RNin92

RNin92

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  1. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    HOPE YOU MAKE THE GUY WAIT UNTIL AFTER 230 TO BE

  2. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    RNin92 replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    It's because the chest painers are still in denial. We are validating it for them by not racing them back. So they sit quietly and think "I'm ok...otherwise they would take me straight back" The FDGB...

  3. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    RNin92 replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    You almost had me there! I'll have to remember the fee..except make mine a margarita!! And you are ABSOLUTELY right...he is a citizen and deserving of quality healthcare at a quality ER with kind and...

  4. Critical care procedures

    RNin92 replied to mercRN's topic in Emergency

    RNs are not supposed to start EJs but our FLight Nurses have in a pinch. We have a new NP at our ER and she said her previous ER they could start EJs...but our hospital is WAY behind the times...she...

  5. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    RNin92 replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    I LOVE that!!! Yesterday on my shift I had one our drunks calll... He wanted to come in for detox (again)... ok...ok...he is homeless and it is 15 below wind chill...but I'm sure that had NOTHING to...

  6. Critical care procedures

    RNin92 replied to mercRN's topic in Emergency

    Man...I work in the wrong darn community hospital!! NO competencies... Shoot me now. :o :o

  7. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    Where ever those HIPAA Police are.... PLEASE GOD...Keep them!

  8. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    Yea... Well his long lost cousin lives in Illinois...and was in MY ER!!! :roll :roll

  9. Critical care procedures

    RNin92 replied to mercRN's topic in Emergency

    We do ART lines rarely...but they seem to come in bunches! No SWANs downstairs. We have done central lines fairly often...although I gett he feeling that a lot of our docs are hesitant. And by the...

  10. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    RNin92 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I want the name of the person that negotiated that sweet deal!! We are a 20 bed ER and we routinely hold 10-15 pts. It doesn't seem to matter how bad it is we still get flack from the floors when it...

  11. Which doc in charge of ER holding patients?

    RNin92 replied to ernurse2244's topic in Emergency

    We are supposed to switch to the floor charting as soon as the patient is admitted. In our hospital the admission forms...are 14 pages long!!! Can you believe it! No wonder those floor nurses are...

  12. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    RNin92 replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    Gotta admit "cabulance" sure does fit!!! If we could only pay them to take the stupid to the edge of a cliff...oh wait..I forgot...then we would all be out of work!! Silly

  13. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    Got any spare wands and fairy dust to send to your fellow nurses in Illinois??!! We are fresh out!!! :chuckle :chuckle

  14. whats your nurse pt ratio for ED?

    RNin92 replied to E.D.ucated's topic in Emergency

    A lot of your EDs seem to have room assignments rather than patient assignments. We do patient assignments at ours. I am one of the charge nurses and I try to make sure no one is killed (or...

  15. How do you handle patients "holding" in your ED?

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Hey...We did the clean the bed thing at our place, too. But I LOVE the "Not-so-merry-maids" part!!! Too funny!!! :chuckle :chuckle

  16. How do you handle patients "holding" in your ED?

    RNin92 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey... Just wondering how other EDs handle patients "holding" or "boarding" in their EDs. We are a Level II Trauma Center in a suburb of Chicago. We see about 30,000 patients yearly. Our ED is 20...

  17. How do you handle patients "holding" in your ED?

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    At least we are all sinking together I suppose!! We are working on a lot of problems...some going better than others. And we do have a manager that will allow us to go on bypass (or diversion). But...

  18. How do you handle patients "holding" in your ED?

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Hey thanks for the reponse! I just wonder how you get to the point in your nursing career that it's "ok" to "hide" beds and keep a patient in a noisy and cramped ER on a cart designed for a twelve...

  19. How do you handle patients "holding" in your ED?

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    RN~IN~CT: Thanks for the response! I worked the floors before I went to ER. I was on Tele/ICU. I know that the problem is not just the floors. Our Med/Surg units actually are great!! They call right...

  20. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    oh... and about the morning after pill... most of our ER docs won't prescribe it... (it is still the dark ages here!) but if you go to planned parenthood's website...your patients can order it on...

  21. and the problem is..........?

    RNin92 replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    I think we are taking care of the same people... They are just travelling form state to state... Torturing ER nurses across the land.

  22. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    RNin92 replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    hogan4736 i want to come work at your hospital!! One of my top ER nightmares... I was new to ER and working Triage (of course). We were about 25 deep in our waiting room. The ER was full (of course)...

  23. What's your craziest story of the ER

    RNin92 replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    I gotta respond here... I'm the new kid on the block to this BB but yet again I feel like I am with my buds in my ER!! The stories are great...except for those who were born without a sense of...

  24. Standby: VENTING

    RNin92 replied to FlyingED's topic in Emergency

    It is both hilarious and sad to be reading this discussion. Some things are pretty universal no matter where you work! And apart from TraumaQueen...I'ld say that the rivalry between ICU and ED is...

  25. whats your nurse pt ratio for ED?

    RNin92 replied to E.D.ucated's topic in Emergency

    I work at a 20 bed ER. 14 in ER including 2 Trauma Rooms and 6 in Exp Care. We see about 30,000 pts yearly. Our usual ratio is 1:3 or 4. Of course boarding pts through everything to the wind!! Why IS...