LMPhilbric

LMPhilbric

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  1. ER disclaimer

    LMPhilbric replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    ER Rules: 1. This is an ER, not a bakery. You don't take a number to be seen. If you don't like that, the bakery is up the street and to the left. See if they can help you. 2. (As my wonderful...

  2. phone calls no outsider would believe

    LMPhilbric replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    OK, this was the nurse call that convinced me not to ever take a nurse call again. Voice on the other end of the phone: Yes, I take 5 mg of Aricept at night, and I took my pill, and then I got a long...

  3. Athabasca info

    LMPhilbric replied to markjrn's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I'm a Canadian RN living in FL for the last 14 years and I am taking my last 2 courses through AU right now. I have taken my whole post RN-BN through AU and I love it! AU has changed the...

  4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LMPhilbric replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    The guy who presented to the ER with a bungee cord tied REALLY tight around the top of Mr. Happy's 2 friends. He WANTED them to fall off because he didn't need them anymore. He couldn't get a doc to...

  5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LMPhilbric replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I really don't think I can take much more of this. I need some poise pads and waterproof mascara and large boxes of Kleenex. You people are killing

  6. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LMPhilbric replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    You know you are an ER nurse if you've ever had to leave the room because you were about to laugh in the patient's face. I KNOW I would have to run out of the room for this one! I'm laughing so hard...

  7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LMPhilbric replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I forgot the 30 year old that came in by EMS at 0300 hours for constipation x 3 hours! I didn't know you could be constipated after 3 hours, but what do I know? He didn't really want to come to the...

  8. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LMPhilbric replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Let's see...the kid who's mother brought him for razor burn because his work insisted that he shave daily. I tried to find a new triage category for that one...like a 6- totally stupid complaint -...

  9. ER experiences with cooking

    LMPhilbric replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    You know you're an ER nurse if you believe "Too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis. I had the guy with a lac to his foot because he was cutting carpet against the leather strap on his...

  10. Breaks in the ER

    LMPhilbric replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    ER is team nursing at its finest. That means we all help out when an EMS patient comes in, we all help with traumas/codes and we all cover each other for breaks. Yes, there are some nights when no...

  11. passport renewal while in the US?

    LMPhilbric replied to beausud's topic in International Nursing

    I renewed my passport in May and it was a pain in the butt! You can search for the Canadian passport office on google. There is an online form that you print out and then you have to have your...

  12. TV in the ED

    LMPhilbric replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    We have flat panel TVs in almost all of our main rooms that are mounted high on the walls and they are a godsend. They really decrease the complaints about wait times. Especially people who have to...

  13. where to !!!! USA OR Canada

    LMPhilbric replied to paddi's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, Paddy, I worked for 2 years in Alberta and almost 13 years in the US. When I left Canada, it was pretty nice, but I think it's gone downhill since then. I look regularly to see what kind of...

  14. You know you're canadian when...

    LMPhilbric replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    I was looking at the "We say, they say" again and I thought of something funny. The first time I had to have an exam invigilated down here, the librarians at the local college didn't know what an...

  15. You know you're canadian when...

    LMPhilbric replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    Thank you so much everyone. You made me feel like coming home. Here's my list for you know you are Canadian... It's "Kentucky Fried Chicken" not "KFC" You say battery like "Bat-tree" not "Bat er...