They have 2 different types of camo and they are really...

  24. A nurse's definition of CARING.

    ThrowEdNurse replied to futurenurrse's topic in General Nursing

    I know it means doing what is in the best interest of my pt even when this means doing things or not doing things they want because it is not in their best interest. Sometimes I am so busy doing...

  25. New grad in the ER with a twist....

    ThrowEdNurse replied to rideslikethewind's topic in Emergency

    If you want to be an ED or flight nurse it only makes sense to get experience and train in emergency medicine. That is where you will learn the relevant stuff. Electricians don't practice as...