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  1. Do you ever have patients that you know?

    ernurse2244 replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency

    I am a solo ER nurse in a small rural hospital. I have cared for friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members and never really gave it a thought. I have never gotten any negative feedback and...

  2. SO Exhausted

    ernurse2244 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    I am trying to recover from 3 12's + in a row. Our county population tripled over the past 10 days due to a local fair that has a big draw. No extra staffing this weekend. At 61 I am too old for...

  3. Depressed about working ER

    ernurse2244 posted a topic in Emergency

    This is the situation...I work in a small hospital in a rural community. Hospital has 30 beds, ER has 5 beds, usual visits/day about 15. This time of year it is more. We have a 110 bed nursing home...

  4. Depressed about working ER

    ernurse2244 replied to ernurse2244's topic in Emergency

    God bless you! can you afford to look into other avenues like ambulatory care? or is the emergency room your kind of thing? Hi, ambulatory care isn't really an option for me. I hate doing home...

  5. Please help with paranoid family member

    ernurse2244 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I need help. I was having alot of trouble with my daughter-in-law and just couldn't figure out what was going on. Our relationship had deteriorated over several years from warm, close to hostile and...

  6. Please help with paranoid family member

    ernurse2244 replied to ernurse2244's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for all the answers and questions. I have worked 24 of the last 36 hours so haven't gotten back to you before now. I didn't give you alot of details about my DIL to keep my post short. As...

  7. Family in room during a resusitation?

    ernurse2244 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    My experience with families in the code situation is when it happens without warning and they are already at the bedside. No time to waste a member of a rather small code team to usher them out. I...

  8. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    ernurse2244 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    guy came in two nights ago...admitted up front to having a foreign body in rectum. even brought a duplicate of the glass cylinder bottle, rounded at presenting end, capped at the other end. he was...

  9. Department of Labor OT pay for nurses Please read all the article.

    ernurse2244 replied to tizmonster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    New overtime rules are murky Fine print sure to stir flurry of lawsuits By MARILYN GEEWAX The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/24/04 WASHINGTON-This week, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will...

  10. Department of Labor OT pay for nurses Please read all the article.

    ernurse2244 replied to tizmonster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    New overtime rules are murky Fine print sure to stir flurry of lawsuits By MARILYN GEEWAX The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/24/04 WASHINGTON-This week, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will...

  11. What would your EMS have done??

    ernurse2244 posted a topic in Emergency

    Local EMS calls in last night, code 3, cardiac arrest coming to an ER near me...well to me. Lady arrives, intubated, no IV access. Asystole on the monitor...all they got too. Family hasn't seen...

  12. What would your EMS have done??

    ernurse2244 replied to ernurse2244's topic in Emergency

    I agree with what you are saying about the family, but what is the criteria? Rigor mortis had set in. I am ok that we went out and said "we did all we could do". But I am really asking,...

  13. Millions going to fund Universal Health Care in Iraq!

    ernurse2244 replied to fiestynurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have re-read the article twice now and don't see any criticism of bush providing universal health insurance in Iraq...I only see praise for his doing that. It is only critical of his inaction on...

  14. Lidocaine patches

    ernurse2244 posted a topic in Pain Management

    Have any of you had experiece using lidocaine patches? If so, what types of pain did you use it for. How often did the patches have to be applied?

  15. Non-pharmacological Interventions for Pain

    ernurse2244 replied to gwenith's topic in Pain Management

    Hands on care works best for me. I try to make it a back rub, but a foot rub works well if turning would only increase the pain or is contraindicated. Soft, geniune verbal sympathy is needed too....

  16. policy for days in a row work

    ernurse2244 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    When I was younger, I worked nights, 7 on 7 off with one 8 hour shift in the middle. I must admit to being grouchy when I first woke up each afternoon, but I felt alert by the time I got to work....

  17. Reducing misuse of Emergency Departments!

    ernurse2244 replied to hmccartn's topic in Emergency

    During the flu outbreak in December, our Infection Control Nurse put a sign on the ER door for folks who thought they had the flu not to enter! Nice gesture, but I told her to move it to the visitors...

  18. Dead because of no Insurance

    ernurse2244 replied to fiestynurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I work in a small ER, but we usually refer at least a couple of folks a month for inpatient mental health and/or substance abuse. I have never had one turned down because of lack of insurance and...

  19. Great Health Care Benefits at Costco

    ernurse2244 replied to fiestynurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks for the post! I don't shop Sams or Walmarts because of their employee unfriendly policies. I had never heard of Costco (I live in a tiny, tiny little town miles from a big city) until a...

  20. We Are the Majority

    ernurse2244 replied to WyomingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Alot of good points here on both sides of the argument. Some of corporate America is greedy. Some of corporate America still sticks to old fashioned integrity. Sam Walton worked hard to get his...

  21. They pushed the wrong button today.

    ernurse2244 replied to WyomingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I called tech support for Andale counters (I use them on my ebay auctions). The tech support person had a heavy Indian accent and admitted to being in India when I asked. I gave him the same spill...

  22. "Heading For The Exit"

    ernurse2244 replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    if I had to work a med/surg type unit I would be out of nursing for sure. I volunteered to come in and work med/surg one night last week because someone had called in. There were two RN's on, no...

  23. 17 Medicare Facts:

    ernurse2244 replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Another reason Medicare costs are going through the roof is the Pharmcay Industry friendly drug program just added to it. Our "fiscally responsible" Republicon-men made sure their good buddies and...

  24. The Return of Hilarycare:

    ernurse2244 replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hillarycare isn't returning because it never left. After spending huge chunks of change to run endless TV commercials scaring folks with "you can't choose your own doctor, you can't choose your own...

  25. 17 Medicare Facts:

    ernurse2244 replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not sure Universal Healthcare would equal Medicare for the masses. Some interesting posts at your other thread on Universal Healthcare that contradict that assumption. One of my arguments with...