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Wow, NurseRatched..... What a blessing that letter from your grandmother is...to you and now to those of us that read your post. Thank you so much for sharing this. I sat here picturing you, as a little girl showing your grandmother so much love. I h...

I like the above layout for staffing, but I do not think it is very realistic, especially in the ER setting. There is absolutely know way of knowing how many patients will present in a shift. Especially in a rural setting. You may have a night with n...

At the risk of sounding dumb, in 20 years I don't know what code white is?

OMG!!!!

i think what the original post meant about "reproduction cp" is if we are able to "reproduce" the chest pain by palpation, deep breath, movement etc. i could be wrong, but that is how i read it.

Sue I am sorry that you had to go through what you did, but thank you for posting this. I, like many others, have always been told not to carry my own insurance. After reading through the last 9 pages, I called today and got my own. I have mine throu...

Ok, I don't think you should try to have it both ways here.... FIRST you say that the patient was in no acute distress and doing quite well with sats in the low 70's. THEN you say this about her condition was too poor for her to sit in the waiting ro...

Willow, you need to ignore the idiocy of some of the posts. It seems like most are truely responding in a caring and interested way. A couple of these posts just prove why you are concerned to begin with. My husband is a chronic pain sufferer and has...

Vlsgrl, ICE stands for IN CASE of EMERGENCY... you list your contacts in your cell phones as ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc and the theory is that if you are injured or ill, they can look at your cell phone to be able to contact your next of kin etc. I have i...

ABSO-FRIGGIN-LUTELY!!!!!!!

Is there anyone here that is overweight that wears crocs for long periods of time? I am just wondering how they hold up then? Also, how long do they seem to last?

I am a Type II diabetic that just recently started insulin. I was very non-compliant for a few years. I too had every excuse known to man for not taking better care of myself. As a nurse I should have known better. It took me becoming gravely ill wit...

The pt. screaming of ear pain...one look w/ otoscope reveals a live cockroach...irrigated out and still alive...pt asks for spec. cup to "take him back home" OMG!!! I have never had one ask to keep it!

All I can say to this one is OMG!!!!!!!!!!

I worked several years of 12 hour night shift. We always alternated years being off. I also have a daughter from my first marriage so I not only had to deal with work schedule, but also his plans. I simply told my kids when they were young that Sant...

I see why you would think that about ER nurses catwoman, but that is not how we think. Like several have pointed out here..... the ER nurse is usually the first line person. We deal with the police, drunks, drug od's, psych's etc. BEFORE they are sta...

When I tried to do the search, it wants me to pay money. Am I doing something wrong? lol

Granny, I am very glad that you survived your episode! I personally worked with a young single mother who was stalked outside of work. It is even more scary when you think that your small child could witness this behavior or worse.... be injured! Hav...

Me too Tigger! And to be honest I have always said that I believe that to work in ER or ICU, you should have no less than 2 years Med Surg....gives you a good solid base before specializing. I try very hard not to appear on a high horse either Tigg,...

Floor nurses are supposed to dig deeper. We HAVE to do a complete head-to-toe assessment on the patient. The ER got the patient alive and now the floor's whole reason for being is to keep it that way. Your ER dx may be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off of what is...

I am sorry that you and your sister had such bad experiences. That definitely shines a bad light on the rest of us! And to be honest, I had no idea that Protonix caused a positive THC! I am now in a position that I do drug screens routinely and have ...

All I will say is "AMEN"!!!!!

Sure hope you are joking Hoop.... some people may take you serious though and it is stuff like that that keeps the "rift" between specialties!

I agree somewhat with this, but at the same time, we do not know how he was treating his wife prior to here suicide attempt. I think that due to the history, they all need counselling to move forward through this. whether that means together or separ...

well said indeed! sask, i come here as a nurse of 20 years, 15 of which have been critical care. i totally agree with this last post, but also want to add that as an er nurse, i have seen patients crash sooooooo fast. unbelievable to say that you can...