MizzERRN

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1. From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

   MizzERRN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

   Fyi, we don't NEED you to help us. We were taking care of our patients just fine before you came along. And with that **** poor attitude you have, id rather you just leave my patients alone

2. Best way to unclog a PEG?

   MizzERRN replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

   Coffee

3. What supplies do you carry on you?

   MizzERRN replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

   stethoscope, trauma shears, hemostats, silk and plastic tape, penlight.

4. Your ER policy on giving rides home

   MizzERRN replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   We used to give rides home, and people took advantage of it. So now we dont. As far as i'm concerned, you knew you were gonna need a ride home and you have had plenty of time to find one. Too bad, so sad...hope you like those chairs out in the waitin...

5. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

   MizzERRN replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

   I hate when nursing students act like they know everything. News flash...you don't! That's why you are there...to learn!

6. What's the craziest thing you've heard over the ambulance radio?

   MizzERRN replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I took a report call once from EMS that made me just turn around, hang up, and have to go sit down. This old lady called 911 once on a busy Friday night because her cat peed on her leg. She just wanted to get checked out...

7. Does your hospital have a prayer or some other inspirational message overhead?

   MizzERRN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a large catholic based hospital system. Prayers are said over the intercom at 0700 and 1900

8. Are LPN's being phased out?

   MizzERRN replied to JSlovex2's topic in LPN/LVN

   You sound very angry. The OP isn't making this up actually. I recently read a news article that supports his/her statement.

9. Funeral Home Workers

   MizzERRN replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

   The funeral home comes to pick up the bodies from my ER, and a couple of us always go in there to help them transfer the body onto thier stretcher. They use the UPMOST respect and are as gentle with the deceased as possible. I certainly would inquire...

10. This is for all you Trauma/ER-ED Nurses

    MizzERRN replied to JWestbrook20's topic in General Nursing

    Once. I was driving down the interstate and watched a woman be ejected from an SUV that had lost control and was flipping. By that time I had slammed on my brakes and jerked my car over to the side of the road. She landed maybe 10 feet from my car. I...

11. I made my first med error, stupid me, why report it!??

    MizzERRN replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little confused. You said you were a PCA, why were you handing out pills. That's definantly not in the PCA scope of practice, at least where I live

12. Are you a "Bonified" Nurse?

    MizzERRN replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, everyone is color coded. Nurses navy/white, PCT's grey, etc. They have signs up all over the hospital with the colors posted. I like to think i'm a "bonafied" nurse...otherwise, who did i steal that BSN diploma from? lol

13. Real Stories of the ER

    MizzERRN replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Real stories of the er is the biggest bunch of crap ever put on tv.

14. Gravity NS boluses for pediatric patients?

    MizzERRN replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    In my ER, nothing on peds patients is hung to gravity, even boluses are put on a pump to maintain strict control of how much goes in.

15. ER?

    MizzERRN replied to droider's topic in Emergency

    I love it:) Couldn't imagine doing anything else!