Victoriakem

Victoriakem

6 years of ER fun, med/surg, blah, blah

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  1. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Victoriakem replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    What a beautiful ending to a sad tale!!! Nurses are RN's or LPN's NOT

  2. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    Victoriakem replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Here's d/c instructions written by our night ED Doc, for a patient who had been dumped at the door by his "friends", unconscious, & found out later he as drunk & high, surprise, ha : "Try not...

  3. "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

    Victoriakem replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency

    :chuckle When people present to the ED with c/o HA or back pain & you automatically assume they are drug seekers. Sad but true. Or, one of my all time favorites; a young women with abd pain, n/v,...

  4. ER bashing...where is the love??

    Victoriakem replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends..... ED RN, formally a Med/Surg

  5. DMAT Nurses

    Victoriakem replied to ABlackRN's topic in Emergency

    I am doing a disaster plan for our ED. I took a disaster course when my boss, in Oct. 2005 & expect to have hazmat training next month & do a decon exercise. I am interested in any & all...

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

    Victoriakem replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I hate birthing babies in the hallway, don't

  7. TNS or CEN?

    Victoriakem replied to TZRNER's topic in Emergency

    I would like info on TNS. I live in Maryland & did take the CEN but didn't pass,

  8. Question on sisters visit to ER

    Victoriakem replied to sydylo's topic in Emergency

    I was reading in an ED Doc's magazine, that no one was ever sued for ordering a CT. It all depends on the symptoms & VS. It's easy to miss. But then a "hot appy" is easy to

  9. Question on sisters visit to ER

    Victoriakem replied to sydylo's topic in Emergency

    This is an excellent web site &

  10. Question on sisters visit to ER

    Victoriakem replied to sydylo's topic in Emergency

    excellent web site & info you

  11. Reglan IV

    Victoriakem replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    Reglan is used a lot for migraines where I work. Except for those who are used to narcs for migraines, it can be quite

  12. Reglan IV

    Victoriakem replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    A doc in my ED writes reglan 10 mg IV in 100 ml NS. I do it all the time & have not bad reactions from my

  13. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Victoriakem replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Oh that was terrrrrible!! Tell me

  14. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Victoriakem replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    What's the Diana joke? I'm dying to know.

  15. Nursing School Bloopers

    Victoriakem replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    surprise, surprise,

  16. That Good Housekeeping article

    Victoriakem replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    At my ED a group of us wrote a letter & faxed it to Good Housekeeping, basically telling them not to have patients lie to the nurse, have the patient relay their symptoms to the health care...

  17. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Victoriakem replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    i had a guy bring in a whole cooked turkey, mashed potatoes, & veggies & pumpkin pie, because he said we were so nice to him last week, when he had his surgery. this was during my days as a...

  18. ER Pet Peeves

    Victoriakem replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    That article caused a fire storm in my ED, adult side & Peds & we all wrote a rebuttal to it I will fax to Good

  19. How is the CEN??

    Victoriakem replied to Kingbandit's topic in Emergency

    There are a boat load of questions & at the end you can't really think. Study about eye problems & ortho too, because there are a lot of questions on those 2 items. Good

  20. CPR online cert

    Victoriakem replied to RNdec2005's topic in General Nursing

    What's the web site? I tried looking on worldpoint.com but couldn't find anything for an acls pin.

  21. CPR online cert

    Victoriakem replied to RNdec2005's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, thanks for the info. I recently recerted my ACLS & my facility does not have any of the red pins. Do you know where I could get

  22. ER violence

    Victoriakem replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    There is nothing worse than a drunk. They are usually belligerent, stinky & out of control. A video camera would do a lot to remind people why they are restrained, forbidden to use the phone &...

  23. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

    Victoriakem replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

    I have a B.A. in Art History. Want to do some archealogy digs later, but nursing is my bread & butter

  24. New signs to post at the door

    Victoriakem replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    An agency nurse who works regularly in my ED, says that when she worked in NYC, the people who came in from living at the train stations, were hosed off before being seen. What a great

  25. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Victoriakem replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Of course we put the body bag under the sheet for a possible DOA. It saves time & all that arm & leg flopping around trying to get the pt. into one of those, after the fact can be