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    why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

    Emergent replied to chillnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Regarding nursing diagnoses. I don't thing they are totally lacking merit. I believe they have value in training nursing students, and should be kept in nursing schools. Care plans as well. We are...
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    why nursing is a mess. three simple facts

    Emergent replied to chillnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unfortunately, academia has a vested interest in bloating higher degrees with a lot of nonsense. It's happening in other fields as well. Then, those most successful and dedicated to pursuing these...
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    Co-workers begging for donated PTO

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another co-worker out for a few weeks for a legitimate health problem begging for PTO donations. My gripe? She is always calling in, and often begging for people to pick up shifts for one reason or...
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    Is the anti-bully trend going to far?

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You make some great points. This charge is self righteous and loves to write others up. She feels emboldened, I believe, because she is mostly surrounded by her little clique of cohorts who...
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    Emergent replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    It seems to be the common thing in the OPs school to ignore the rule about eating. This is a cultural shift. I'm trying to think back to when I was in nursing school over 20 years ago. I can't recall...
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    Professionalism not required...

    Emergent replied to calivianya's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think what got you in trouble was the fact that you called ahead to see what the census was. It made it look like you were trying to get bumped to the front of the line for low census. I'll bet you...
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We do have the most entertaining and hilarious unit in the
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I read this as, the mother and fiance were extremely anxious and freaking out about their darling son and husband to be, who sounds like a coddled wienie. The ER nurse was notified that the poor boy...
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    Assertive with your providers.

    Emergent replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    I'm normally like that. The other day, one of my crankier colleagues gave me an 'you're an idiot for asking' type answer to a simple question about an availability of a hardwired bed for a cardiac pt....
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    Positive, non-debate thread on healing and health-building naturally

    Emergent posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    There's a thread bashing alternative approaches. I was hoping to start a thread in a more positive vein. Share what you are doing to build your health, with diet, herbs, supplements, nutrition,...
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    Do you speak up when one nurse is "dressing down" another?

    Emergent replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow,
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    Sad & Angry

    Emergent replied to brenda1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I found the entire opening post to be a grammatical travesty. I think the OP isn't as 'classy' as she thinks. My advise to the OP is, work on yourself. I have a feeling that you might also be coming...
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Human nature, can't be avoided. Judging the judgers is quite common. It is true that some ER nurses aren't very good actors themselves, and aren't able to feign sympathy or compassion when faced with...
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    You meant 20/10 pain,
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    Current and former sacred cows in nursing

    Emergent replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I had my first child, 36+ years ago, parents had to fight with hospital to stay with their hospitalized child overnight. The old school of thought was that it was best for the child to...
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    The Infamous Cab-ulance

    Emergent replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    Well, I had a first for me last night. Ingrown toenail came in at 3 AM by ambulance. Yes, it looked painful and infected. The doc asked him, "Why did you call the ambulance for this?" He said he...
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    difficult ETOH pt

    Emergent replied to shearernurse's topic in Emergency

    We have a lot of these types. We have many indigents who come to the ER after someone sees them sleeping in an alley, drunk as a skunk, smelling of urine or vomit, or both. We just let them sleep it...
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    Pts doing illegal stuff while in hospital

    Emergent posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, a woman in Pennsylvania is accused of selling heroin from her ICU bed. Seems she had quite the stream of visitors that aroused suspicion....
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    Radiation danger, repeated CTs by frequent flyers

    Emergent posted a topic in Emergency

    We are currently tracking opiate usage by frequent flyers, to protect them from harm. A CT scan has 150-1100x the radiation dosage of a standard x-ray. Yet, we are handing them out like candy to...
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    Current and former sacred cows in nursing

    Emergent replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be that absolutely, babies MUST sleep on their stomachs, otherwise they will aspirate if they throw up. Now it's the total opposite, they MUST sleep on their
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    Patients who want to be admitted for minor things

    Emergent posted a topic in Emergency

    We had a patient the other day whose ankle was still hurting after a minor accident the day before. He has already been seen, the splint that was put on bothered him so he removed it. History of...
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    That certain odor on some patients and their visitors

    Emergent posted a topic in Emergency

    I always smell this one musky, acrid, sweetish, sort of nauseating type smell on a lot of people. They are always the questionable types. I was wondering if that's meth I smell, pot, or something...
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    Pts doing illegal stuff while in hospital

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was suspecting that
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    That certain odor on some patients and their visitors

    Emergent replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    OK, update here. I went to fetch something from my workman's truck for him. I smelled the smell in his truck. He MUST be smoking something. I wonder if it's pot? I'm so out of touch. I think modern...
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    Patient accuses me of HIPAA violation

    Emergent replied to BSNbeauty's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It sounds like the patient has been reading too much disinformation online, and watching too many lawyer ads on TV. Is she next going to demand a cash settlement from the