beccarner

Don't beat the sh#* out of each other just to come to the ER to obtain pain meds.

Michael, Well said.

Hearts Open Wide, You better believe it honey! Walk a mile in my sore, edematous, feet, in my shoes!!!!!!!!!

bds165, Good luck with your nursing career, cops and er nurses often have a symbiotic relationship. We know how cops deal with the stress as we do...with humor. If you can't see the humor in it it will drive you crazy!

Shystudent, I do think that the triage nurse should have taken your sons o2Sat before sending you back to waiting room. It is not that hard to grab a pulse oz and take it while you look-see a pt in the waiting room. Call it a window triage. Peds pt's...

As posted previously, what are your thoughts as mentioned? beccarner

Very glad to hear it, thanks!

Barbara, I do agree. I did stumbleupon this book. Building Moral Intelligence. Haven't read it yet but I think the subject is just what I am concerned with. I just feel things are not like they were when I was a girl. I did not want to upset or make ...

Penneyg, Here's hoping if you get a chest pain complaint that before truck gets there you are allowed to put pt on monitor, assess if vf, defib if neccessary, O2 pt, get a line, administer asa, and nitro? All within ACLS guidelines. Two minutes is tw...

Dear SecondGen, Read previous post. One trick, if you can't totally palpate a great big vein in AC.. Use a hand blood pressure cuff, pump it up to about 200 and leave it there. If not there go to other arm,don't stick unless you palpate a really goo...

Not to mention in a small rural hospital, we also, put orders in computer, start IV's, draw blood, mop floor, order tray's for IDDM pt's, if no cafateria open, nuke tv dinner. Clean-up various fluids, drop NG tube, suture pts, salt ambulance bays, cl...

Oh! and JBudd, Don't forget rural ER nurses also, clean up "upchuck", mop floor, clean up urine, feces or anyother fluid that is excreted by patients. Put own orders into computer, help radiology to sit up unresponsive pt for cxr. Take labs down to l...

Barbara, I am working in ER and see sooo many folks on drugs, and soo many teens that are not supervised by parents. Teen pregnancy. How could I become independant and go out and speak to folks regarding any of these social issues? Could a nurse make...

I will have you all know that I also formally trained for my role as a Surgical Technologist back in 1970, and did clincals also. Since all I did was scrub I got very, very good at it!! Am now an RN and have more opportunities in differant areas. The...

The Surgical Technologist role came about during wwII when nurses were overseas. Didn't need to learn how to care for pt's on the floor. Started with student nurses at first. Evolved with todays skilled scrub tech's. In the 60's RN's scrubbed the mor...

Surgnurse1, I did just that..I wrote to JCHO and the response I got was to follow manufacturers recommendation on temperature for warmers. I think where we keep iv fluids we also keep blankets for I work in the ER now. Do you think the temp is the sa...

Supplemental is a travel company and i worked for them and was very pleased.

What temperature do you keep your IV solutions? Is my hospital going to be sited by jch if our IV solutions are never discarded until they are used??

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Hey I have learned alot of useful information on this thread. My favorate are: Incarceritis for a inmate whom is trying to get out of jail time. Pseudo seizure cure of amonia crusher for some folks the seizure is caused by amonia deficiency!! That to...

Man I love that INCARCERITIS can I use that?

This is the best thread ever... Venting feels soo good. You can't make it up. If you are a nurse and you bring your family in to ER, don't unhook the monitor and unlock the break and start out the door to the floor before I (the primary assigned nur...

I have a trick. If you first get a flash and your angiocath will not advance then, take the needle out leaving the plastic sheath in and slowly pull out until blood drops out of the end, then slowly try to push the sheath in. Works everytime. Use a 2...

AGDMARIE, It is crazy for your institution to think that you should have med/surg experience before you can work in the OR! These two places are differant as night and day. The only similarities are post-op patients from the OR. You can learn about w...

OK! What to do about these issues? We need to all band together and present the issues to our representatives so he/she can pass on the the new head of Healthcare chosen by president elect Obama, Mr. Thom Daschle. He needs to visit the Emergency Roo...