MAGIK GIRL

i am wondering if a percocet or an oxycontin drive thru right in the waiting room would be the answer. then perhaps, we would have the time to give quality care to our patients who are really sick. our er uses the pixis and computerized mar's. th...

i LOVE that! :rotfl:

i am sorry to hear that as well. just don't take it personal. try this book: the four agreements by miguel ruiz. it is a great helper!

tourniquet above and below a questionable site helps sometimes on those "used up" arms.

could you ask anyone on the night shift to take her under her wing? maybe just out of sheer respect for you. maybe you, her and the phantom night shift nurse could sit down and talk and come up with a game plan. i too had a rough time with my ori...

oooo, you have your hands full! i agree with you about the response to her "stupid questions" bit. the only dumb question is the one not asked. the er can be an intimidating place itself. add a bunch of hard salty old nurses in the mix..... i h...

what kind of mistakes has she made? you mentioned that you thought that she was to far in the hole..... i was in that situation 15 years again. i was told shape up or ship out to a less stressful department. well, here i am 15 years later. if ...

morphine.....jack daniels.....morphine.....jack daniels...... hmmmmm. tough choice. worked at a place where this friend of mine had to dc a pt with oxycontin to go. well, he gave it to the lady because she said she was going to drive right home (...

i agree with you 100%. we are valuable. but, i worked in a place where an adn program had their nursing students doing thier practicums in our er. then they were hired. in bunches. the students were given cart blanch and the experienced nurses w...

how 'bout when that abdominal pain is given narcs and then asked to sign consent for surgery? that cracks me up. "well, he needs the surgery anyway....."

i had a psych instructor who said that you cannot offer counsiling help to someone else unless you have been through some yourself. i think this is true with any aspect. i think you have better insight and empathy for the person you are helping. i ...

:) :) amen to that! besides, problems aside, a little crazy isssssss big fun!!!!!!!! different out look on life, easier to enjoy it. :rotfl: :rotfl:

and if there is no one to come and pick them up and they are impared and insist on leaving, the police can be called because getting behind the wheel on narcs is just as bad as etoh. police departments have drug specialist officers who can come to a...

this does clear it up for me. thank you. i still want to wish you well and this has been fun. stimulating conversation is always a good thing. hope it all works out well with the boss. catch ya later, magik

i have to wear flat shoes (bunion, to many heals in my younger days....whaaaa). i just bought a pair of clogs and put in gels. yes sir, i am gellin like a fellon! but truley, i have these old leather flat clogs that i bought about 10 years ago tha...

i have worked in places that do iv as well as places that do im (currently an ortho hospital with lot's of d.o.'s that use ketamine). i have to admit, i am much more comfortable with iv sedation. i feel the recovery times are quicker. just wonder...

i think cisd makes management feel better. the best way for me is to talk to the staff and docs that were in the code - more personal. but i guess sometimes a personal level can have a negative affect as well. i have done cisd also and was forced ...

i've worked in psych for about 6 years now, fairly new as a nurse. i'm finding that many people are drawn to this profession for a variety of reasons, but moreso that there are some real weirdos in the psych field. judgemental. are you not in this f...

i have always loved inapsine but some east coast hospitals have nixed it do to sudden death. oh well, there is always vitamin g!!! i like the taser that was mentioned as well. duct tape works well..... :rotfl:

isn't it funny that people think we eat our young?! i have worked in the er for a long time. i worked 6 months on tele then went to the er. best move ever! it was difficult at first but i did ok also. i have seen many changes over the years. mos...

that is why there are numerous other threads to view. you have a choice as we all do. insults? insults are for the paranoid. they should immediatly shut off thier computers and go to the book store and buy the book "the four agreements" by migue...

i couldn't agree more! keep the thread alive. if you take away our ability to vent then you take away our sanity.

never waited for a cxr but i have always been taught that charcoal is contraindicated in lethargic or obtunded patients. :)

yes! excellent book!

i don't think it is bickering. sometimes we just need to vent. this is helpful to do verses repressing all frustrations inside (that is unhealthy). you also have to try to not confuse opinions to bickering. but, that is your perception and you ar...