RNin92

RNin92

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  1. 10/10 pain..venting!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    :rotfl: :rotfl:

  2. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    so would that be a loss????!!?? i'm just asking!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

  3. 10/10 pain..venting!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I LOVE that...your get rid of the pain and get rid of the PAIN!!! Not to mention thinning out the gene

  4. Frequent Flyers in the ED

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    We are in McHenry County. Community Hospital of about 200 beds. Our ED is 20 beds-14 ER and 6 minor treatment (fast track). We have soooooo many pts who are really being mis-treated that it is very...

  5. Mandated assessments

    RNin92 replied to Terryw's topic in Emergency

    Our ED admission forms are really the first part of the floor admission paperwork. So those forms have us ask about domestic violence. I don't believe we address nutrition or functional needs unless...

  6. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    ETOH >300...most of our drunks walk around with clear speech at 200 every day of the week!!! I think if they got any lower they would seize!!! :rotfl:

  7. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    man...pizza...whoooeeeee wonder what kind of bonuses the administration gave themselves? but congrats on the good work...for real!!

  8. patient lingo...

    RNin92 replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    I just read thru all 10 pages of these posts...oh my GOD!!! Still LOL!!! And crying!! I have one to add... "Orientated"...the word is ORIENTED!!! EMS says it...nurses say it...patients say it... Did...

  9. Ketamine

    RNin92 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    I am in total agreement with you all! The ED setting is probably the LAST place this should be done. At least in an endo lab/procedure room no one gets distracted by the drunks and the psychs not to...

  10. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    HIPAA...who WANTS someones medical information

  11. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    Ahhhhh....EMTALA...yet one more beurocrat stopping natural selection and a thinning of the gene pool!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

  12. Tension Pneumothorax or Decreased Level of Consciousness

    RNin92 replied to Rick Bourdier's topic in Emergency

    I'm with veetach...

  13. Code Team, who is involved?

    RNin92 replied to ERnurseLaura's topic in Emergency

    hey, we can't get anesthesia to reply for their own pts let alone respond to a

  14. Is it me.....

    RNin92 replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    anyone else have a lockdown button in their er? where did things go soooo wrong? we had a gsw in the trauma room and his buds in the parking lot searching for the other gang-bangers they thought were...

  15. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    just wait until one them or their loved ones comes in and you have to stop helping them to escort someone someplace...wonder how long that would last

  16. Ketamine

    RNin92 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    we only use diprivan for sedation for our intubated pts. they are SUPPOSED to be in the icu...but , as we all know, the er is just a satellite icu

  17. 10/10 pain..venting!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    laughter is the only survival tool we have sometimes. and each other and this

  18. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    amen my friend... c'mon little press and ganey... come into my er... look...i'm smiling... i'll take care of you... :angryfire

  19. Press Gainey in the ER

    RNin92 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    just reponded to a similar thread... like i said before...we are NEVER going to make people happy in the er. it is not a happy place to come to...people are sick...they are in pain...they are dying....

  20. customer satisfaction in the er

    RNin92 replied to ensense's topic in Emergency

    you know..i don't know why we are killing ourselves over "customer satisfaction" in the er. people come in to the er at one of the worst moments in their lives. we step in and "do our thing" while...

  21. Lingo

    RNin92 replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    and why is it that these TSTL (too stupid to live) pts don't get it that they are going right back to jail from the

  22. Lingo

    RNin92 replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    one of our docs likes to order a "KFO"-knock 'em the f***out! usually for the HF in the ER-hysterical female and the ever popular "DDK" pt-dead doesn't know

  23. Response Team, Who does it

    RNin92 replied to ERnurseLaura's topic in Emergency

    in my hospital a "code blue" is called for any medical emergency anywhere on the hospital grounds. we have a medical building attached and technically they are supposed to call 911...but they usually...

  24. Ketamine

    RNin92 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    I for one appreciate your input. I know that in my hospital there are some docs that choose to use Ketamine. It scares the #@$* out of me. Our procedural sedation policy does not preclude it's...

  25. 10/10 pain..venting!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    one of our docs just LOVES it when people say: "my pain is a 20!!" like he'll give them more drugs in relation to their pain number! his response- "well, i don't know how to treat pain at a 20. i was...