Mander0415

When informing ER doctor that I would be confirming temporal temperature with a rectal reading on an infant with high temp, the doctor said, loudly and in front of patient's parents, "Of course you are, you love sticking things in the bum".

Patient sent to ER because he was retaining urine and urologist wasn't available after hours yet wanted foley placed immediately. After setting up all supplies and explaining procedure, the patient yelled "You're going to stick that where?? Why would you stick anything in my member??" Apparently he thought the catheter would be inserted into his abdomen and not through his member.

Silly Nurse, Stethoscopes are for Doctors...

"My baby's not breathing" or anything along those lines of a child coding.

The look on your face when your see the day shift walking in after working the full moon night shift in the ER.

Movie character not TV but Gaylord Focker from the movie trilogy Meet the Parents. Not only does he react calmly and professionally when bullied by his peers regarding his name, he maintained composure when faced with emergency situation, even delivering a baby who decided to come too early.

Please remind me again how my multiple nursing degrees and experience are wrong compared to your internet search self-diagnosis.

:) Success is a smile :)

Becoming an ER nurse will be more emotionally, psychologically and physically stressful and demanding then most other positions, but if it's in your blood, you will never be able to go back to regular bedside nursing again.

Have you ever considered a career change to tele-health nursing? Many companies will not only allow you to work from home, but offer great flexibility as well. There is such a diverse range of options too, considering the diverse range of employers that offer the services;from the VA, to corrections and even health insurance companies.

Breathing treatment is the term that I use quite frequently when the patient states she denies any tobacco use but yellow fingernails and clothing saturated with nauseating old cigarette smoke can most often give us a more accurate history than the patient is willing to offer. In the ED date can't go outside but every now and then someone will sneak outside for their breathing treatment because it just couldn't wait any longer but previously refused any type of non-smoking intervention such as patches or gum

1. Never plan anything important after a scheduled shift. You will always either be mandated or swamped at work and out late. 2. When inserting a Foley in a woman, after cleaning with Betadine, aim for that "eye" that winks back at you. 3. After the initial flashback is spotted when inserting an IV, pause even if for a whole minute to allow the vein to vasodilate after the stress from when you it to construct. This will almost always help you with accurate placement. 4. Be the nurse you would want to care for yourself or family, not the types you observe. Always try to leave people better than you found them. Hug the hurt. Befriend the lost. Love the lonely and attempt to avoid any judgments. You never can know what's going on completely with someone else and what they're going through. 5. Never dispense a medication, perform a procedure, or act in any way that your gut instincts tells you is not right. If you feel uncomfortable always doublecheck, triple check, possibly even check with a supervisor if you still feel uncomfortable. Be familiar with your scope of practice and never let someone bully you into doing something you're not supposed to. It's not just about losing your license. It's about killing somebody else in the process.

Before we add your new allergies to codeine, percocet and vicodin in your chart and notify the MD of your request for dilaudid because your headache is 10/10 intolerable pain, let's assess an accurate temperature to complete your triage vitals assessment.

That feeling you get when you are the 3rd nurse to attempt but get a patients IV in first try....

Better out than in! Everybody poops!