matty23

AMEN....You said it well. I hate RUDE people period. Ok, you come into the ER at 4 am for a sore throat...Then after waitting for 20 minutes, you are standing outside your room demanding to see the doc now. Or the idiot drug seekers that come in and demand that you give them the exact dosage of a pain med and "I am allergic to tordol" Cannott cure studpidity. I DESPISE rude annoying crazy family members that whine and moan from the moment they walk in the door and then the whole time they are there with their sick family member, they stand out side of the room and mean mug us because its our fault labs aren't back yet or their doc hasn't called back yet....ect ect ect....Also I hate the strong smell of urine...makes me want to vomit...And the smell of highly drunk patients after an altercation..the blood, the alcohol, dirt....and suctioning...ewww...as i am suctioning them, i feel a lump grow in my own throat and i want to spew....just the sound of it....

Hello everyone :) Just a few more things to add...one of the two nurses I referred to in my earlier post about just being plain lazy, was even in triage one night painting her toenails! I am so not kidding around when I say this. I don't understand this at all. I am not knocking her skills as a nurse, but we had a AMI and were landing a bird to fly out a bleed and she is sitting on her *** painting her toes! Any pther RN would come back and help out doing whatever if we are that busy.... The other nurse, is the sweetest person in the world and would give her shirt off her back to you if you needed it, but she is nothing but a traffic director...(her nickname) She has her special corner she sits at the desk, even when she is in triage on her nights, she will come back to the ER and still try to order everyone around. I just want to throw my arms in the air and go nuts sometimes when i work with these two. My job is hectic enough, then put me with them and I want to pull out my hair. My fellow co-workers feel the same way, as do the ERPs. I know it doesn't make sense "how can a ER RN not be busy in a ER ?" But when you get an ambulance backing in one after another, somehow, they find time to dissapear and take a very long bathroom break...I am looking into the paramedic bridge program to RN , and I have sworn to myself to NEVER ever be like this...it is truely pathetic...( sorry, had to vent...just got home from work...lol...)

I work in a ER...Busy ER usually. I am a 'er technician II' ...paramedic...Most of the staff I work with are wonderfull...I love them and get along with them all great...but I find that there are a couple RNs that work on my shifts that are just plain LAZY. It is very sad to see it. The one does not have to get out of her chair unless a medication is being given--if its something i can push in the field, them the doc will let me do so... I do the IV, lab work, EKG, get the urine spec., everything...Now its one thing if we are super busy..but this would be her only patient and she still does it...I have 17 rooms to deal with on my own as a tech...mind u , we have no transport..thats me...so my job is pretty much non stop from the time i clock in. Most of the time the patients think I am the nurse. (nope, your nurse is at the desk "charting" and eating dinner ) I feel over worked and pulled in about 20 different directions at work when i work with this lazy shift. Its awful. I have went twice to managment. Nothing is done. I love my job. don't get me wrong, but things would be so much easier if everyone did their job equally. It is a sad situation. What makes me the most mad is when she will come outside and hunt me down while i am on a smoke break.

I am new to the site...I am a paramedic in Illinois. I am looking to go to nursing school, however I am really interested in the online studies. I was wondering if anyone could recommend one. Or has anyone heard of a Paramedic to RN bridge program? I have been searching all morning online, and right now, i am just really confused about what route to take exactly. Could someone please help me out here?? :) I work full time in a ER now as a medic in southern Illinois and I really want to do the RN thing.As a medic, I am finding it hard to find steady employment or a decent company to work for. thank you in advance for ANY info or advice you can swing my way :) ~~Matty