MAGIK GIRL

MAGIK GIRL

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  1. just another burning question......

    ouch! that smarts! (well, maybe not to smart for that hospital. soon the er nurses will
  2. as i said in one of my previous posts, i have reviewed charts for an attorney. i am not saying that this makes me an expert but i have seen the consequences of poor documentation. i also did not say...
  3. Another vent!

    my personal favorite is the healthy choice meatloaf
  4. why do we baby our pts

    * do i have to get that needle? i don't like needles! (torodol injection) * well, i don't care if i do need surgury. i am leaving because you won't feed me! (small bowel obstruction) *...
  5. just another burning question......

    yes, yes. you can take the nurse out of the er but you can't take the er out of the nurse. no matter how long you are gone, or where ever you go, the mentality stays.....even if it's just a...
  6. just another burning question......

    so true, so true. the last time i assisted with and cared for a venticulostomy, we didn't use bandaides! lol:) fab, glad to see you
  7. why do we baby our pts

    explaining and educating is different from begging. the ligitimate complaint patients who just don't know about the disease are not the issue
  8. just another burning question......

    i understand where you are coming from and no offence taken from this chic, but look at the bb where is says critical care. i am sure that you have done different things in the cvicu but i am also...
  9. you can document anywhere! the er nurses notes with addendums are good places to start. as long as you are not sounding accusitory (sorry, i really can't spell) it is ok, ie; "pt complaining of...
  10. why do we baby our pts

    how true, how true! after all, i am not these pts mother! thank goodness!! how did our society become so needy? why have we allowed everyone else to do for us what we should be doing for...
  11. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    i so agree with you! you have made some wise statements that i think people of all ethnic back grounds would benefit it they thought along these lines! shame on all of you who claim that you have...
  12. Another vent!

    hey marci! just do what i do, smile and nod! it makes life alot more tolerable. laugh out loud to the funny things you are thinking and no one will be the wiser! i would not get to upset at that...
  13. why do we baby our pts

    i baby no
  14. why do we baby our pts

    sometimes i get ticked like when they refuse proceedures. you tell the doctor and the next thing you know, he is in the patients room on one knee begging them to have the test! well, i ain't no...
  15. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    well, then maybe at your meeting he will give you all free pizza and
  16. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    AMEN
  17. Ghostly experiences??

    the dark is not bad. evil is not necessarily "black". as a matter of fact, i have seen a lot of evil things in bright costumes. i think you are scared of dark things because if you think about it...
  18. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    as the peds er resident thanked me when i pointed out that 25mg of benedryl one time stat dose she ordered was just a little to much for the infant! she was also gracious when i "helped" her figure...
  19. and the problem is..........?

    hahahahahahaha! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lmao lmao lmao lmao:chuckle :roll
  20. and the problem is..........?

    but i'll bet you that you were one fun ....... to work with!!!!! and as far as your quote, dr scott must have a wide spread practice because i have heard pts in this neck of the woods saying the same...
  21. DOCUMENT,DOCUMENT,DOCUMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did i mention document? stuff rolls down hill so i document who i told, when i told them and what they said. i also document that i told the...
  22. The ER has become a restaurant.....

    and if you are unhappy with your 4 star room, you may chose another. this includes our penthouse suites! sure, why not move your daughter with a rash from a hallway suite to a fully monitored...
  23. Ghostly experiences??

    me
  24. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    :p amem! i have learned that "little man syndrome" is not gender
  25. Things Med students/residents have taught me

    things that residents have taught me: that they never realize that 9-9-1-1 really isn't a call back extention. that when staff asks them to call a pt's family member for info, who just happens to...