ThrowEdNurse

ThrowEdNurse BSN, RN

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  1. What about my pain!?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    Furthermore, a child with appendicitis or perfed bowel will have other s&s other than pain. That's why we do a hx, assessment, and are educated to know better. It's callled thorough triage....

  2. What about my pain!?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

  3. What exactly do you do as an ER nurse?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to vegnurse21's topic in Emergency

    [quote=Roy Fokker;16006 Yep. Them slobs in other branches just sit on their tushies and chat about nails and hair spray all day long.... Ooooh, I'm transferring departments. My nails look baaaaad....

  4. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    "My son has been having an asthma attack for about a week and we out of his meds so I been making him breath into a paper bag instead but it ain't really working." It was Christmas morning. I was just...

  5. What about my pain!?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    To all ed pts: No one has every died from the discomfort of pain. People die from the medical condition causing the pain. Ergo, we don't care about your generic, non-life threatening pain. As long...

  6. Best Hospital for New Grads in BR area

    ThrowEdNurse replied to gcupid's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    If being paid a fair wage that reflects the nursing shortage as well as the difficulty of practicing as a nurse in this area, then you don't want to nurse down here. We just don't get paid what we...

  7. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    You're so right. I have never considered that term before but it was definitely an "uncode." The uncodes from hell are often far worse than when the pt actually just gets it over with and codes. I...

  8. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    I had 91 yoa NH train wreck (of course she was a full code.) She was trying to go see Jesus due to her aspiration "every time she ate for the past 3 mos" according to the NH. She now has gurgling...

  9. AWOL-seen any patients using this yet?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to needsmore$'s topic in Emergency

    Will police start checking tampons for ETOH when they suspect someone of DUI? We have laws against open containers. Will Playtex one day count? I have an issue with a cop smelling my tampons on the...

  10. Tired of EMS thinking they can walk in!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    One of the biggest annoyances to me is that NO ONE understands what nurses do but other nurses. Even the techs and MDs we work with daily occassionally make it obvious that they don't understand the...

  11. Eat Before You Get Here!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I HATE it when people pass up the McDonalds to come see me in the ED. All I have are saltines and maybe a can of Ensure. If you refuse those, then you are not "starving to death." Also, it's going...

  12. migraine faker at the ED!

    ThrowEdNurse replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    I think it is pretty obvious if a poster is a nurse or not, almost immediately when reading the post. (Yes, this does mean you, utsuprainfra.) I hate it when people's opinions are bigger than their...

  13. Boosting Moral

    ThrowEdNurse replied to bjaeram's topic in Emergency

  14. Is this legal???

    ThrowEdNurse replied to kajunscrap's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I can't believe your hospital would expect you to break the law in order to go to work. Maybe you should ask your mayor his or her opinion. Wonder what the negative publicity the hospital would...

  15. Boosting Moral

    ThrowEdNurse replied to bjaeram's topic in Emergency

    Ha-ha!!! I love traumanurse!!! I don't eat red meat and prefer to eat healthy but when our boss buys us pizza, I always just eat the cheese. There's always a cheese when pizza is bought in mass...

  16. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Our pts usually say that they are

  17. Taxi vs. 911

    ThrowEdNurse replied to susswood's topic in Emergency

    You're right. It is ridiculous. But unfortunately people like you get to pay for uninsured people who call 911 for chronic conditions and other non urgent problems like febrile children, nausea,...

  18. What are your duties?

    ThrowEdNurse replied to Hilinenursegrl's topic in Emergency

    It sounds like you do a lot of task mastering. You'll be just as busy, but you'll be doing assessments and actual nursing. Primarily you need to be with the pt, diagnose the big problem, initiate...

  19. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    AAUUUGH!!!!!!! And it's people like this that survive

  20. Drawing Labs without an order

    ThrowEdNurse replied to umnurs's topic in Emergency

    Not only that, but many pts would become sicker waiting for an MD exam. And isn't delaying pt care a big no-no? Like if a pt is actively seizing, do you actually wander around the ED searching for a...

  21. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    ThrowEdNurse replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    I tell my pts when I am triaging them and they have a series of multiple unrelated complaints that they get 1 complaint. They get to pick their favorite. This is triage, not your PCP's office. God...

  22. Most common non-emergency visits

    ThrowEdNurse replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    Crotch rot Boils spider bites to just get checked out med refills MVA "I got gas poisonin' from da generator" "I got poison from da FEMA trailer" needing "vassinations" sinusitis cold symptoms asthma...

  23. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ThrowEdNurse replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Go TraumaNurseRN!! You're a pimp! I was holding an ICU pt in our ED one day. She was doing badly and it was almost noon and I hadn't left her bedside since I came on that morning. Titrating,...

  24. Drawing Labs without an order

    ThrowEdNurse replied to umnurs's topic in Emergency

    I know this isn't an exact analogy but this dilemma reminds me of triage. You know, how it is out of the scope of an RN to diagnose, but really what are you doing in triage? You assess, diagnose,...

  25. Starting the admission orders

    ThrowEdNurse replied to JessicaSN's topic in Emergency

    I just don't get the work flow. Today, I came in and had an infant who was admitted. Why is he still down here? We always have Peds beds. So 30 mins into the shift, there is suddenly a bed....