R!XTER

R!XTER

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  1. Why do mean/crabby people become nurses??

    R!XTER posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a large busy ED so I have many co-workers, many of whom I love and some who just make me feel like my head is going to explode. There are a handful who are downright nasty people, and it...

  2. Just put an end my misery if...

    R!XTER posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just put an end my misery if: - I have a decube that you can fit your fist in - I have fungating breast cancer that you can fit your fist in - I am 500 lbs and pregnant - I am 500 lbs, have an EF - I...

  3. Do a disproportionate amount of nurses suffer from anxiety?

    R!XTER posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm doing a bit of an unofficial survey - I've been wondering if nurses are disproportionately prone to anxiety. This is something I've been dealing with practically since starting my first job (I do...

  4. Drug Seeker Stories

    R!XTER replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Because it's mounted and glued to the wall. But this is obviously a larger issue lol he also roams the hallways looking for anything he can

  5. Outside of Nursing..

    R!XTER replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to all of you who have so much else going on besides work! Right now I'm working and in school for my masters and a mom and wife, and my energy is depleted by those pursuits! I wish I had more...

  6. Triage Gems

    R!XTER replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Patient came in describing symptoms of TIA but was back to normal by the time he got to the ER. "Any medical problems?" "Nope." (His wife) "tell her about the heart thing!" "Oh yes, I have Afib" "Do...

  7. Triage Gems

    R!XTER posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few recent gems from triage: "pt complains of a fingernail stuck in her throat for 6 years; states it's causing fevers" "pt fainted as his fiance cleaned his infected toe" "pt arrives via ambulance...

  8. Do a disproportionate amount of nurses suffer from anxiety?

    R!XTER replied to R!XTER's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks for the support! As of now I'm trying to work through it on my own, but I'm willing to seek therapy if it gets worse. I'm hoping I won't need medication because I don't like taking medications...

  9. Are ER Patients Getting More Ridiculous?

    R!XTER replied to us2uk4u's topic in Emergency

    Can I ask what kind of environment you work in now? I 100% identify with your post. I had a patient the other day who was just so nice and behaved so "normally" that I said to my colleague "isn't it...

  10. Some Days I Can't Stop Crying

    R!XTER replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    I feel ya. Some days on the way home from work I just burst out crying from all the sadness I've witnessed. It gets

  11. Drug Seeker Stories

    R!XTER replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Had an alcoholic patient yesterday, the MD order "constant observation: patient eats hand sanitizer if left alone" Best part of my

  12. Spice?

    R!XTER replied to AZQuik's topic in Emergency

    The ED where I work is very close to a local psych facility where the patients are free to come and go as they please (not lock down) and we are off the wall with it!! In our area they're using K2....

  13. Triage Practices

    R!XTER replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Sounds super unsafe. I would try to avoid being put out in triage with that system (or lack of system). Triage holds tremendous liability for the triage nurse, and it sounds like you are being set up...

  14. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    R!XTER replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    The only patient I remember yelling for a doctor was an elderly psych patient who was yelling for just about anyone and everyone at top volume. Somehow she got the resident's first name and was...

  15. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    R!XTER replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Whatever happened to personal

  16. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    R!XTER replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    What doesn't kill you makes you

  17. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    R!XTER replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why don't they ever yell

  18. What are your pet peeves?

    R!XTER replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

  19. What are your pet peeves?

    R!XTER replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    Don't know if this was mentioned yet, but when people say "he's diabetic! He has to eat!" (Especially when they just walked through the ER door. ) Don't know who is educating these people, but most...

  20. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    R!XTER replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok this is

  21. One of those days I would like to forget about...

    R!XTER replied to WanderLust07's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh I totally know this feeling, where you are constantly running from one task to the next without any time to process your thoughts so you constantly feel like you're forgetting something. By the...

  22. I can't believe the MD did that

    R!XTER replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Had a similar situation - really old lady came in for respiratory distress. DNR DNI, so the most we could do was bipap, which she was on. She was admitted to MICU but still in ED because there were no...

  23. If You Give a Patient a Cookie

    R!XTER replied to Mully's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOVE IT!! Thanks for

  24. Observation of the day

    R!XTER posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I learn something new at work every day. Sometimes it's medical, sometimes it's about people, but not a day goes by that I don't learn something. My observation of the day is: almost across the...

  25. Interesting or Different Anatomy:What have you encountered?

    R!XTER replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Oh- I also had a girl with brittle bone disease (osteogenesis imperfecta) she had tripped and fell on a concrete sidewalk, which was equivalent to a major trauma in a regular person because of the...