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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    twinmommy+2 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    had a funny one reciently. We had a patient who had been in the ed twice in the last two days for dizzyness. No chest pain, sats were 97% on RA, HR was well into the 70's. The doc decided to send...
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    ARRRRRGGGHHH...Our SANE program just closed today

    twinmommy+2 replied to twinmommy+2's topic in Forensic

    No, don't apologise for the anger as we all are angery who were working with this SANE project. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that a rape victim will come in, and a very well intentioned...
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    Gardasil: has your daughter had this vaccine?

    twinmommy+2 replied to Morgan314's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. My husband said that he didn't want our girls (who are 7, 6, 6) to get this vaccine cause it promotes promiscuity. I told him we can raise them as well as we can, instill all the right...
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    Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    twinmommy+2 replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    I like your thinking on that but don't think the docs will go
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    Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    twinmommy+2 replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    you know, I may have to give it when ordered and asked for when due, but that order does not include lowest port at warp speed. Sorry, that line just bought you a very slow and cautious
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    Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    twinmommy+2 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    My daughters are very close in age. When the twins were born the oldest was 14 months old. So pretty much they were all taught together. I will admit, I was one of those parents that taught the...
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    Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    twinmommy+2 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a couple of years ago the hospital had an outbreak of norovirus which hit really hard on the tele floor (just thankful I wasn't working that floor). Most of the staff got sick on that...
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    Policy on patient leaving AMA with IV in place

    twinmommy+2 replied to trainer2070's topic in General Nursing

    we call the police dept who of course have nothing better they would rather be doing but look for this dimwit and bring them back to us so we can take the iv
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    twinmommy+2 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Nah, cause in my er the person probably won't even look at the bill let alone pay
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    How many times have you cried???

    twinmommy+2 replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There have been a few times when I've cryed at work. Just reciently we lost a 13 day old in our er, and as soon as the dr called it I was outside. It was my first peds code. I cry'ed, hugged the...
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    Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    twinmommy+2 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Last week I had a lovely older lady who wears dentures she came in for swelling in her mouth and tongue She got mixed up a little...between the denture paste and icy hot she was laughing as much as we...
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    phone calls no outsider would believe

    twinmommy+2 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Ok, this one happened this past weekend caller (panicked): hi, my name is _____ and I have a question, I was wondering if you could tell me what to do now we are not allowed to give medical advice...
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    Hi, I'm Twinmommy+1 and I am on day one no smokes

    twinmommy+2 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you whoever thought up this thread. I started when I was 17 in rebellion. Spent several years justifying their abuse. Before then I used to be in shape, used to race bicycles as a teenager....
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    Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    twinmommy+2 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    haha, yeah, we had that this weekend All afternoon we were hearing from this pt literally right across from the nurses station moan as loud as he could. He was one that is homeless, comes in for a tx...
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    The long term effects of being fired

    twinmommy+2 replied to Poochee's topic in General Nursing

    My husband has been fired and its been since october. Not that its not hard on us girls but you guys really take it hard. Depression is such a bear to deal with when
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    Giving bolus Medications via IV port.

    twinmommy+2 replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

    One thing we were told by vascular therapy at my hospital was through any central or picc line one must use nothing smaller than a 10cc syringe, since the pressure exurted on the other end was less...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    twinmommy+2 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    OH how could I forget about one of the first patients I ever had. Man had a testicular abcess. I think that was the foulest abcess I have seen. We actually thought he was going to lose his...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    twinmommy+2 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    A few months ago we had a little one come in, perhaps a year old, who while bitting the crib rail, fell over it somehow. When he got to us he was just the cutest little thing, even smiling, through...
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    How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    twinmommy+2 replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    you know whats bad though, where I live by law we cannot give any type of medical information over the phone. So even if someone calls for something stupid that we can help them with, we have to tell...
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    How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    twinmommy+2 replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    Now that is a hell of an idea! I ought to bring that one up to our manager, wonder if they would go for
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    twinmommy+2 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I remember thinking the same thing when I was diagnosed. I had a 4 month old, worked in a job that had me outside all winter so I was doubly tired and cold, and when I went to go see the doc she...
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    Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    twinmommy+2 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I've only ever heard of the goodness of soy, goodness. I've feed all four of my kids soy formula and was even concidering cutting meat out of our diet and switching to soy. Thankfully they are smart...
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    Rapid Sequence Induction

    twinmommy+2 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    In the Er where I work we give the drugs, but only when everyone is present and ready, and only when the dr gives the order for what and how much. No way would any of us give that stuff without an...
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    Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    twinmommy+2 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    This year a pt in our er punched a doctor. We later found out that in WV if he would have hit a police officer, paramedic, or other first responder it would have been a felony offense. But since it...
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    From Med/Surg to ED

    twinmommy+2 replied to raindrop's topic in Emergency

    I came to the er out of med/surg 6 months ago after working 1.5 years there. We deal with ALOT of charting. There are so many different reasons on why you would chart so much. You basically have to...