EmergencyNrse

EmergencyNrse

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  1. Question for the experts...

    EmergencyNrse replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry but we're not able to give medical advice. You should call your doctor about your

  2. Need 'banana bag' help...Acute ETOH Withdrawal

    EmergencyNrse replied to TryinHard's topic in General Nursing

  3. The CEO said WHAT!!!!

    EmergencyNrse replied to resumecpr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry but I don't understand the focus of what you're trying to say. I'm getting a feel that you don't think nursing is respectable or might me better if more men were nurses? I don't know your...

  4. Please explain what an ELECTROCARDIOLOGY RN does?

    EmergencyNrse replied to Nack's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of such a thing... But hey, someone was talking about a "pet nurse" last month and I hadn't heard of that before

  5. How do you work????

    EmergencyNrse replied to mnrb_mdn's topic in General Nursing

    quote=mnrb_mdn;5164319- example 1, you have called the doctor a couple of times and you are telling him the assessment of the patient and you just know something is not right. he does not pay...

  6. The CEO said WHAT!!!!

    EmergencyNrse replied to resumecpr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's no secret that nursing is complete and total overhead to any health care system. Lacking the ability to bill for nursing services every nurse in your hospital is a financial liability. The...

  7. Need 'banana bag' help...Acute ETOH Withdrawal

    EmergencyNrse replied to TryinHard's topic in General Nursing

    Pharmacy might send down a rate 100,150,200/hr. We usually bolus the s#!t outta it! Unless there's K+ or Mg+... let 'er

  8. Rough Nite

    EmergencyNrse replied to Madiera's topic in Emergency

    Shake it off. It's the nature of the beast. You're not alone. No one has ever quite seen it all. I'm a little behind you @ 17 years and sure, still a lot of "huh" moments. Evaluate, reevaluate, talk...

  9. Staff Appreciation

    EmergencyNrse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Staff? What kind of staff? Your nursing staff working the floor/ward/clinic? Ancillary staff helping nurses with their tasks? I guess it depends on where you work and the contributions made by your...

  10. male in nursing

    EmergencyNrse replied to ALHANOON's topic in Men in Nursing

    Been covered before. Simple search would have taken you here:

  11. What's your favorite nursing/nurses' prayer?

    EmergencyNrse replied to learning&yearning's topic in General Nursing

    God please don't let me kill

  12. Doctors?

    EmergencyNrse replied to glovedgoddess's topic in General Nursing

    There once was a time where doctors took complete and total care of their patients. They would handle your yearly physicals, cared for you when you had a cold, fixed boo-boos. On the rare occasion you...

  13. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    EmergencyNrse replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    They're NEVER allergic to Demerol.... How about being on Methadone and Oxycontin with Percocet 10's for "breakthrough" pain showing up for vague pain complaints??? What more do you

  14. Please tell me what I know to be a good Tech at hospital

    EmergencyNrse replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

    Listening is your best skill. Look, listen and learn... You can't do it by sitting in the nurses station talking about fashion and relationships, stuff on TV. (This IS a recurring problem with techs)....

  15. CDC advice on Zombies

    EmergencyNrse replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    How about REM's "It's the End of the World as we Know it"? Here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyFiClAzq8 (I can't seem to imbed YouTube vids on this site) Sing along... That's great, it starts with...

  16. "I didn't want to go into nursing because I didn't want to be labled gay"

    EmergencyNrse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Men in Nursing

    Gay use to be such a "happy" word. Like heroine... Along that definition I guess I'm a male nurse that is "gay". I'm really "happy" with my job, my profession, and my station... I'm also straight as...

  17. Lost very important paperwork. Am I in trouble?

    EmergencyNrse replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Beat yourself about the head and neck with some wet spaghetti noodles... No, you're fine. If... and I mean "if" something comes up just 'splain it to them. (Usually it's the consent for blood products...

  18. Getting Sick at Work

    EmergencyNrse replied to meaganellise's topic in General Nursing

    I usually wind up in the ER after all of my

  19. CDC advice on Zombies

    EmergencyNrse replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    When you're married there have to be concessions

  20. CDC advice on Zombies

    EmergencyNrse replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    I think that some people don't get the whole "zombie" thing. It's just a description of the mindless drones that go on day to day that give no thought to the future or take an active role in their own...

  21. Advice needed:trying to get in the ER

    EmergencyNrse replied to CDM88's topic in Emergency

    Registry or travel... Gotta walk before you can

  22. Advice? Experienced BSN ER nurse can't find a job!

    EmergencyNrse replied to RN06053's topic in Emergency

    +1 Come out to Cali! You can't sling a dead-cat anywhere without landing another ER position. They're everywhere! (Pay doesn't suck

  23. pre enployment drug test hospital

    EmergencyNrse replied to cas5anova's topic in General Nursing

    It happened that way when I was in the Army but I haven't been screened that way since. All my UDS's happen @ a reference lab. They might have you empty your pockets before you go in, they might have...

  24. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

    EmergencyNrse replied to laurasc's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not going to defend the triage nurse's action and behavior but a little note to all the acid comments from those that have never walked in those shoes... Okay there is a sense of ER Burnout here...

  25. Brain of a Nurse

    EmergencyNrse replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    I would say so... There's a lot to consider so you don't kill your patients. That's why it's a skilled profession and we are not merely drones doing a job. You pay attention to detail or bad things...