livingthedream77

livingthedream77

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  1. What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    livingthedream77 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Why does the question start out with "if you are a know it all?" None of us are. Diuresis is priority, obviously. You don't want someone drowning in their own fluids. Drug screen is only necessary if...

  2. Possibly Odd Question

    livingthedream77 replied to want2b3's topic in General Students

    If you are not fully dedicated to nursing, it will be a very difficult and unrewarding profession for you. Scenario: someone is bleeding. There will probably not be a physician there immediately to...

  3. First semester nursing student. Does it get better?

    livingthedream77 replied to basenjilove808's topic in General Students

    The first semester often serves as a period of time to "weed out" those that may not be good nurses. About 10 out of 60 failed in the first 8 weeks in my program. The amount of work was incredible,...

  4. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    livingthedream77 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello, ladies and gentlemen of the ER. It's happened to us all, and I would love to hear your experiences. I work in a TINY 6 bed ER in the middle of corn town USA. There are 2 other hospitals of the...

  5. Wearing a mask

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, the attacks are silly. Very junior high. That's what the ignore user function is for I

  6. Wearing a mask

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Disaster Preparation

    More insults. More assumptions. The hostility is palpable. Not professional, it's embarrassing. Now stop. Just stop. Thank

  7. Wearing a mask

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "Well we can tell where your bias lies from the questions/statements that you posted. I would say you are ill informed on the subject just from your posting, and there are numerous posting on this...

  8. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    livingthedream77 replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Recently, I got my 90 day review. I've been there 2 years. The reason was "I'm finally getting caught up." WTH. Then I was asked, "how was it being a new grad in the ER?" Now I'm P'd. So, I told the...

  9. Wearing a mask

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Disaster Preparation

    All of the hospitals in my area make you wear a mask if you don't get the shot, when the CDC says the number of cases in the area is at whatever arbitrary number is considered 'high'. At the local...

  10. Tips 'n Tricks: Pearls the Newbies Need to Know

    livingthedream77 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    *unless they've had a hyster, get the pregnancy test *don't let them scare you with "oh, they can never get an IV/my veins roll/you have to use a butterfly/you only get one stick". Sometimes, it takes...

  11. This Blows Every Other ED Visit Out of the Water

    livingthedream77 replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    No, no, no. I simply refuse to believe that this actually happened!! If I did, my mind would explode. The only way this is acceptable is if the guys were, oh, 5 years old, both intellectually...

  12. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    livingthedream77 replied to livingthedream77's topic in Emergency

    Kalipso, I think the worst part of it is as you say, these people want you to help, and you're trying, but you're getting 'verbally abused' for it. No where else would this happen. If you bad mouth a...

  13. What Docs Don't Understand About Nurses

    livingthedream77 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the school I went to, nursing program entry was based on points. So, if you got As in the required prereqs (A&P I and II, Micro) your points were as high as someone who spent 2 more years and...

  14. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    livingthedream77 replied to livingthedream77's topic in Emergency

    LOL, well you see, he hadn't eaten since yesterday because he had ABDO PAIN! You know, the abdo pain that he came into ER for!! The abdo pain that was SO severe, yet didn't stop him from

  15. Sitters

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Kalipso, truer words were never

  16. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    livingthedream77 replied to livingthedream77's topic in Emergency

    MrChicagoRN and happyinillinois, thanks for your thoughts. What ticked me off is the complete lack of even minimal social skills. I would have loved to remind her that if she preferred another...

  17. Sitters

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Hi Kalipso. You're assuming I never work on med/surg. I am speaking of MY hospital. We are very tiny. Everyone knows everyone. And 90% of the med/surg nurses at MY place do have the attitude I...

  18. Sitters

    livingthedream77 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    We don't have sitters. If you call for a CNA to sit with a pt who needs it from med/surg, you get told they can't spare them. Guess the RNs on that floor would die if they had to clean up a poop (norm...

  19. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    livingthedream77 replied to livingthedream77's topic in Emergency

    Yes, miserable for sure. Understand the control freakishness with her spouse having serious issues, but dang. Who acts like that? Where else would you get away with

  20. What's you're best drug seeker?

    livingthedream77 replied to TSgtRodrigues's topic in Emergency

    Guy with transverse myelitis. No feeling to speak of waist down. Well known to all local ERs. Look up drug seeker in the dictionary. There is his picture. To get pain meds: Has cut off the majority of...

  21. What is so difficult about this question?

    livingthedream77 replied to 86toronado's topic in Emergency

    HOw many times I ask for previous medical hx, "none." Then you see in MAR they have insulin. "So you have diabetes?" Response...."No, not anymore. That's fixed now." The layperson usually has little...

  22. When will "IT" click?!?

    livingthedream77 replied to njsmit.rn's topic in Emergency

    Ask yourself these questions...Are they breathing? Is there any reason to believe they won't be soon? Are they pink, warm, and dry? Are they bleeding massively? Do they have bones protruding from...

  23. Pregnant ED RN--Is this discrimination or is it fair? Please weigh in.

    livingthedream77 replied to sarabear44's topic in Emergency

    Though he is right that there is no light duty in the ER, there should be something called teamwork. Used to be if health workers were pregnant, they were placed on light duty--no lifting over 30 lbs,...

  24. What do you think? Honestly

    livingthedream77 replied to LatinRN1's topic in Emergency

    I can't imagine that anyone would give you a hard time if you can do your job....but do be prepared if you have to counsel a pt to lose weight to help their condition. We have a couple large docs and...

  25. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    livingthedream77 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Phone triage--- "My girlfriend is bleeding!" "How much is she bleeding?" "I don't know, a lot!!' "Where is she bleeding from?" ".......uh......you know." "No, sir, I don't know. You need to tell me."...