ThrowEdNurse

ThrowEdNurse BSN, RN

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  1. Drug seekers

    ThrowEdNurse replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    No, I don't think they are just as sick as a hip fx. 50% of the people with hip sx die within a year. 50% of drug seeker don't pass away with in a year after being seen in the ER. They can...

  2. Triage Pain Protocols

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jeremyRN's topic in Emergency

    So because the triage nurse was doing his job he was unsympathetic? The triage nurse always gets the blame. Do you have any idea how many people go through triage in 4 hours saying that they have...

  3. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    A cat in the ceiling? Makes me think of that episode of the

  4. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I've heard of this. Your hospital supports intubation for someone who is violent? I am

  5. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm beginning to take this personally. Is there something else bothering you? I am just thinking there must be since you are taking time to respond to so much of what I say. I'm sure many disagree...

  6. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I don't think that all guys have more heart, energy, or will than me. It's just that all guys that I work with weigh more than me so when they sit on someone it makes more of an impact than me :)...

  7. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    Hmmm...not all, fit young men have great veins. The one that ate his IV?....it was a 24 in the wrist. Secondly, most of my pts buck unexpectedly, otherwise I would be dressed in PPD rendering spit...

  8. SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I think many of you don't have a good mental image of the pt I am trying paint an image of. I am talking about young, healthy men. They're large and strong on any given day. Add ETOH and some...

  9. help i am trying to find an er job!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Hermitess's topic in Emergency

    Don't give up, keep looking. Our ER constantly hires new grads. You'll find it's a frustrating, thankless, underpaid job. Plus people will always want you to tell exciting ER stories. It's...

  10. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    CPR each shift every day. This was on the MAR of a NH pt we got in the

  11. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I CAN'T DO THE DOOOOO! UGH, SOOOO GROSS! Beyond that I totally agree with the oral/airway mucusy stuff. The stringy mouthy, cheesey teeth stuff? I've definitely gagged looking at some NH pt's...

  12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    1) 30 YOA male psych pt, sitting in ER bed (waiting on psych placement of course) masturbating naked. Due to rules governing how we manage our PEC pts, his door has to be open and we have an ERT...

  13. WHO DAT!!!

    ThrowEdNurse posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Go Saints!!! I am sick of all this school talk! This forum is dedicated to Louisiana nurses, so come on guys! Where are all of you???? Go Saints! And while I'm on the topic, may God have mercy on all...

  14. Sickle cell

    ThrowEdNurse replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    Can't believe no one has mentioned the gastroparesis pts! They are very similar to sicklers with their requirements. Also, we just do retic counts in our ER to see who is

  15. How do you secure crash carts?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    OMG! Help us all! I don't understand! What is the point of not using a breakaway lock if you have a combination lock with a bolt culter on the same cart! How crazy! This is a complicated...

  16. A question to ponder (insert a little sarcasm while reading)

    ThrowEdNurse replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, I have to agree with no report. I wouldn't have received report from anyone I work with nor would I have given it. This wouldn't be a super critical pt. I would try to give report on someone...

  17. Best ER Nurse quotes

    ThrowEdNurse replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    I had a 18 yoa male come in the front door with a gsw to the lower leg. I put him in a room and I made him get out of the wheelchair and put himself in the bed. As he stood I noticed he was a fan...

  18. Did I do the right thing?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

    The fact that someone IS or WAS a pt is NOT a HIPPA violation as that fact is not protected by HIPPA. The circumstances surrounding their care, diagnosis, etc is. However, it does not violate HIPPA...

  19. Did I do the right thing?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

    yes, stealing a used IV is stealing, regardless that it couldn't be reused. It belongs to the hospital and it stealing. We al know why as well. People who aren't addicts refuse to leave with the IV...

  20. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    ThrowEdNurse replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    Why can you not leave the other ICU nurses alone???? When I have a psych pt "acting up" they don't go to ICU but anyway, what's a "special psych room?" Security? Ha-ha! Hi, I'm the nurse AND...

  21. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    ThrowEdNurse replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    If you don't like the fact that the ED has to "take whatever whenever" sorry, as we are, but it is still a fact. Ergo, rushing your pt up to you immediately after report may not be my priority, but...

  22. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    ThrowEdNurse replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    doesn't sound like

  23. You might be a trauma nurse if...............

    ThrowEdNurse replied to T14WFLY's topic in Emergency

    1) You don't bother putting on the plastic gown when prepping for a GSW. 2) When the pt complaints about procedures like checking for rectal tone, placement of foley, and large bore IVs, etc, you...

  24. Gastric Lavage - What size tube?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to JessicaSN's topic in Emergency

    we only use the full on lavage kits with the built in tubes the size of my fist. But I would think that if you can crush pill fragment small enough to put down an average peg tube, then something...

  25. STRESS!!!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    I am not brand new to the ER but this happens to me too. I think all ER nurses. Some to varying degrees and precipitated by different events. The very experienced nurses get frazzled too, but it...