Victoriakem

Victoriakem

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

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  1. What is Harlequin's Sign?

    Victoriakem replied to wonderbee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Isn't Harlequin's sign those red marks on the babies' forehead? They are supposed to resolve after 1-2

  2. CEN test coming up

    Victoriakem replied to Victoriakem's topic in Emergency

    Here's my 5: 1. A pt. presents with a calf pain, SOB & warmth to the calf. What is it likely to be? 2. Which mineral/vitamin prevents osteoporosis? 3. AN AIDS pt is taking Retrovir. What s/s...

  3. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    Victoriakem replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    It depends if you are single or not. If it's just you at home, you may want to exercise when you get off work & sleep from late am or noon to when you have to get up for work. I have a family...

  4. Ambulance pts in waiting room

    Victoriakem replied to gotaluvtheER's topic in Emergency

    I see nothing wrong at all with sending those whiners, non-emergent patients to the WR who come in by ambo. Serves them right for using this service for their problems that have been on-going for a...

  5. Drug Seeker Stories

    Victoriakem replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    It doesn't take long to tell drug seekers from those who are truly in paln. One tell-tale sign, are people who say that can't move an inch, but are up out of bed & outside smoking a cigarette as...

  6. Drug Seeker Stories

    Victoriakem replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Don't judge ED nurses, until you've been there yourself. How much better to spend your time & talents on truly ill people & helping them, instead of dealing with those cry baby drug seekers...

  7. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    Victoriakem replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    I would have to agree with the "cya" between male caregivers & female patients, although you never see this discrimination between the opposite factors. This is an unforturnate thing to deal with...

  8. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    Victoriakem replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work night shift & this is what I did to sleep. I put in my ear plugs, those squishy ones you get from the sporting good store, turn on either a noise machine with the wave sound or a...

  9. "undercover" patients in New Mexico

    Victoriakem replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

    What a sick story about this "secret shopper patient". Not only the time, money & effort wasted, not to mention not being able to care for truly ill people, but who was paying this person to act...

  10. Drug Seeker Stories

    Victoriakem replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    And people wonder why there is such a wait in the ED! A list of these & other stories about stupid reasons to go to the ED, should be printed up & put in binders for people to read while...

  11. CEN test coming up

    Victoriakem replied to Victoriakem's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the

  12. CEN test coming up

    Victoriakem replied to Victoriakem's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the input. I have test phobia but am trying to review everyday. Since I don't work in a trauma center, I don't see a lot of things but the basics are there since I have a med/surg...

  13. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    Victoriakem replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    If 2 males are in the room for a female exam, there can be a problem. I don't see why a female Doc & a male RN can't go a pelvic or insert a foley in a female patient. The ED where I work, we...

  14. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    Victoriakem replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work in a restaurant & we called the pina colada's "member collasus" yuk

  15. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    Victoriakem replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    "I thought he was coming but he was really

  16. Nursing School Bloopers

    Victoriakem replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now if only you had remembered your soap & shampoo, you would have been all

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

    Victoriakem replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Our friendly neighborhood psych guy comes in frequently complaining that he spent his money on lotto tickets & now has no money for food, etc. For a while, he was given a sandwich pak & sent...

  18. ER pirate joke

    Victoriakem posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A pirate goes in the ER one evening with a boat steering wheel caught in his shorts. The ER nurse says "what happened to you?" The pirate replies, "I don't know, but this thing is driving me

  19. Sad story 480-pound woman dies after six years on couch

    Victoriakem replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    Very tragic situation. This is where family members need to turn to case management to help them cope with someone who won't let anyone else help them. Who's responsible for a person who actively...

  20. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    Victoriakem replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Swearing is a way to decompress after a trying shift, but only to a trusted co-worker who's not offended or to yourself on the drive home. I used to work in a rural hospital in the Midwest & I saw...

  21. This was so funny..you had to be there

    Victoriakem replied to bemory's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember early in the AM, a tall, skinny man was holding onto the end of his foley catheter that he had just pulled out, with blood dripping off his dick, say to me "This damn thing doesn't work."...

  22. ER stories !

    Victoriakem replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    You gotta laugh or you start to cry.... I work in an upper middle class ER, where many conversations about medications about to be given have the patient reply, "I was reading on the internet...." So,...

  23. Help Me Relax - Did I DO Something Wrong?

    Victoriakem replied to LuvLotB's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Anyone can forget to chart something, but if a discharge form was used, in future, write down on that the blood sugar & what the mother said about taking the child to eat dinner after discharge....

  24. what does c=rn mean?

    Victoriakem replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Students

    I was in nursing school with a B.A. & most of my classmates also had BA's & even MA's in different fields & "C is pass, C is good was our mantra". Our classes were so rigorous that we...

  25. Murses

    Victoriakem replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

    WTF! Don't you have anything else better to discuss?! I know male nurses are making a great ley way into nursing, which derives the name from wet nurses, but come on, get over it. Nursing is the...