Bxc9999

Bxc9999

Emergency Department, Surgical Step-down

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  1. What goes on in an ED?

    Bxc9999 replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    We only have a 4-tier triage system: Tier 1: Knocking on death's door...may actually have crossed the threshold without anyone actually noticing (Critical unstable) Tier 2: Red flags (Critical...

  2. What goes on in an ED?

    Bxc9999 replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    In our ED, when we give an enema - the patient usually doesn't go the floor until they have had a bowel movement (unless they have a bowel obstruction and they are being admitted for

  3. Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    Bxc9999 replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    When I was 22, I had my first child. I had no idea how to clean him or talk to him or be a parent. This is a universal phenomenon (shocking!) But guess what? I learned! And that's what these newbie...

  4. Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    Bxc9999 replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    1. Bedside nurses are the salt of the earth. The good ones (i.e. the ones who care, think, improve, help, love/hate the grit of it all) are among some of the truest warrior angels of this world. That...

  5. Irrational patients

    Bxc9999 replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately, I do not know what "to have seagulled" means. However, based on the presented scenario, I would offer additional education and research in the field of therapeutic communication. Here...

  6. Irrational patients

    Bxc9999 replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah - I'm going to go out on a limb when I say that I read something COMPLETELY different. I read frustration from a nurse who wanted help (not condescending judgment) from a group of her peers. Call...

  7. Irrational patients

    Bxc9999 replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. I find your post more than a little condescending and not very helpful at all. When I read the post, I gathered that the OP was asking for help in therapeutic communication (not medically...