nursejennie76

I work in a Peds ER and we give it. I would not have survived my forst trimester of pregnancy without zofran ODT, it worked quik and I was not sleepy liek with phenergan. We do break them in half alot.

You have ran into a bad batch of nurses!! I love CNA's and techs they make my job much easier and I am the first to thank them!! Maybe it is just the place you are working?? Good Luck!!

DITTO!!!!!!!!!:yeah:

I dont know where you work, but I am a great ER nurse, and I work with great ER nurses, and I will hang meds on the admitting orders, I assess my patients, and know more about them then the ER doc does!! So please dont bash all ER nurses!!! By the wa...

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bow::bow::bow:

I had a similar situation with a coworker, who was also on multiple prescrition narcs, with very strange behavior and getting lost for long periods of time, i contacted managment and they said that they could not do anything because there were not ca...

DITTO!!!!!:bow::bow:

Get back to us after you have spent a few years in an ER!! Opinions are like butt holes everyone has one!! :argue:

All the nurses where I work ( LPN's, and RN,s ) wear royal blue only!! You look like a damn crayola crayon. I hate it!! Maybe it would not be such a bad color if I was not forced to wear it!! And the techs wear burgandy ( nice color combo) I hear al...

Well I as the recieving ER nurse would be glad you cut them off-- because I am gonig to anyway, because he had bought himself a foley catheter and that would save me a step!! I used to work EMS and had to cut underwear off before, tell her to get her...

I worked right up until delivery with my first 2 and plan to with this one also-- fatigue was a big issue and I found myself wanting to triage alot in the last few weeks-- I am holding out that this pregnancy goes as well as the others did!! But I am...

Well after much sole searching I have decided to leave my small town ER after 1 year-- I need to go back to what I call " the real world" where there is a pyxis, updated equipment, and real ER docs all the time and not the old town family doc that wa...

Must be my preggo hormones!!! :nurse:

Ok I usually never complain about posts but this one rubbed me the wrong way!! I had a recent terrible bought with hyperemesis with this pregnancy. I lost 12 pounds in 5 days and could keep nothing down and my OB told me to go to the ER, I waited li...

I recently applied for a new job also-- did not know about pregnancy at the time but I do now and they offered me a position-- I do not plan to disclose my pregnancy until after i start my orientation, just because my new manager is a male and I am n...

Here in Indiana we can look up all controlled substance scripts that a patient has had filled in any pharmacy in the state and who prescribed them. Had a lady a couple weeks ago who had recieved over 300 vicodin in a one month period from like 15 di...

We had a patient steal our scanner/radio that we here the ambulance calls go out on-- but little did they know that at was a cheap piece of crap scanner and the minute it was unplugged all the frequency setting were gone so all they got was static!!

We mostly admit by the patients behavior not there BAC-- but I am dreading when school starts up again because we have a private college with a bunch of rich snotty kids that got there and there friends always call 911 or bring them to the ER when th...

I live in Indiana and we do not have to get CEU's:yeah: so i have no idea how many I actually get form classes, certs, and such?? I have never kept track!!

Well I have been an ER nurse since I graduated nursing school , and lots of EMS experience before that. I have an interview in a level 1 pediatric ER this week and am wondering if anyone else has ever worked in one?? I have always just worked in you...

Wheelchair races-- sad to admit I have done this not to get to go home but just to be stupid! Fill a urinal with water-- or whatever drink you like, appl ejuice would be fun!! Whoever drinks the fastest gets to go!! whoever can leave there hand in a ...

Lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also in the same situation, and I usually waste with the house supervisor, or have to wait until morning--- now at our ER there is no pyxis and the narcs are all under a small lock with a key ( I used to work in larger hospitals, so this is weir...

I desperatly want to find a flight nursing job!!! I live in Indiana and have five years of ER experience-- my entire reason for going into nursing was to become a flight nurse!! Is it just that there is no turnover and that is why there are no positi...

Had a lady call and say that she had a tick on her vajay jay!!! It was hard not to laugh as i said "you will have to call your doctor, I can not give medical advice over the phone". It was 3am I bet her doc was thrilled!! I kept waiting for her to s...