Nurse Valium replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical
Very interesting to read this here today - I just had a coworker share with me two days ago her theory that since COPD patients have no control over the basic necessity of oxygen exchange that they...
Okay, I'll bite - my ideal job, being "free to be as creative as I want", is one that allows me to stay home all day, everyday, hanging out with my two year old and pick my paycheck up from the...
Nurse Valium replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency
DAD = DumbA$$ Doctor; used at the beginning of the shift as in "Whose the DAD today?" And does it really need to be said, if you don't like the things being said in the thread STOP
It is my opinion that American culture as a whole, is very competative. Not limited to the nursing profession. I have beaucoup friends in the tech industry & hear frequent stories of people...
Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing
Night shift!?!??? The hospital I work for DOES NOT EMPLOY unit clerks. 58 bed cardiac specialty hospital. They also do not employ phlebotomists, either. And working in the ER, this means we put...
Good afternoon nurses! Quick question - does anyone work at a hospital that offers on-site childcare?? If yes, is it available 24hrs/day? Do they accept both sick & well children? Is it...
Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing
do you mean that you as an individual were written up or that a patient in the er submitted a written complaint? our er holds are due to lack of available beds (or nurses) on the floor, not because i...
Nurse Valium replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing
This isn't really an answer to your question, as this patient never made it to the floor; we've (unfortunately) had patients come into the ED, get admission orders, go to the cath lab, get stented AND...
Nurse Valium replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency
I'm not sure where "South" ya'll are referring to but at the ER in Smithville, Tx we see (seems like) up to 30-40% for I&Ds. Same thing, all walks of life, all ages, socioeconomic backgrounds,...