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Newest one, and there are thousands I could talk about, was a diabetic patient came by ambulance to have a necrotic place on her toe checked. She was being treated for it. When I was triaging her she stated "I really here because I am constipated, want my foley changed and to be admitted. I need to get away from my family for awhile........

Peds and Codes. They will get easier the more you have. Remember to take a deep breath to calm yourself, and step in.

Vicks to stick up your nose or on your mask!! Guts A strong stomach Compassion

We just started "pull until you're full". My worse day with this was when I had 2 ICU holds, a chest pain, and they put a severe "new onset headache" in my last room and no one told be about it! Do I think it works, NO. All our NP's who did Triage now just walk the patient back to a room and start a short Triage. This leaves the waiting room without a Triage Nurse and only a person at registration! I'm just hoping I don't loose a patient because I don't know they were put in my room.