Northernlights replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency
In the state of WI we have an implied consent law which states that drivers have implied that they give consent for chemical testing when they receive their licenses. However WI also has a law...
Northernlights replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency
Dear Val, Sometimes I think of my heart as a patchwork quilt--the patches are those patients that I've been with that died. A part of them lives in my heart forever and when a new patch is added I...
I'm curious about how other small hospitals staff when census goes through the roof. I'm an ER nurse in a 25 bed hospital that has a 24-hr ER. The hospital does OB, med-surg and takes a few rehab type...
Northernlights replied to mtnmom's topic in Emergency
I work in an ER of similar size and also without 24-hr pharmacy availability. Our hospital pharmacy has pre-packaged medications that we dispense for take home. They are labeled and we keep a log of...
Northernlights replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing
Is any one out there doing a "walking rounds" report where you go into each patient's room and do a report on that patient? We initiated this at our hospital last year and I thought it worked very...
Northernlights replied to Jolie's topic in Emergency
An additional comment to the good comments I've read: the nurse giving you the narcan should have told you what she was giving you and why prior to you receiving the medication. You should not have...
Northernlights replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency
Canoehead, I'm curious--will you need to work with this nurse again? Often? Was this an isolated incident or has she been "on your case?" You obviously gave good nursing care and met standards of...
Northernlights replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
My favorite--a woman brought her elderly father in because his hands turned blue. Cyanotic? No, the color was kind of royal blue and ended at the wrist. I took an alcohol wipe and wiped away a...
Northernlights replied to gwenith's topic in Emergency
I often say that the chest pain pt. coming into the ER by EMS saying "I'm having a heart attack" is more like not an acute coronory; and the patient walking in the front door of the hospital with...