RNin92

We are having a debate on and off about whether or not to arrest someone who is abusive in the ED. Not someone who has assaulted a staff memeber...that's a "no brainer"...bye bye my friend...enjoy your new wardrobe of orange! I'm talking about those...

Ok... So I am a part of a committee putting together a "seminar" targeting New Grads, Recent Grads and students. We are tentatively calling it "REAL Life in the ER". We are planning it from a humorous perspective. I have the task of ED "Definitions"...

So...I think everyone has their frequent flyers crowding up the already overcrowded EDs across the country. I was wondering if anyone's ED came up with anything that works!!! We have our usual drunks, of course. At least we finally got some of our EM...

Amber, I have 2 pieces of advice for you... If you find all of this "disgusting" stop reading it. And... Sign back on about 5 years after you are working as a real RN... We'll talk then. Walk a mile in my shoes, babygirl...

You know you are an ER nurse when... A trauma patient comes in with his foot facing backwards and all you can think of is..."COOL!". You can code a patient and order lunch...all at the same time. You have the phone numbers for Poison Control, Crisis ...

Just a question to pose... In my hospital we have a new policy on Site Verification. You know..."lop off THIS necrotic leg not the good one" New JCAHO safety goals and all... But most places that we recently polled do things a bit differently than w...

This comes up a lot in my ER as well. What happens when an intoxicated person refuses transport to the ED by rescue? What happens when a well intentioned friend brings them in drunk and they refuse treatment? Our "legal people" don't have clear cut r...

We ER nurses... We are a superstitious bunch!!! Just like the "Q" word... hee hee hee

shock-shock-shock period follow acls protocols don't debate while the pt is dying shock-shock-shock

In Illinois it has to do with services offered. Level 1 must have OR in house and available 24 hours They have to in house Trauma surgeons 24 hours Level 2s can have up to 30 minutes to get a Trauma surgeon and a surgical crew in house. There's more ...

I understand what you are saying but I think a little humor will go along way in easing the anxiety of new nurses and those considering the scary world of the ER. I personally think that ER nurses are some of the most caring I have ever had the priv...

Thanks. I sent a PM with my e-mail address

We are thinking of trying to fax report to the floors. I was wondering if anyone else out there does it and how it's working. Our sister hospital is starting to do that and it has been quite a struggle for them. Causing a lot of bad feelings all arou...

That is sooooo true! It's because we practice medicine now according to litigation rules. Everything is way messed up.

Love these!!! Thanks... Keep 'em coming! :rotfl:

Can I say ouch! I'm female and I still want to cross my legs and say ouch!

I've posted my father and son tag-team pruners before...with the lawn mower!! (So...did ya WANT those fingers?!?) And, I've posted my 20 something year old who thought 3 titanium cock rings were better than one...or two! (Yowie!) Those are my 2 perso...

[quote= I did get a bit miffed at Rena's and RNin92's comments, to be honest, and they were what prompted my second post. The last thing we nurses need--no matter which unit we work--is to be disrespectful to one another. I hope I didn't offend anyo...

Had a strange situation happen a couple of weeks ago that has been bothering me. So I put it out there to the ER nurses in cyberspace. Here's my tale and my question... My ER doc accepts a pt from a local "doc-in-the-box" but it is on the other side ...

I know my friend... Some people just have no clue!!! :rotfl:

So veetach my friend... Care to share that taser with a friend in illinois!!!?? Just sayin'

Jason, I think you have gotten great advise here...debriefing is the way to go. After forcing myself through the doors of my first debriefing (from a 16 y/o stabbing death) I know it is really the way. Our crisis team came out...EVERYONE involved wa...

And I still want to know how you "close beds" in your ED? You can't exactly send people away...

Amen my friend, Amen I would only add to that that at least at our hospital, administration also refuses to take on the physicians. We are a 200-bed community hospital. Our ED has 14 beds in our main ED and 6 in our fast track. We see about 38,000-40...

When I "retire" I am coming to your hospital for that cushy little baby shift!!!!! I try to get all the nurses to lunch...most days I can... I am almost the last to go...I feel like I am in charge and one of my responsibilities is to get everyone to ...