ThrowEdNurse

ThrowEdNurse BSN, RN

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  1. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    ThrowEdNurse replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    Okay.....we got it the first 4 times. Your hospital sounds great! However it appears that none of the experienced, knowledgeable, educated, skilled, and highly trained ED nurses here are feeling it...

  2. Am I going to make it?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Bormio's topic in Emergency

    Soooo......here's the difference. You're talking about an, in general, " will I make it" question vs "am I going to die in the next half hour?" I actually had an ER pt ask me this yesterday, "am I...

  3. Faking Seizure in ER

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Toquay's topic in Emergency

    Sorry, don't really understand. But, if you are asking if pts really come in and act this outrageously fake, then yes they do. If you're asking about the NH pts, I don't

  4. You know you're an ED nurse when.....

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    When you can watch that episode of hoarders where the woman hoards all that rotten food, while you eat

  5. Calling out the pts name in the waiting room...HIPAA?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    We call full names, "even the opt outs." I usually sort who I am calling next for triage by chief complaints. So one time I was going through the list, reading to myself, "sore throat, cough,...

  6. Faking Seizure in ER

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Toquay's topic in Emergency

    You have to watch the medic and the nursing home. It is hysterical and exactly what I imagine it's

  7. Calling out the pts name in the waiting room...HIPAA?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    WHOOPS

  8. Good Press Ganey for ER. Possible??

    ThrowEdNurse replied to 5n2_is4u's topic in Emergency

    We just have a ton of people who don't work who make money off of coming into the ER, for free, c/o fake pain, getting a rx for narcs that they then sell on the street for probably more money than I...

  9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    An RN cannot "gatekeep" at triage because under EMTALA all pts presenting get a medical exam by an MD. Without EMTALA EDs could operate properly, as in caring for the sickest first and immediately in...

  10. You know you're an ED nurse when.....

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    When you tell off the chief of

  11. When you arrive on an accident scene

    ThrowEdNurse replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    When I happen upon a situation in which EMS is already involved, I tend to just point and laugh at the pt. Of course, that's probably because I live in the south and in EVERY situation that this has...

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    "My water got turned

  13. Good Press Ganey for ER. Possible??

    ThrowEdNurse replied to 5n2_is4u's topic in Emergency

    HERE'S REAL: We see a couple hundred daily in a 30 bed ER, sorry don't know exacts. But I do know that our PGs jumped from 56 to 87. Don't see how straight volume is relevent either. Remember, you...

  14. WHO DAT!!!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Yeah, today is the first day I fully recovered from the Saints parade on Tuesday. Be prepared. Things are definitely different this

  15. WHO DAT!!!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I definitely won't be in uniform on Superbowl

  16. Most common overdose drug of choice?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    If only they knew hyperglycemia makes you

  17. E.R paper

    ThrowEdNurse replied to amy1129's topic in Emergency

    I think through put in the ED, as it is always a hot topic and an issue, would be a good angle. You could just briefly touch on the major factors that cause pts to wait, delay pt dispositions, holding...

  18. Good Press Ganey for ER. Possible??

    ThrowEdNurse replied to 5n2_is4u's topic in Emergency

    The midlevels don't order scans from the lobby. Anyone with an IV sits in a main ER room right next to the lobby, inside the locked down unit. It's dedicated to pts only and the bed is removed and the...

  19. Good Press Ganey for ER. Possible??

    ThrowEdNurse replied to 5n2_is4u's topic in Emergency

    I think one of the major things I failed to mention in my previous post is that we also have a dedicated RN for charge of the front. So, the triage nurse triages, and as that process is occurring,...

  20. thug got shot and crying

    ThrowEdNurse replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    Sooo......how 'bout them

  21. Not Accepted to Nursing School

    ThrowEdNurse replied to callieri's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    maybe do the LPN route? It's easier to get into and once you become an LPN it's easier to matriculate in the RN program than entering

  22. thug got shot and crying

    ThrowEdNurse replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    I hear what everyone is saying and my calmer, more rational thoughts expressed are: please just don't come on here and condem people for their thoughts reflecting on their day as they...

  23. Most common overdose drug of choice?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    We've had the betablocker attempt. She was almost successful too. I don't know what became of her after ICU though....We also get a ton of tylenol which is annoying because mucomyst stinks and they...

  24. Good Press Ganey for ER. Possible??

    ThrowEdNurse replied to 5n2_is4u's topic in Emergency

    We do a miniclinic run by midlevels. One sits in triage and puts orders in on every pt triaged as they are being triaged to atleast get basic labs, IVs, etc initiated on pts waiting for main ED beds....

  25. thug got shot and crying

    ThrowEdNurse replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    Ummm, I guess all I can say is thanks for proving my original point???? Why did you bother to argue it since you obviously agree. Also I never said I never judge anyone. It's how I stay