MAGIK GIRL replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency
What you are about to hear is true.... just the facts mam'. girl comes into the er for uti like complaints. first urine is a dirty specimine according to the doc so he orders a straight mini cath. i...
MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency
our rooms all have phones. they are stupid and hard to use. sometimes our clerks don't help matters much. we all have walky talkies and if the pt does not answer their phone it rings over to the...
MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency
oooo!! yuck! that stinks! alot of patients just like to complain. well, here is just one more thing to add to the list: "the nurse didn't let my boyfriends mother's neighbors cousin's boyfriend...
i lived in lancaster for awhile, farm country. i know that years ago farmers used to bury thier loved ones right on the farm. sounds gross but true. some times there are even small head stones....
when i was younger my friend moved in down the street. she was about 4 doors and across the street from me. i had never even known the owner of that house, i was just a kid when she moved in. well,...
MAGIK GIRL replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency
fab! i am glad to see you back. i have to say, it was kinda fun agreeing to disagree with you. md terminator too. well, i guess he will be alittle busy for a while! (a good busy
MAGIK GIRL replied to ensense's topic in Emergency
i guess my question is how does management expect educating a person for the amount of time that they are in the waiting room to improve press ganey scores? the subject matter is patient...
MAGIK GIRL replied to ernurse2244's topic in Emergency
most of the places that i have worked we charted on the er chart but depending how long there are in the er (ie 2 days or so) you had to do the floors medicine cardex. the floor docs care for the pts...
we use meditech and it is horrible! takes a long time for the orders to come thru to the pxysis and supposidly the secretaries are responsible for putting the copies of the printed orders on that...
MAGIK GIRL replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Emergency
well, by the "rn 2005"that you have printed with your name, i would guess that you are a student so here is my advice about stupid questions. the only stupid question is the one not asked. always...
dreamon:) i agree with your point of view. i just want to add though that i think people have a right to talk about it and be curious. tiny nurse:) this bb provides a great service. it is a way...
yea, what is up with the puky thing anyway? why do we have to watch? does it make it less truamatic for the pt if we watch? in that case, for every vomiting pt, all the staff should go to that room,...
i know! let's all pool our money, fly to vegas and open a casino! see there, we would have a professional wait staff, maitance men who really want to be there, security that is no less than fbi...
MAGIK GIRL replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency
you would work well in an er. your prn nurse sounds alot like what we do. i think that the prn nurse is an outstanding idea. i wish every floor in all hospitals had them. unfortunately, they are...
i worked in a hospital that could "cap of beds" because of staffing. one night, we had 20 boarders. THIS WAS A 34 BED ER! who thought of that bright idea? i can understand their staffing issues but...