DeadHeadRN BSN, RN

DeadHeadRN is a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Searching for job

   DeadHeadRN replied to Guest296136's topic in Legal

   The overhyping part is so true. I took the stupid course and haven't been able to find a job. My problem is that I've been an ED nurse for years and I was punched in the head by a psych pt one...

2. If there's a form...do I have to use ALL of it?

   DeadHeadRN replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The problem with not filling it out entirely is that if you didn't chart you you didn't do it/assess it according to the law. The questions on a form used for an initial nursing assessment are...

3. What is your WORST ER story?

   DeadHeadRN replied to NurseMaybeBaby's topic in Emergency

   My very first day in the ED we had an 8 year old Down's Syndrome pt come in via ambulance. The family had been at church when the little girl started seizing. She had no history of seizures. So...

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

   DeadHeadRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   This reminds me of a pt we had a few months ago with acute abdominal pain. This man was literally in tears from the pain. Anyway, he got the full work-up, (Bloods, CT, Fluid, etc.). He even got a...

5. Rules for the ER (long)

   DeadHeadRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

   Sorry if I'm repeating here, but I don't have the energy to read 83 pages of posts. Here are my pet peeves: 1) Calling 911 for an ambulance because you think it means you won't have to wait, think...

6. Rules for the ER (long)

   DeadHeadRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

   Oh my this reminds me of one night a few weeks ago. I was triage that night, and the way our ED is set up, triage is completely separated from the main ED. So I had triaged a gruesome twosome, both...

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

   DeadHeadRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I don't know about the rest of you, but one of the biggest problem we have in my ED is the nursing homes. They send pts over for the most ridiculous things sometimes, and I often find the people who...

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

   DeadHeadRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Don't you love it? Sometimes I truly feel the the docs and I are seeing different pts. It never fails, the pt tells the doc one thing and then proceeds to tell me a completely different

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

   DeadHeadRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I LOVE retained objects too!!!! We've had a couple of good ones. One of my favorites was an 18 year old girl with a vibrator stuck in her rectum. The best part was that it was still turned on so...

10. ER?

    DeadHeadRN replied to droider's topic in Emergency

    I love these pts. I think my favorites are the ones who call EMS for Nausea and vomiting for 2 hours and then have their wife/husband/sibling, etc. follow the ambulance. Really? That just makes me...

11. Dropping pressures with nitro. Anyone experience this??

    DeadHeadRN replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    Ugh! Absolutely awful feeling! I learned the hard way on my 3rd day working as an RN to ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wear gloves when handling NTP Never made that mistake

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

    DeadHeadRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    We've had 2 recently that were ridiculous. The first was a pt via EMS sent by nursing home because pt is refusing to take meds for 1 day. This was a 98 yo female, alert and appropriate with very...

13. IV Gauge for CT

    DeadHeadRN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    At my facility, I do not need an order for an

14. IV Gauge for CT

    DeadHeadRN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    What about a

15. IV Gauge for CT

    DeadHeadRN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    This is the policy at my hospital. I have never EVER seen contrast dye injected through an EJ/IJ. A 20g is acceptable. I tend to put 18's in everybody (if I can), but I've never had a 20g in the...