Welcome to ED nursing!!

[extremebean]

found this on the bathroom wall at work today. found it funny as well as accurate! not sure who wrote it or where it came from, but felt it was worth sharing. enjoy!

fever, fever, mvc

fever, fever, std

chest pain, back pain, hard to breathe

bumps and bruises skinned up knees

got a woodchip in the eye

smoked some dope and tried to fly

too damn cold to sleep outside

called 911 to get a ride

for pelvic rooms the masses wait

don't know why my period's late

lacerations, bumped up heads

out of food or out of meds

took some pills to ease life's pain

shot hot syrup in my vein

hearing voices in my head

out of rooms, out of beds

my finger hurts and could you check the kids

they might have colds, their friends all did

up to triage pulls the van

bring 'em in on the family plan

nurses notes and charts for days

fifteen thousand diet trays

heal the masses every day

this is how we earn our pay!!!

[RNFROG3, BSN, RN]

So true, so true.

[tony summers]

Very apt

whoever wrote it is quite the poet

Is there any more out?

[flashpoint]

LOL...I wish I could write like that!

Getting ready for work...floating to med / surg today...so scary!

[ERNurse752, RN]

hehe...well said, bravo!

cotjockey, are you floating to med-surg voluntarily?

[l.rae]

bravo!bravo!....and soooooooooo true..

[eldernurse]

I just had the day from hell. Stretchers with cardiac monitors (that no one in particular was watching, I might add) in the hall, the ER on condition RED (which means we have no more room, pinhead medics), idiots with pancreatitis and an uncontrolled drinking binge for the Super Bowl wanting instant gratification with demeral, for pitty sake, and the pin head medics bring in a bad overdose (where would we like him, they ask? You know where!!!) So thanks, that little poem made my day. I need to be in bed too, I just don't want to go there so soon that my husband gets "ideas". :chuckle

[Darlene K.]

All too true!!

:roll

[veetach]

wow whoever wrote that knows what they are talking about!!

[AngelGirl]

Years and YEARS ago, at my very first nursing job, I found this on the wall. It has stuck with me ever since. My present job has good administration, however, I've had a few that deserved this poem:

We, the Willing,

Led by the Unknowing

are doing the impossible

For the Ungrateful.

We have done so much

For so long

With so little

We can now do ANYTHING with nothing!

:roll