abundantjoy07 RN

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    What's In Your Staff Bathroom?

    abundantjoy07 replied to oldpsychnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There's one sign in there that says, "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat." At my other job, it's educational and policy posters galore. Oh and of course announcements...
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    Where do ER RNs typically move onto?

    abundantjoy07 replied to muhammadmq's topic in Emergency

    No idea. I feel like there is no other area to go... it seems like ER is the final stop. Maybe it's because I like it so much. I can't imagine not working at the bedside, yet I can't see myself in any...
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    Anyone doing it for the money and stability?

    abundantjoy07 replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Nursing

    Compassion and caring goes so far. Something has to pay the bills. Great career great benefits and salary. I love being a nurse and I love what I get from it. And 3 days in a week in Pajama like...
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    Really bad fever blister. Should I call in?

    abundantjoy07 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wear a mask or really good
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    Discrimination in PT care??

    abundantjoy07 replied to xdrowe's topic in General Nursing

    Of course. People can be really nasty and I unfortunately have met almost all of them. lol. You learn a lot about personalities being a nurse. People are incredibly racist and sexist. Horrible. I just...
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    Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    abundantjoy07 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I pay the mortgage, pay the car note, pay all the bills of living, pay for my daughter's care as a baby...and I occasionally buy things that are overpriced that I really don't need....like an
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    10 year old died after I performed CPR

    abundantjoy07 replied to MjHudd's topic in General Nursing

    You did all the right things. People tend to say things like "if only I hadn't told him to come over" "if only I had turned the corner sooner" "if only I had turned on the lights upstairs" my response...
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    Verbal Abuse...I Gave What I Got...

    abundantjoy07 posted a topic in Emergency

    Has anyone ever snapped while on the job? After all of the verbal abuse has anyone ever just gave back to the patient what they give to us? I did last night...all the threads I've searched no one has...
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    TAXI DISCHARGES

    abundantjoy07 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    I'm gonna have to play Devils advocate here as my response is going to go against several posts. I dont care care how people get home. I'm the ER nurse. You're discharged and it essentially means...
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    abundantjoy07 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    The carina is the y shaped junction at the bottom of the trachea. The muco-ciliary (spelling?) elevator brings up sputum and mucus up from the throat and the sinuses. Totally useless
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    How does your ED address the Observation Unit?

    abundantjoy07 replied to RAWells61's topic in Emergency

    Our Obs unit is considered part of the ER. However we as ER nurses do not float to Obs and Obs nurses don't float to ER. Honestly, the ER staff regards OBs as a completely different unit. The acuity...
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    ER Wishlist Items!

    abundantjoy07 replied to HappyKYRN's topic in Emergency

    I would ask for more staff. Period. Allocate more money for more staff. That's all I want. Forget equipment, forget new machines, forget renovations...just give us more staff.
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    Working in a Trauma Center but nervous about Traumas, advice appreciated

    abundantjoy07 replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Traumas are no different in my mind than any other case. I kid you not. You do all the basics and then troubleshoot from there. Monitor, line, labs, meds...ABCs...assessment...Usually when traumas...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    abundantjoy07 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Pregnancy testing. Or a few weeks back a patient came in for a rash that had been there for 1 year (I kid you not). He waited in the lobby for hours only to get
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    ER wait times

    abundantjoy07 replied to kp1987's topic in Emergency

    I'm truthful. I tell them there will be at least an hour wait if there are 5+ people in the lobby. (Even if it will be only 15 minutes). If there are 15 people in the lobby then 2 hours. 15+ I'm sorry...
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    What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

    abundantjoy07 replied to emergency_love's topic in Emergency

    ER #1 sounds
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    What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

    abundantjoy07 replied to emergency_love's topic in Emergency

    We don't get lunch breaks. It's just not something that happens. Because of our high acuity and high census we are constantly busy. It's hard to ask another drowning nurse to help watch your patients...
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    HIPPA Violation Question: Triage

    abundantjoy07 posted a topic in Emergency

    I was told the other day that it is a violation for the triage nurse to tell patients waiting in the lobby what the wait time is or how many people are ahead of them. To give a brief overview of the...
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    Urgent Expiring License Question....

    abundantjoy07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If my license expires January 31, 2015... Does that mean: I can work all day on January 31 ? Or does that mean I need to clock out tonight when the clock strikes midnight? I go in to work tonight not...
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    Nurse/Patient ratio in the ED?

    abundantjoy07 replied to jlan79's topic in Emergency

    3-4:1 no matter what area you're in...3 is this the room, the 4th is the
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    Low CO2 what to do?

    abundantjoy07 posted a topic in General Students

    Just wondering... If lab called and said your patient had a CO2 of 14 what would you do?
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    Please go home...you are stable enough to be discharged...don't make me call security

    abundantjoy07 posted a topic in Emergency

    What is the best way to discharge patients easily? It seems like the hardest thing is discharge. People expect to be admitted for every and anything. Most of the time I as the nurse get the grief. I...
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    ICE " in case of emergency " apps worth it ?

    abundantjoy07 replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    It's no good for me because my phone has an automatic lock on
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    ICE " in case of emergency " apps worth it ?

    abundantjoy07 replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    My question is how is anyone gonna figure out how to unlock my phone? And then they'd have to search through the apps to find the ICE app. But again, how do you unlock a locked phone? I have a card...
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    Best way to space out 12-hr night shifts?

    abundantjoy07 replied to BD12's topic in General Nursing

    I also do 3 in a row. If not I feel even more exhausted. And after work it's not that difficult to fall asleep. The light and a ringing phone doesn't phase