tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30666131387695610752024-02-18T22:52:38.771-08:00The Nights of My ER.....Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-35462029902367173012009-09-13T17:22:00.000-07:002009-09-13T17:40:16.326-07:00BLOCKED!!!! My hospital has blocked me from accessing blogspot at work! I can understand facebook but blocking my ability to vent about how ridiculous the new policies and administrations decisions are in just going too far! I am sure this is a violation of some right I have. I'm sure I have a legitimate grievance here I can file with the union.... hmmm now if only I could remember which union I work for....Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-75371827753985999422009-09-12T08:09:00.000-07:002009-09-12T09:22:22.590-07:00I'M BACK!!!!After almost 6 months of turmoil in our ER and 75+ hour work weeks , I am finally back to writing!In the last 6 months my ER has gone thru major changes both physically and personnel wise that has not always been for the benefit of the employees or the patients, but great for the hospital's bottom line. A few of those changes including firing the ER MD group and hiring a mega group from out of Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-7040924912357346812009-02-10T00:34:00.000-08:002009-02-10T01:06:40.831-08:00Front RowWe all know that the economy has gone to sh**, sadly those of us in healthcare have gotten a front row seat in the impact this has had on our communities.In the last couple months our SI\SA (suicide ideation,suicide attempts) have drastically increased. Before we would get people "attempting" suicide more for attention getting behavior than from depression. Now on average I deal with 2-3 true Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-33775822355180751012009-01-11T16:45:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:58:01.986-08:00Influenza updateBack in October I was wondering aloud about how effective this years Influenza Vaccination was going to be and B*tching about the CDC pushing for all healthcare workers and children under 18 to be vaccinated. I held the opinion that until they perfected the makeup of the vaccine and not making it an educational guess I would not get the vaccine for me or my children.Well according to their Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-26257438596967672382009-01-11T16:10:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:25:28.391-08:00MIss me?YEAH I am back... After being sentenced to practically the last 2 months non-stop in the ER I finally have been paroled.As those in the medical field the holidays are a bad time for us..we are swamped. For some reason people forget about taking their meds or not consistent with them..people start hitting the bottle pretty hard or over doing it with the high fat and salty foods, decide that Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-29594357175562159362008-11-27T00:00:00.000-08:002008-11-27T00:00:01.042-08:00HAPPY THANKSGIVINGDrama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-42427960801918355712008-11-24T05:38:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:38:34.512-08:00No,Nope,Nada, Not going to happenDear ER Patients,I know that for many of you our ER feels like home as you spend more time here than in your own home I am sure -but there are still rules you must follow. So here is a quick list of absolute "NOs" while you are here in case you have forgotten them in the last 2 days since your last visit.1. No you may NOT eat Cheetos and drink Pepsi when you are here for Abdominal pain and Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-27858988093228855772008-11-11T10:22:00.000-08:002008-11-11T10:25:16.572-08:00Thank You for Protecting My Freedom Veteran's Day 2008Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-75273561962902751412008-11-11T09:31:00.000-08:002008-11-11T10:14:17.042-08:00Emotionally TappedI am once again working too many shifts... I am tired, cranky and in desperate need of a vacation.. or even a couple days off....The last 2 weeks we have seen some heartbreaking cases...A 14 month old brought in by mom after drinking lamp oil.. inital oxygen sat 30% heartrate 280.. not responding to pain stimuli.... Ped trauma activated, attempts at IV placement successfull then quickly blow..Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-72847641073874066342008-10-31T00:30:00.000-07:002008-10-31T00:30:00.812-07:00HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! I work tonight... Let the fun begin!! Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-66225580623604604442008-10-30T07:28:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:13:18.041-07:00Stethoscope...Danskos..Taser.. ready for work!Once again ER Nurse is working way too many shifts.. we have been crazy busy and flu season hasn't even begun yet...Here is a snippet of some events that has ER Nurse proposing routine tasing just to make me feel better.23yo M in for asthma crying on his gurney because his O2 probe was "Too Tight".19yo M with Fx ankle from skateboarding who reports not wearing a helmet because the "Type" of Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-73006329172889655372008-10-20T02:18:00.001-07:002008-10-20T02:32:24.680-07:00Boarding..We are overflowing with patients both in the ER and on the floors. This weekend we have lived on DIVERT.. average patients time in the waiting room 6+ hours. We had patients in the ER for 15+ hours. And now because of this we are Boarding patients that need to go to PCU.I hate boarding patients and this shift I have 3. I medicate based on a MAR and if I want to give more medication than the DR Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-4802213027612998842008-10-19T02:28:00.000-07:002008-10-20T02:33:00.165-07:00Carribean?Hawaii? My Bed?ER nurse has worked 131.25 hours in the last 2 weeks....ER nurse needs a vacation.Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-58554115161390702142008-10-12T11:16:00.000-07:002008-10-12T11:20:25.842-07:00Our WeekHAPPY EMERGENCY NURSE WEEK Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-1076700733545760302008-10-07T05:11:00.000-07:002008-10-07T05:30:51.246-07:00Whoppers anyone?SHE IS BAAAAAAAAACK!!The drunk chic from the last 2 nights is back again for the 5 time, after getting drunk and passing out at----- Hold your horses..Yep Mc D's bathroom again !OMG... again BAL 0.387, this time enough is enough we are sending her to involuntary secure detox. If not for her own good then for my sanity... though I am half tempted to get her a Burger King gift card and a one way Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-44385030717799472572008-10-06T03:02:00.000-07:002008-10-06T03:15:20.627-07:00Who wants to party?Two recent LOL (Little ole lady) stories...Medics bring in 74yo after being found down at home by granddaughter with a blood sugar 38.Granddaughter guilt ridden that she went out with friends and was not there for Granny...ER nurse explained to distraught granddaughter that it was not her fault... It was Grandma mixing Glyburide and her 1 1/2 pint to a 1/5 of whiskey a day habit.Mother and Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-54766610578755220632008-10-06T02:49:00.000-07:002008-10-06T03:01:32.604-07:00Have I met you before?ER Nurse rarely refuses to care for a patient.. but tonight I have had enough it is someone else's turn to care for the 33yo alcoholic that keeps getting drunk and finding her way to the local McD and passing out in their bathroom.Normally this would be an easy pt to care for .. but this would have been the 4th time in 36 hours I personally have taken care of her for a BAL >0.377 after sobering Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-61580683358132641502008-10-05T03:41:00.000-07:002008-10-05T03:47:30.918-07:00NH stuntDear Nursing Home Nurses,It is NEVER EVER acceptable to send your patients to the ER via ambulance for the sole purpose of peripheral IV placement!Love,Your Very PO'd ER NurseDrama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-29251402751164435032008-10-05T03:33:00.000-07:002008-10-05T03:37:46.799-07:00Cold Shoulder...Husband calls 911 after waking in the night and finding that wife is not her usually cuddly self and a little on the cold side.. Medics find her asystole.. On a side note...Medics bring her back and we admit to CCU... Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-3729659053531027402008-10-04T02:33:00.000-07:002008-10-04T02:47:03.269-07:00Come in IV form?Attention ER nurses : New cure found for abdominal pain!!!Peanut M&Ms!!It is amazing that my patient who was crying in triage and rocking back and forth with pain was found munching on M&Ms on her gurney under a blanket and when reminded she was NPO and in the "worst pain" of her life she explained "but these really help I have to finish them or the pain will come back." That is why I Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-62444449864075705932008-10-04T02:27:00.000-07:002008-10-04T02:29:06.807-07:00You can't make this stuff up...Man shoots himself in arm after being denied sexStory Updated: Oct 2, 2008 at 12:50 PM PDTBy Associated PressFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Fort Myers man shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him. The Lee County Sheriff's Office reported that a 29-year-old man and his girlfriend returned home from a bar early Wednesday morning.The girlfriend told Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-76172588379611593372008-10-02T17:46:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:50:58.731-07:00Are you?Yeah got my re-cert this week... Now I can officially save your life! Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-11514479928325622672008-10-02T16:55:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:16:31.662-07:0040-50-60%? It's that time of year again..Time to start making bets on what percentage of Influenza Viruses will be covered by this year's scientifically guessed vaccine. Last year it covered about 40% and it made the CDC look real bad so I think they learned their lesson and went to Vegas and let some professional guessers decide the concoction. My guess is 53%---- anyone else care to guess?PS My idea of aDrama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-7447813374826561202008-10-01T10:56:00.000-07:002008-10-01T11:55:59.702-07:00Accident?Very few cases split the staff at the ER. Usually there is a very clear right and wrong to what our patients have done that has caused their need to be there.Police bring in a 20's female after an accident car VS pedestrian. Female was the driver and during triage she admitted to having been drinking earlier along with smoking chronic and being non complaint with her IDDM so her blood sugars Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613138769561075.post-39945426682668606802008-09-29T11:19:00.000-07:002008-10-02T04:31:00.550-07:00POLSTSeen recently on an ornery little old man's POLST form DNR- ( Can zap me once if that doesn't work stop)Artificial Feeding-Yes (don't want to starve to death)Antibiotics- Yes (but not the ones that give me diarrhea)This form is a check off list- so to see this shaky handwriting on it made my night.. That LOM was a hoot! **Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a “portable”Drama>Traumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02505434832008914529noreply@blogger.com0