RNin92

RNin92

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  1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    RNin92 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Stupid People=Job Security Well known fact of life in the

  2. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RNin92 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    yea...ER nursing does make you appreciate the rest of your

  3. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RNin92 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy yesterday... 31 y/o with cc of "shakes/chills/fever/disorientation-sudden onset His story... After I was up awhile this morning I got shakey and chills...then disoriented So I left the house...

  4. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    RNin92 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Yes...but how was the wife?!!!? LOL!!! :rotfl:

  5. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Muchas Gracias..Many Thank

  6. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    RNin92 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I have a cpouple of favorites to add... 50 y/o male comes in for amputated fingers. Seems he was trying to prune his shrubs with the push mower. Brought his 15 y/o son with him... Son was holding up...

  7. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Can I just say OH MY GOD...one more time? For all you people who are taking offense to the term "drug seeker"... Are you in the ER more often then the staff? Are you utilizing narcotics as your FIRST...

  8. 8:1 ratios in the ER???

    RNin92 replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    My ER is staffed pretty well. We see about 100 pts a day. We are a Level II. We have a triage nurse 20 hrs a day and an EMT in triage 24 hrs a day. We have a charge nurse 24 hrs/day We have 4 RNs...

  9. GN orientiations to ER's

    RNin92 replied to MEME_BSN's topic in Emergency

    Let me know how it was to work on different floors for a couple of weeks, if you can. Our ED has a 6 month orientation for new grads. We revamped the whole thing a couple of years ago and so far has...

  10. Triage Practices

    RNin92 replied to asapstat's topic in Emergency

    We see about 100 people daily. We also use the ENA's ESI triage system-5 tiers-works great We have an RN and a medic in triage until 0300, then just the medic. We used to have the registrar get the...

  11. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Sorry about the multiple replies but I've been out of touch for awhile...just got back online... Man...how much I've missed!!!!! So here are my stories... 20-something male: Comes in with c/o Pain in...

  12. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Just gotta ask... Exactly what did this professor

  13. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Not only are there people running around in homes with strange objects "milling about" their bathtubs...but they are running all around thier houses naked...how else would those sill FBs find their...

  14. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Well..at least he was trying thin out the gene

  15. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    RNin92 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    So where did you find a GI doc with a sense of humor!??!

  16. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    RNin92 posted a topic in Emergency

    Anyone want to weigh-in on legal issues in the ER? Just wondering what other places do as far as protecting themsleves from lawsuit in unsafe situations. Like, if your ER is completely filled with...

  17. How do you protect yourself in unsafe situations in the ER?

    RNin92 replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I agree. We document the same way here. The old adage...not documented not done. I think that the lawyers and floor managers don't want it documented because it DOES open up some legal issues. But...

  18. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RNin92 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Let me just say it one more time... "One of Those Patients" do not care. They come into the ER for reasons that are ridiculous. They are demanding of everything but will cooperate with nothing. The...

  19. Trauma Registrar

    RNin92 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    at our hospital our trauma coordinator also does the registry. we don't have a seperate job for that. and let me tell you she is one busy

  20. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RNin92 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    veetach...in my neck of the woods weekenders can make 40/hr. with benefits. staff nurses are more along the 25-30/hr. new grads around 21/hr. although, one of our registry nurses took a job with a...

  21. Eat Before You Get Here!

    RNin92 replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    You know it amazes me that no matter what the start of a thread...someone always comes around to finger pointing and telling the ER nurses to "find another career". And that person is NEVER an ER...

  22. Liability education

    RNin92 replied to kathys's topic in Legal

    The law is freaking gray!!! There is just so much left to objectivity that I feel like sometimes we are walking a legal tight rope. Is what is best for the patient what is best for society? Why is it...

  23. Bad ER experience...what went wrong?

    RNin92 replied to luv2yoga's topic in Emergency

    What's with the whole Australia thing?? Now, I have nothing against anyone from "down under"...but this seems a little crazy to me!!! We, too have to call in our CT techs at noc...but the films are on...

  24. 2004 Republican National Convention

    RNin92 replied to GDog7NYC's topic in Emergency

    Yea...and I watch out for the assassins...their may be thousands of angry Americans loose on the

  25. Tonite was...tonite was...

    RNin92 replied to Stitchie's topic in Emergency

    Well, there must have been something in the air last noc...besides the storm from he#@!!! Got to work at 0600... ED full (of course) All but one chest pain patient were psychs or drunks...or drunk...