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Is is just me, or is anyone else seeing more and more patients in their late teens to early 30's that are a bunch of wusses? I mean relatively minor ailments (nausea/vomiting for 1 day, headache, cough/congestion, back pain) and these pts act like th...

For all the patients that continually cough - "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by the Police

Thanks everyone for posting all these replies! I don't know, I just had one of those days... Despite my screen name, I am no longer an "EDNewbie" - made that name up when I first started ED. I have worked at several different hospitals in two differe...

I worked Baylor for 2 years and was only expected to work holidays if they fell on the weekend. BTW, I am in AZ.

freakin' hilarious!!:lol2:

:YES!: I was thinking the same thing the other day- it seems like more and more family members are just rude or plain obnoxious! In one shift, I had several different family members question me and the other nurses, "well, you haven't done this, what...

Well said!

Now that is just ghetto!

I once worked with a cardiologist that wrote in a progress note, "This lady had A-fib that has unfortunately resolved." I think he meant that because it resolved he could not determine the etiology, but I laughed out loud when I read it.

Esp. the shows where the doctor is doing nursing stuff! Makes me crazy! My family can't stand to watch these shows because the whole time I'm yapping about how fake it is:devil:

Dude, where do I get one of these buttons?!! LOVE IT!!:lol2:

I always ask patients, "What has the docotor told you?" to gauge what their concern may be. If I can answer their questions I usually try to do it in a general way; then I let the doc know - "Hey, Mr. Smith is confused/concerned about whatever, could...

YEAH, if I had a dollar for everytime I heard the "it slipped" story.. I might put that money up my... JUST KIDDING:lol2:

:lol2: Too funny! I think most of us have involuntarily embraced the poo at one point or another. :lol2:

"Rights" vs responsibilities- in many cases, pts want the former but not the latter

When I was a PICC nurse, there was one room in the Xray dept (where we checked for line placement) that ALWAYS had mosquitoes. I even had one land on a sterile field once (thank goodness I hadn't started yet and just trashed the whole thing). We repo...

My supervisor once threatened to write me up because I said, "Frick," (as in "What the frick") according to a coworker. He asked did you say that and I said yes, so what.. he said I won't write you up, consider this a warning. I nearly laughed in his...

I completed my RN-BSN @ UOP in June 2006. I did well with the program, and I am currently looking @ their MSN options. One thing I can say is you must be very disciplined and motivated. 5 week classes can be intense, and you absolutely must be an exc...

What do we do? A little bit of everything and then some! Never a dull moment, that's for sure!

We had a 60ish female in ER with a rectal prolapse secondary to long-term laxative abuse. This thing was HUGE- I'm talking softball-sized. Evidently her sphincter had no tone; every time the ER doc reduced it, it popped back out and swelled up more. ...

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I stayed up WAY too late last night reading this entire thread and I swear I was crying! These are great! Keep 'em coming!

Oh yeah, it's truly AMAZING what objects people "fall on." We had a pt with part of a broom handle wedged where the sun don't shine and he adamantly insisted that he FELL on it! I HATE it when that happens! :rotfl:

21- yr old M c/o nausea and vomiting X 1 day. Stated he was out late Friday night at a bar, drinking with his friends, then woke up Sat. morning with HA, nausea and vomiting, feels like room is spinning. Says, "I think there was something in my drink...

My hubby's active duty army (special forces) and yes, it does seem like there is an unusually large proportion of nurse/military marriages. We've been married 15 yrs, all of them military. I'm so proud of him :)