Guttercat, ASN, RN 1,353 Posts Has 31 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 No, the MD never pointed and screamed...he kicked the chair! Are you kidding me? This makes me sick.
Muser69 176 Posts Specializes in Critical care. Has 42 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 What is a DH?Designated hitter?
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN 8,429 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma. Has 18 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 DH=Dear Husband.
HikingEDRN, BSN, RN 195 Posts Specializes in Emergency Department; Neonatal ICU. Has 5 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 Calculating the average by long division on a paper towel, and then figuring out the rest of the hemodynamics (also by long division on that paper towel). We calculated our drip rates, too.We used lots of paper towels.I still use paper towels for EMS report at the bedside (before I have the patient in the computer). I call it my stationary :)Also, kudos to your DH.
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN 8,429 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma. Has 18 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 I still use paper towels for EMS report at the bedside (before I have the patient in the computer). I call it my stationary :).I must be a future COB...paper towel stationary always works best, at least according to the COBs who mentored me.
RNIBCLC 1 Article; 357 Posts Specializes in Maternity. Sep 3, 2014 I must be a future COB...paper towel stationary always works best, at least according to the COBs who mentored me. I still use paper towels !! Oh..the mercury thermometers... I remember breaking a couple and trying to chase down the little mercury balls on the floor....I know...not smart.
idialyze, BSN, RN 168 Posts Specializes in Dialysis. Sep 3, 2014 You haven't lived until the day you're racing to ICU with a patient that just coded, and the glass IV bottle is shattered by the low door height as you go through it!I don't fondly recall the days we checked urine with a dipstick.Our MD's smoked in the nurses station, and not only did we have to give them our chair, but get them an ashtray!
Guests Guest 0 Posts Sep 3, 2014 What makes a COB crusty?An environment in which I consider being a exceptionally large and strong to be a very highly ranked attribute for potential ED nurses.
RNIBCLC 1 Article; 357 Posts Specializes in Maternity. Sep 3, 2014 You haven't lived until the day you're racing to ICU with a patient that just coded, and the glass IV bottle is shattered by the low door height as you go through it!I don't fondly recall the days we checked urine with a dipstick.Our MD's smoked in the nurses station, and not only did we have to give them our chair, but get them an ashtray!We still check urine with a dip stick on our pregnant patients.
allnurses Guide BostonFNP, APRN 3 Articles; 5,581 Posts Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine. Has 12 years experience. Sep 3, 2014 We still check urine with a dip stick on our pregnant patients.That's a step up from having to taste it for sugar.
RNIBCLC 1 Article; 357 Posts Specializes in Maternity. Sep 3, 2014 That's a step up from having to taste it for sugar.Eeewh!!!
Guests Guest 0 Posts Sep 3, 2014 No, the MD never pointed and screamed...he kicked the chair! To which I'd respond, "STOP THAT!"This thread makes me chuckle because I see a stream of "we were all that" and "we walked to school 5 miles, in the snow, and uphill... both ways."My age and general disposition -- and interacting with ED patients 50-hours per week -- makes me crusty, not the utilization of simple technology in healthcare.
