well, when you see the same patients days in a row, it is kind of a clue. when you give them take home packs and scripts for narcs and they come in hours later or the very day and say that they lost...
MAGIK GIRL replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Emergency
my favorite when pt's and or thier visitors (and alot of time the visitors are the worst) get.... well you know. "and you went to what medical school?"
MAGIK GIRL replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency
don't you guys realize that for a lot of low socio-economic classes this is thier form of entertainment? (some can't afford tvs) haven't you ever seen the "er-you watch it , we live it"? well, now...
erin, you are wise! what is up with the docs anyway? there was one thread post where someone worked with a doc who treated the seekers with more meds than the appy's or the obstructions! i am glad...
MAGIK GIRL replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency
by all means don't medicated the fever, remember, we in the er are supposed to see the child sick. heaven forbid they bring a child to be seen who has been medicated for the fever and feels alittle...
MAGIK GIRL replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency
that cracks me up:roll i like it too when you have gloves on, a urine cup in one hand and blood in the other and some mousy wife comes up to you and says "he wants to know if he can eat". you say...
MAGIK GIRL replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
i agree. there is an old saying that says that "the only dumb question is the one not asked. " and i agree. sometimes those old sayings make alot of sense. i can say that for 12 years the...
signing contracts or getting nothing in a government setting would be called extortion. in a better world, we would have time to educate these patients and the patients (the ones actually responsible...
MAGIK GIRL replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency
and now the saga continues on "as the er turns" we last left clint as he walked up to the triage rn: " ah hi, i had a tick stuck in my side and i want it checked out." triage rn " i don't see a...
MAGIK GIRL replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency
now now children, let's play nice! 12years later and i do agree. i have seen it all i think! however, my bread and butter depents on all of the nuts! (i wonder, nuts..., bread and butter,///\\\\\...
i think that the "visit history" with the reason for the visit only is ok. the good old seeker files are unfortunatly a thing of the past. it surely is a hippa violation to lable any one (not to...
MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in Ob/Gyn
do you work in a small county side hospital? we do fetal heart all of the time. i have also worked in several other er's and in every one of them we did our own fetal hearts. i could not imagine...
MAGIK GIRL replied to harry Krishna's topic in Ob/Gyn
i read your previous post, and correct me if i am wrong, but didn't the er nurse call and say the pt had PIH? i think the responsibility falls on the ob rn who made the decision to only send a tech...
MAGIK GIRL replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
veetach- duely ntoed! thank you for your reply. i am a good er nurse too. i am also proud or that. i can only applaud all of us. we all do good jobs, no matter what we post. no blood no
MAGIK GIRL replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
gee! i thought that the whole point of it all is that we are all a team! i am glad to work with people who will not let me sink! i am also glad to be there so that others will not sink. veetach,...
MAGIK GIRL replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
:) again, i must say that all most everything depends on the individual. like i said in my previous post, i have seen ccu rn's (just an example, not pointing fingers) come to the er and then after a...
MAGIK GIRL replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency
athomas91 you were very lucky to have had such a well rounded nursing school experience! i agree with what you are saying. here is my experience. i went to an adn program. the instructors never...