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  1. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Right, but you had two ambulance attendants with you, who, since you stated were the epitome of what a healthcare worker should be, that should have advocated for you. I'm surprised you have failed to...

  2. LPN vs RN

    Fribblet replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in LPN to RN

    In as much as hospitals and acute care is concerned, I wouldn't be too sure about that. My hospital doesn't hire LPNs any more. All current LPNs are treated as advanced practice techs (so to speak)....

  3. LPN vs RN

    Fribblet replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in LPN to RN

    Now that you've opened the door, get ready for another

  4. Brain of a Nurse

    Fribblet replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    This smells like a homework question. AEB the lack of thought or opinion put into the

  5. people seem uninformed....

    Fribblet replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    People don't seem uninformed, they are uninformed. Hell, we're uninformed about aspects of our own profession. I have no clue what it's like to be an OR nurse, for example. Ultimately though, I'm...

  6. Time to call a duck a duck?

    Fribblet replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Cool, but don't call it part duex. Give it a new whole new animal. Like a marmot, or

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

    Fribblet replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like an allnurses conference, rather than a student

  8. Reality vs Nonsense.....specific to nursing and nursing aides!

    Fribblet replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure everyone who works in the nursing field can relate. It's the reality of the

  9. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    OP is from Canada, maybe that's just what they call them

  10. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    I guess. But I would have thought a nurse could have come up with a better term than "attendants." It's like not knowing whether a nurse is an RN or LPN so you just call them "the doctor's helper" or...

  11. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Ah, yes it does. My mistake. Do they call medics attendants in other countries? Maybe she's not from the US, and I'm getting hung up on that

  12. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Fair enough. I think the nurse, as the OP tells it, was unnecessarily rude, and the OP, if the telling is accurate, should expect professionalism. It's not hard or time consuming to pat someone on...

  13. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    I think the "Not my problem" is a big hang up for the posters here, but for the OP, it seems that the problem was both the rudeness AND the fact that the nurse didn't stop and take her to the...

  14. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    I actually thought that, too.

  15. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    She wanted my opinion, I gave it. Based on the OPs letter, it would seem that the ER staff is there to "attend" to her. Prioritization be damned. I would never say "That's not my problem" to a...

  16. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    You clearly didn't read all of my post. There is no room for rudeness, but I'm not going to stroke your hair or ignore other, sicker patients to take a patient with capable visitors to pee. I'm not...

  17. Sound pollution in your ED

    Fribblet replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    True, but when it gets loud, just by sheer volume of people, you have to be able to hear. The light only feature wouldn't work for our facility. Our lights aren't obvious enough. We'd never see...

  18. Sound pollution in your ED

    Fribblet replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    How would you address it? The phones have to ring, alarms need to be heard, psychotic patients yell, and people have to talk loudly to be heard over those things. Short of a shot of geodon for the...

  19. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    As an ER RN who triages, I will do that. This is triage. While there's no reason to be rude, there isn't time for formal introductions. We get report from the Paramedics/EMTs. They aren't your...

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

    Fribblet replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is suspected of possibly, maybe, might just end up needing a cath lab intervention (even if it's at another hospital), they should get TWO IVs in the AC. That's standard operating...

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

    Fribblet replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, were we supposed to magically know the first set of cardiac enzymes were going to be negative? What if he was short of breath and the MD decided a PE study was needed? Need an AC vein for...

  22. Is it really illegal to require BSN(NJ)?

    Fribblet replied to mamaxmaria's topic in General Nursing

    Goin' astray here: Hospitals try and attract good nurses by attaining "Magnet" status. They spend hours and hours and tons and tons of money to get this. But, the truth is, if they took that time...

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

    Fribblet replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Y'all must not fill up very often. It's pretty much assumed that once a room opens up in our hospital, it will quickly be filled. We're often on "no bed"

  24. Increasing ER visits because of no insurance!

    Fribblet replied to Josh Brewer's topic in General Nursing

    I have found, generally, that it's people WITH insurance, who abuse the ERs most. And, maybe it's just a function of me working at hospitals who provide indigent care, but our worst offenders all have...

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

    Fribblet replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hell more often than not, I'm cleaning the room in the ER. Ambulance shows up, waits for a room to open up, as the old patient is leaving, I'm in there cleaning. There's no page the housekeeper and...