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Almost fired for med error
Serves you right for reporting it. Snitches get stitches, even if you snitch on yourself. The doc changed the order. No harm no foul.
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Pseudoseizures in the ED
We laugh in their face and tell them to quit faking it.
- New ER Fellow/PCN
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Gov. Christie impose pain pill limit: 5 days for initial RX despite N.J. docs objections
I hate republicans, but I cannot disagree with this law.
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First code experience
I've always been able to separate my emotions from the work. Often, after the fact, when the patient doesn't make it and I'm speaking with the family I'll feel bad for them, I empathize with their pain, but I've just seen so many die in front of me that it doesn't phase me, yet I don't think it ever did.
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Paramedic and nurse?
Most paramedics I know are freaks in the bed. Go paramedic route.
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Combined use of nicardapine and esmolol drips for aortic dissection
This;)
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Why are you listening to the heart?
In the ED I work at now is a nurse, with whom I also worked at in the ED where I was told to stop listening to heart sounds. This nurse doesn't even own a stethoscope. I am not exaggerating. I'm not sure how one assesses the effectiveness of breathing treatments, etc, without one, but I've worked other EDs where I never saw nurses with this vital piece of equipment.
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CPR - I need a myth buster!
Really, OP needs to read a book. OP would then understand things like overdrive suppression and why it's ineffective when the ventricles take over, etc.
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Adult gero vs acute care
- Cleveland Clinic VS University Hospital
What are you talking about?- Increased blood pressure. What to do?
Had the patient been working with PT just before having vitals checked?- Cleveland Clinic VS University Hospital
Perhaps you've heard the expression "the fish rots from the head?" Toby has created a culture where nurses have no say and are expendable. Why do CCF nurses wear all white? Because Toby says that's what the uniforms will be in spite of every Clinic nurse I know not liking all white. Gets dirty too easy. At Metro, on the other hand, the nurses voted on their uniforms. Totally different culture. Some people prefer a totalitarian regime. The majority, however, prefer a democratic system. And free speech. Just not here.- Cleveland Clinic VS University Hospital
I don't reveal where I've worked.- Cleveland Clinic VS University Hospital
Dont have people coming from all over the country? Hmmm. You sure about that? There is more celebrity traffic at CCF. That doesn't mean they are any sicker. They have a totally different business model. Regarding CVICUs at CCF, that's their forte. Nobody argues that. You must be related to Toby. - Cleveland Clinic VS University Hospital