MassED BSN, RN

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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall reading about anyone having to eat worms because nobody likes them... you lost me. But the song goes "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, going to the garden to eat worms. Long thin...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    of course i agree with you in regards to the nurse who implemented those orders did show a complete lack of judgment and knowledge and is quite dangerous, in my opinion...we could go on forever about...
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    What all ER nurses need to watch.... soooo funny

    MassED posted a topic in Emergency

    check these out on YouTube. So stinkin' funny I just can't stand it. If you're easily offended, then you might rethink it, but it is truly ER world in these videos... check out the others in that...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    huh???? The post you responded to, they have their CEN, so it was a tongue-in-cheek post.... I know the song/child's rhyme... but what does this have to do with
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    :cheers: too
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    Anyone cutting sugar while working nights??

    MassED posted a topic in Emergency

    Is anyone else cutting out the sugar/carbs working nights? Do you find it's more helpful for your skin and abdominal bloat? I find that this has been worsening since I started on nights, but the last...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    stupid nursing judgment aside, you do realize that some er doctor actually ordered the bolus and chose not to order a diuretic??? not some dumb er nurse. though it's a common er nursing skill to...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    oh please. That is ridiculous and you know it. MOST Er nurses would give you a basic neuro assessment on a stroke patient. SERIOUSLY. Don't put out this misinformation when you know it's...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    seriously, you being an icu nurse know that a patient coming into the ed without a diagnosis, we start lines in a large vein to give meds/fluids rapidly - usually 18 gauge. most ct's you have to bolus...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    you're a psych nurse?? ER is just the place for you on a full moon. Seriously. Coulda used your help last night with my 4 suicidal patients, one heavily ETOH'er, and a paranoid MR patient. Not my...
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    Anyone cutting sugar while working nights??

    MassED replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    no, I'm not Diabetic. I don't have any health problems. I'm just reducing crap food - all simple carbs (or trying to) - I am not calling this a diet, but a diet CHANGE. I am having (most days) egg...
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    Anyone cutting sugar while working nights??

    MassED replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    thanks for the responses! I do feel like, specifically, the reduction in sugar is causing some INSANE hunger pangs.... I'm hoping it will pass. I'm very angry at my stomach right now - it hasn't...
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    Anyone cutting sugar while working nights??

    MassED replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I'm peeing like crazy and STARVING. I think it's a sugar dump and what my body has been hanging onto in the way of
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    Narcotic question

    MassED replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    do what you know is right, other more "seasoned" nurses be damned. You are right. Give as prescribed and ordered. So what if the resident gets mad and tells on you to the other nurses. They can do...
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    Time Management in ER

    MassED replied to MAL, RN's topic in Emergency

    well it IS a degree of multi-tasking. You are walking to the lounge to get that zillionth ginger ale, while remembering to pee, then gets meds for that patient while simultaneously trying to remember...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What patient that is on the floor needs IMMEDIATE (read: emergent) intervention during your admit? If you had an emergency, then your admission could be delayed or another nurse could help you out...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm also kind of upset that my hospital staffs the E.R. with more nurses than any other Dept." Where the heck do you work where you have MORE nurses and not being short every night????...
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah::yeah: Freakin'
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    Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    MassED replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    that is a hasty generalization. not all er nurses deal with floor nurses this way. it is entirely specific to who the nurse is, the floor, and the patient/scenario. there are some raging er...
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    Time Management in ER

    MassED replied to MAL, RN's topic in Emergency

    5 patients?? What acuity level are they? Hopefully not all 2's (ESI). Most nights if I'm super busy, so is everyone else. You do the best you can, but if you have a SICK patient and need help,...
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    HATE my job!!!

    MassED replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    or arranging flowers.... just music in the background and a cool breeze from an open window....
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    HATE my job!!!

    MassED replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for that, my friend.
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    How do you induce passing gas post-op?

    MassED replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    hold on, lemme go ask my
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    HATE my job!!!

    MassED replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    If I can be so bold as to help you articulate your point, is that you are trying to say your job as a nurse is to use your "SKILL." Those other things need to be done by another person while we are...
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    HATE my job!!!

    MassED replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    you must work in an ER.... haa!!! oh I hear ya regarding the menial tasks that are not on the highest priority for us (ice chips, blanket, crackers, etc) when we have patients who need intervention...