ER-RN2

Well I had one of those lovely drug seekers the other night. Patient said she had a kidney and was peeing prue blood. Well, I had her get a CC urine. When I went back to get her urine, I noticed her finger was bleeding and some blood spots on the she...

Trying to come up with a common ER med list to help better orient new staff....Any lists / suggestions/ special tips/ hints would be a great help to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wink2:

Has anyone tried the new sleeping medication Lunesta? How does it compare to Ambien?

The winner goes to the lady with a "broken tooth"...treating herself with battery acid "to numb the area"

Anyone have any experience with using neurotin for pain management? Thanks.

Just wondering if there are any nurses that have interstitial cystitis? How are you coping with this and nursing as a job, etc? I was recently diagnosed..just trying to get some feedback!

Has anyone seen any "Red Dress" theme scrubs out there? I found one at Life uniform but did not care for it. Thanks!!!

Needing some advice. I love the ER-I really can't see myself elsewhere. But I have a problem with "leaving it the door" when I'm leaving work. I don't sleep well because I am stressed out so much. So does anyone have any good and simple ideas for me?...

I have been in the ER for 5 1/2 years, yet people still completely shock me with their stupid comments. So 3 vents for me.... 1. "I don't have the money" when I asked WHY the child was 2 years behind on shots..Yet, the mother had a Blackberry, Coach...

I am sure this has been done before, but I just spent the past 3 days in a row listening and being completely annoyed with patients coming in through triage. Anyway, this thread is just for triage "rules / rants.":banghead: 1. At the end of the 3 day...

As of today, we were told there were not to be any more "shot time waits." We are to give the shot and send the patient out right away. I am having a huge problem with this. I keep thinking...I give the shot (IM) and the patient has a reaction by the...

If you come in to be treated for a STD, don't hit on the nurse

I agree with you all too..Thanks for your input. I just can't understand the reasoning behind the "no wait shot time".......

Copying from the OB thread but using ER patients and families..... I hate when patients say "i'm a hard stick" If I had a penny for every time I have heard this (and usually get a line in the 1st time), I would never have to work again.

I'm giving up on ever being painful or even close to it. I spent a whole year in and out of the hospital with kidney stones, bladder infections, etc. Finally found someone who would actually listen and give me a diagnosis-interstitial cystitis. I was...

Has anyone heard of prescribing adderall for bipolar--no history of adhd? Has anyone seen this? Good, Bad, etc??

Anyone ever had a stress fracture??? How were you treated? I'm afraid I have some in my right foot. Xrays didn't show anything but it kills me to walk and even to press on the gas and brake while driving. Thanks!

Hi all. I was just started on Topamax a few weeks a go for chronic flank pain related to my interstital cystits. I have read through some other posts regarding topamax but thought I would start a new up to date thread. I know that this is given for m...

Hi. Just need some advice from you all..... I have oriented a lot of nurses to the ER-all of them having background from another unit, etc. Now I have a brand new fresh new grad nurse...with little to no background or much clinical experience (went t...

Pretty much having trouble with everything!!!

Any new ones?

If you are well enough to go out and smoke, then you are well enough to go home NOW. If you call the ER to ask what the wait time is then you are not that sick. The more you stand in the door way and stare us down, the longer you will wait. Everytime...

While I don't work in home health, I'll give you a situation that happened to me. (I work in the ER) I had a patient that was brought in my his fmaily for confusion that I just kept talking to. He never really said much back to me. Finally the patien...

Regarding the craiglist letter...I don't see that as a nurse having a bad day. I see that as an average day working in triage. I would like to print that letter and pass it out to patients!!!

I triage all of the time. The main problem that I see is that some patients don't tell you their history, meds, etc. Sometimes the story changes after they are put in a room. It is very hard to place those type of patients.