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Whats your least favorite type of patient to take care of in the ER..... Mine would have to be the drug over dose....had one on my last shift the treatment is pretty much the same What we normally get are the ones that havent done it right only taken...

So many to choose from..kinda like "dumb crook news" Anyways one was a guy who was out mowing his yard he and disconnected the kill switch on his seat ended rolling his John Deere and trying to jump but jumped the wrong way ended up landing on the up...

My own thoughts.....This has been debated and will continue to be for ever....When the govt became more involved with health care they pushed it over the edge and now its a runaway train headed down the mountain without brakes..There was a time when ...

Just another attempt to control healthcare via the long arm of Uncle Sam. No matter what industry you are in when you involve "consultants" its always just a money drain so that the powers to be cant pass on a raise to their employees. Our merit rais...

Well if you travel on down I-81 to the Abingdon/Bristol Area you have a variety of choices in all of the fields you mentioned. Plus the quaint town of Damascus VA which host "Trail Days" each year is only about 20/30 mins from the Tri-Cities. There i...

Not to take away from the problem with your co-worker....but Where is this ER thats not busy....I would like to find it. It has been so busy at the one I work in its getting way past ridiculous....

Cant remember if I posted this or not...but working in ther ERRRR you tend to see stupid people doing stupid things on a regular basis. I have worked there long enough to know that most of the population is as GUMP would say "stupid is as stupid does...

In the local ER I have worked for the past 10yrs. We have 13 beds we have 5 nurses from 11/11 plus 1 triage. We have 3 rooms each with the charge nurse taking the Code room. We see 36K and usually stay full most of the time. The traige nurse most of ...

About 75% of the public that enter the doors on any given day would fall into the category of "pet peeves". One of the biggest that seems to be growing larger is Doctor's offices telling their own pts that they wont be able to see them until two wee...

Just some food for thought....from a different view. A few years ago the regional hospital added a telephone triage or "ask a nurse"...It was staffed with exp. RN's and they had alot of takers due to the fact of the ever dreaded "burnout". Those posi...

ER nurse for over 9 1/2 years.....at the beginning of each shift its : Carpujet Sm sissors Red and Black Pen Critical Care/EMS Field Guide And $1.00 and some change in hip pocket.... There isnt a need to carry all that "stuff" when its located in...

After the 6th drug seeking piece of human feces who claims to be allergic to "Toradol, Ultram, Codeine, and NSAIDS...And the 10th curtain climbing rug rat with a runny nose and "temp" of 98.3F with onset of 2.5 hours ago.....You want to scream "are y...

Nine years ago this month, I sat down in front of the computer scared to death. My lively hood basically hung on the test I was about to take. I had heard rumors and tales of this and that....My computer shut off after 76 questions and I like you jus...

I just wonder, how far this will go before it truly ends. Even when teri is gone, because of all this uproar and ignorance, there will be ultimately, changes made by our gov't officals to try and pry there way further into our private lives. The sad ...

In our little small town community ER we draw from 5 counties and two states. We have 13 beds and 2 MD's from 11/11p. Depending on the combination of MD's and day of the week our times can be from 20 mins or so to lately 4 hours. Use to we would alwa...

WOW assigned holidays.....and every third weekend....what a dream. My local hospital is small compared to the ones above. We see 35/40k per year in a 13 bed ER. We have 4 7/7p nurses 2 11/11p nurses and 3 7/7a nurses with one clerk and sometimes a 7/...

This happened this week actually. A resident from one of the numerous local group homes came in to the ER via paided ambulance service for abdominal pain ie. constipation. Sending him thru triage in the front d/t a full ER and approx 1 1- 1/2 hour w...

** wonders what it would be like to see only 20pts aday.....** I work in a local community ER with 13beds and annual average 36/38K pts seen. We have had LPN's on and off through out my 9yrs there. Up until the last few years it wasnt a big deal they...

My only r/t exp with Go GO juice was when I was a newbie on the ortho floor and we had a male pt s/p ORIF of hip fx. He was mildly MR and 2 days out his belly began to swell and swell. So MD ordered NG tube and Go Go juice via NG tube. Every 2hr roun...

I feel your pain and anquish.....I have had shifts like that myself and cringe until its time for me to clock out. Unfortunately, in this day and time unless something tragic happens nothing will change. Because you are a caring individual you will s...

Last year our hospital came up with a Narcotic Policy in that the ER MD's will not give narcotics for Chronic Pain. It is up to the pts PMD to manage their pain. They will give NSAIDS and suggest f/u with their PMD.....Now that is all well and good b...

In the ER where I work, we have 13 beds. Three of which are designated as urgent care beds. We run U/C from 11/11p with a MD and one RN. During our busiest times which is 11/11p we divide up the rooms so that there are 3 rooms per nurse....Now we hav...

Maybe I am cynical or something. But unless I am on duty, I walk away going on about my business. The woman who "vaulted over three pews" probably has "RN" on her license's plate. There is the "good samaritan" law but are you willing to be the one th...

All I can give you is what I did. I went to a State Mental Health Hospital from working in the ER for 7yrs. Fortunately I kept on as PRN. I worked in geri/psych as well as the infirmary. I lasted all of 15 months. I totally disagree with the way they...

Hospital healthcare........no such things as holidays or weekends. We work 12hr shifts. We either work Christmas day or Christmas eve. All other "holidays" are just days to us. Long time ago they use to give you a day back if you were scheduled to wo...