Knoodsen

Knoodsen

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  1. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Knoodsen replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Gran, I guess I am trying to make my point in a humorous manner. I am looking for stimulating discussion with fellow emergency nurses. (Not patients, for goodness sake.) The questions I asked were...

  2. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Knoodsen replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    "2 beers, 2 dudes, to the ER" I feel your pain in re: hospital employees. I work in an odd place where fellow employees can be your biggest problem. I have never before seen so many hospital...

  3. ER violence

    Knoodsen replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    This profession is what causes burnout. We work hard to learn our jobs and to stay current. We work like dogs caring for entitled jerks. Our employers hate us. That all being not quite enough, we...

  4. Soa????????????????

    Knoodsen replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    Great idea; 12 letters instead of 3. But seriously folks, I have been given to understand that shortness of breath is a symptom (i.e., subjective) and respiratory distress is a sign (i.e.,...

  5. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Knoodsen replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Eventually, emergency nurses realize that minding one's own business is about the most dangerous activity one can be involved

  6. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Knoodsen replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I relate to everything said here by ED nurses, but two of my favorites are missing; "I am under a lot of stress" and "I have a high pain tolerance". On one memorable occassion, I was assessing this...

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

    Knoodsen replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    We had to cut the bra off of a patient once who exclaimed, "no, that's my only

  8. How do I wear this?

    Knoodsen replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    Skip the ceremony, meet everyone afterwards and have a drink, be

  9. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    Knoodsen replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't we demand a pay cut and show 'em what martyrs we