Nurse Valium

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 overcompensate their 'control' in other areas.

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 mailbox every Friday;)

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 LOOKING!!!!!

Former student. GREAT school!! Good luck to you!

Well, I knew we'd find out SOMEDAY whose fault it is!!!

VERY, VERY!!!

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 undermining their co-worker to make oneself look good. I don't think that being competative in and of itself is a bad thing (but do think that deviance is).

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 our own orders in, call xray & other departments, do our own EKGs (I understand at some facilities this is the RT dept responsibility), call/fax/follow-up requests for medical records from other facilities, draw our own labs, enter our own charges/print them, discharge our patients from the computer, break down our charts, and, oh yeah, complete a PI tracking program which is an additional 20 questions on every single patient we see. Convenient money saving strategy, eh? Lucky for me though, this is the only hospital that I have ever worked so don't really know any other way.

I will try to remember this the next time we are holding inpatients. It makes our situation seem not-so-grim!

Nurse or tech. Our lab doesn't do ANY draws:uhoh21:

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 available to anyone that needs it or is there a waiting list? Is the cost nominal or competitive with other day cares in your area? If not, would this incentive (if offered) affect your decision of where to work? Do you feel there would be less absenteeism in your facility if child care were available to the staff? And lastly, if you do not have children of 'child care' age, would you support having on-site care offered at your facility? How do you think it would affect your facility? Thank you - :kiss - in advance, for your input!!

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 liked the patient so much that i thought it would be fun to hang out with them for the day.

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 go home two days later FROM THE ER!!! Poor them - no phone, no TV, no private bathroom, no window.

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, etc. Weird!! (This was pre- and post-Katrina)

What about: "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. GO HOME."

There are two types of people: those that need to be on psych meds and are and those that need to be on psych meds and aren't. You'll be fine!

Ours is on our badges and one of our techs in the ED received a phone call at home from a former patient who had looked her up in the phone book and was interested in "seeing her again." Luckily, the guy took the hint & didn't pursue the issue but he could just as easily Googled her phone number & received a map to her home!

Did anyone say Nubain?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Thanks Lena!! I needed a good laugh to wake me up this morning!

I fully support treating a patient's pain and feel it is immoral not to do so. Whatever the amount or the drug to achieve patient comfort. It was once proposed to me by co-workers at an LTC facility that since "Ms. M." was going to go anytime that perhaps I could help her along the way with the sliding scale morphine order. I adamantly declined to euthanize her purposefully but did treat her pain throughout my shift that night & kept her comfortable to the best of my ability. I have never been confronted again with that 'idea,' so I cannot answer how prevalent the practice is. I hope that answers your question.

Ya'll are so nice to do those things! I think I would have been the new owner of a bouquet of flowers:chuckle

YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it wasn't just me!!! Actually, I thought I WAS the only person (adult person) who didn't really want my food touching and prefer to eat everything separately!! I will be forwarding this link to several former roommates & ex-boyfriends So any supporters for my movement to standardize divided plates?!?!?!?!!!!! Also, whomever posted about the coworker dropping the sandwich on the floor to build immunity - that was the BEST laugh I've had in weeks!!!!!

I finished my last scheduled shift at 6am on a Friday & regular contractions began at noon that day. Of course, I did have a preceptee who was very sharp & in the last 2 weeks of her orientation so I did little those last few weeks!!

I don't want to scare anyone prior to taking the course but I FAILED TNCC yesterday. The course wasn't especially difficult (more than ACLS - but I'm new to trauma), but I was faced with "prove your worth" vs. "you are here to learn". I skipped "D" on my assessment, started "E", stated that I had missed "D" and was told "I'm sorry." As in "I'm sorry, you can take the class again but I can't give you certification." Pisser!