Jerry 75

Jerry 75

ER, Psych, Telephone Triage

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  1. Do you miss the hands-on care?

    Jerry 75 replied to LovingNurse's topic in Telephone Triage

    No No and No again. I don't miss being exposed to pathogens, don't miss running into dry blood on gurney railings, rude little kids and adults who can't have enough courtesy to cover their mouths...

  2. Pediatric telephone triage - Help!

    Jerry 75 replied to CTRN2679's topic in Telephone Triage

    Yeah follow your companies protocols. If your gut feeling superseds it then go with your gut and send them in to the ED or UC. It's tough adhering to thee protocols completely using only their...

  3. Question about working from home

    Jerry 75 replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in Telephone Triage

    I don't miss being around co workers at all. I love the piece and quiet and comfort of my home to work. I don't have to eat in the breakroom, watch TV or swim on my break who could ask for more....

  4. Filipina Nurse faces jail time and whipping by religious police

    Jerry 75 replied to Hoss's topic in International Nursing

    My Asawa is Pinay also. It is a shame that you don't get paid what your worth in P.I. and wind up having to leave your country to go where the grass is greener. When I was a Nurse in NY we had so...

  5. JUST WALK AWAY don't feed into Patients negativity

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    He was a new Nurse. I am glad I calmed him down and it did not go any

  6. JUST WALK AWAY don't feed into Patients negativity

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    i was taking care of this 60 year old drunk i will call tony with a mouth that just wouldn't stop. he cussed out every one that passed him. he was so drunk he couldn't even have been able to get up...

  7. Dead or Not he was your Patient show some RESPECT!

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    The ambulance driver was a few levels below Ignorant and a few above deliberate and just a complete schmuck, putz idiot!!! He took joy in deliberetly running people off the road when responding to...

  8. VENT before we Loose it!

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    Stress is everywhere but even more so in the Acute Care mileau of Pre Hospital care and ED. We deal with Patients who are not only experiencing real physical trauma but also emotional stress. And...

  9. VENT before we Loose it!

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    Problems were worse when I was a Medic and you had a Senior Old school partner who laughed everything off and never talked about

  10. Macho Men in the ED

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have worked in 5 ER's as an RN on both East and West Coast. And on both sides of the country you always run into a few Macho Men Nurses in the ED. These are the ones with poor impulse control and...

  11. Emergency Room Nursing Vs. TELECOMMUTING

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    i had worked er an rn for around 14 years and was thinking about my past years as ed nurse and comparisons of ed with present job of telephone triage remote working out of my house. i wonder how...

  12. Hospital Falters as Refuge for Illegal Immigrants

    Jerry 75 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I quoted the wrong article in my last post this is the correct one Lawyers in asylum trial deny falsifying documents

  13. Hospital Falters as Refuge for Illegal Immigrants

    Jerry 75 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/misconduct_by_sekhon_firm_lawyers_puts_up_to_700_clients_in_peril/ This is unacceptable! I could care less about their situation in their country-to bad, tough...

  14. Hospital Falters as Refuge for Illegal Immigrants

    Jerry 75 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I used to work in a USA Border Hospital in Cali. Cops or Border Patrol would get a pregnant almost ready to drop illegal boosted over the fence who wound up with a broken ankle. As soon as they...

  15. Macho Men in the ED

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    I think the Hospital should hire only ex cops as security! Nurses are their to Nurse and should not have to get involved in Take

  16. Gagging a Drunk

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    While working in the ER I saw allot of illegal and dangerous behavior by many staff when it comes to management of agressive loud mouth drunks. At one hospital the staff was sick of the guys mouth...

  17. Gagging a Drunk

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    I have heard from co workers) but not witnessed that an ER doc sutured the earlobeds of a drunk to a gurney because he was offeneded the drunk cussed him out constantly and the Doc ws som religous...

  18. Dumping Syndrome

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have worked as an EMT/Medic and ER RN. I have worked as RN on both east coast NYC as well as San Diego. A problem known as "Dumping Syndrome" exists on both coasts. The syndrome would be...

  19. Violations of Scope of Practice Who do you tell about it?

    Jerry 75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In one of the Emergency Rooms I used to work in as an RN I encountered scope of practice violations. LVN's were encouraged to, allowed to administer IV push Meds such as Lasix as well as hang and run...

  20. Macho Men in the ED

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    Orca, You hit it right on the nose exactly my

  21. Macho Men in the ED

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    Emergency Nurse In reply to your comments Hi, Burnt out hell yeah after 14 years in ED and many years as an EMT and Paramedic in Manhattan. I get along fine with EMS was one for many years just...

  22. Gagging a Drunk

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    I worked the Er for like 14 years. No problem with that just didn't enjoy having co-workers do stupid things that pout the Patient at risk as well as put legal liability on the

  23. Dumping Syndrome

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    We had a 10 bed holding unit for Drunks. On night shift when it was quite they would take turns ******* over the side of the gurney. The room would be full of Flies. We took such good care of these...

  24. salary

    Jerry 75 replied to scribrn's topic in Telephone Triage

    Where ever I worked I made sure it was a unionized hospital! Better Benefits, higher salary, better working conditions, adherence by management to pre agreed upon contract issues. But most important...

  25. Dumping Syndrome

    Jerry 75 replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    When I was a Medic you would get a call to 225 the Bowery or The Prince Hotel as you walked from your Bus to the SRO you would always find a few people unconsious laying on the sidewalk drunker then...