hahaha so funny! i work in the ED and have friends in the ICU so i can't really say much about this video. i think we have good and smart RNs in every specialty and we have not so smart ones in every unit as well. this is just an example of a not so good RN in the ICU. for the record i have cleaned more than my fair share of BMs prior to transferring my pt's to ICU or any other unit and labeling the lines just doesn't happen in the ED.
Haha!! whaaateverrrrr. "We drew cultures, ABGs, and a full set of labs." Yeah right. How about a set of vitals? Any sort of history? If they come up with the correct concentration of Levo programmed into the pump, this ICU RN is a (relatively shocked but) happy man. And more times than not, the typical "ICU admit" from the ED should have been admitted to step-down!
@rongducdong i agree my last 2 or 3 admits could have been admitted to tele no into a cvicu. i got one the other day that was admitted to icu for a cardizem drip and bipap. the hospital policy states that both of those can go to pcu.
Two totally different types of nursing. Im tired of this pissing contest of whos the best, who has the harder job, whos smarter, whos the better nurse. This is why I think nurses need to cross train in ER and ICU to have more understanding for each job. None of this ER vs ICU waste of time and energy.
wow, I have never heard this kind of response from the ICU! We don't expect them to get a bath! puhlease! we get it that it's not about that don't there! Don't forget that ICU nurses save lives as well. ER nurses aren't the only ones that work understaffed, or work hard, or are busy. Get over yourselves
@Rayne: my favorite is when freaking ICU starts asking you ridiculous questions that you don't want to insult them by not answering so you look it up in the chart. "What's the patient's blah blah blah lab result?" Gosh, learn to distill information, ICU. The patient isn't receiving a transfusion and isn't here for _that_ issue so you go memorize irrelevant lab values when they get up there.
You know I have been an ICU nurse for many years in a large urban hospital. We have 6 different wonderful ICU's and a terrific ER. I cannot ever recall asking my friends in the ER if they had given a bed bath or labeled lines before they transported a patient, how incredibly stupid. ER's and ICU's can be incredibly stressful places to work. Floor nursing isn't easy either. So let's build one another up and not tear one another down. Don't we deal with enough crap as it is...
@123MangoPapaya I agree. I am an ER doc. The ICU and ER get along well in our hospital. They do a lot of overlap. When we have codes, ICU nurses come down, and we go upstairs for their codes. We also help when the ICU has a difficult intubation at night. These vids are silly.
ER nurses need to pay attention to their patients instead of treating their rooms like conveyor belts to the units. Great you're busy, so am I If you'd just give me five minutes notice so I can degown and dream about a life before c diff.
Once had a patient that the ER brought up. Q15 breathing treatments and on a non rebreather (12 liters maybe?). Patient was freaking out, family was going nuts. Walk in to do my initial assessment and what's wrong? the pulse ox probe is on her fecking knuckle.
so inaccurate! lmao, except for the er not labeling lines. the er will do the bare minimum, and dump them in icu with little notice they're coming, and little report on what is going on, leaving it to the icu to settle and care for a crashing patient.
@RayneStormRN Love it when they transfer them to MS and not even call you! Because they're supposedly too busy, and forget starting a line anywhere other then A/C, which you always have to reset, not to mention the fact that these assholes have no paperwork to do...
@drunkchemist are you out of your fucking mind? no paperwork to do?!? have you ever worked in an ER??? quit spouting off about shit you obviously don't know about. i've done med/surg, ICU, and ER, and ER has the most paperwork to do out of the three. all three are demanding jobs, but don't ever discount the ER nurses. ER nurses are generally built for ER nursing, just like how ICU nurses are built for ICU, and med/surg nurses are built for med/surg. there's an ass for every seat, my friend.
hahaha so funny! i work in the ED and have friends in the ICU so i can't really say much about this video. i think we have good and smart RNs in every specialty and we have not so smart ones in every unit as well. this is just an example of a not so good RN in the ICU. for the record i have cleaned more than my fair share of BMs prior to transferring my pt's to ICU or any other unit and labeling the lines just doesn't happen in the ED.
inmyopinion5791 1 week ago
no, I'M shmoopy
BrendanIsCool 3 months ago 2
Haha!! whaaateverrrrr. "We drew cultures, ABGs, and a full set of labs." Yeah right. How about a set of vitals? Any sort of history? If they come up with the correct concentration of Levo programmed into the pump, this ICU RN is a (relatively shocked but) happy man. And more times than not, the typical "ICU admit" from the ED should have been admitted to step-down!
rongducdong 6 months ago
@rongducdong i agree my last 2 or 3 admits could have been admitted to tele no into a cvicu. i got one the other day that was admitted to icu for a cardizem drip and bipap. the hospital policy states that both of those can go to pcu.
telenurseboy 5 months ago
Im also an ER doc, jajaja it is great, and sooo true!
rroocckkttoorr 6 months ago
Oh goodness can I even get a job. Fire these people that treat people like this for real.
b3ll3gurl 9 months ago
Two totally different types of nursing. Im tired of this pissing contest of whos the best, who has the harder job, whos smarter, whos the better nurse. This is why I think nurses need to cross train in ER and ICU to have more understanding for each job. None of this ER vs ICU waste of time and energy.
JZZA1 11 months ago
wow, I have never heard this kind of response from the ICU! We don't expect them to get a bath! puhlease! we get it that it's not about that don't there! Don't forget that ICU nurses save lives as well. ER nurses aren't the only ones that work understaffed, or work hard, or are busy. Get over yourselves
nurseboss1 11 months ago 6
@Rayne: my favorite is when freaking ICU starts asking you ridiculous questions that you don't want to insult them by not answering so you look it up in the chart. "What's the patient's blah blah blah lab result?" Gosh, learn to distill information, ICU. The patient isn't receiving a transfusion and isn't here for _that_ issue so you go memorize irrelevant lab values when they get up there.
vgolden78 1 year ago
You know I have been an ICU nurse for many years in a large urban hospital. We have 6 different wonderful ICU's and a terrific ER. I cannot ever recall asking my friends in the ER if they had given a bed bath or labeled lines before they transported a patient, how incredibly stupid. ER's and ICU's can be incredibly stressful places to work. Floor nursing isn't easy either. So let's build one another up and not tear one another down. Don't we deal with enough crap as it is...
123MangoPapaya 1 year ago 22
@123MangoPapaya I agree. I am an ER doc. The ICU and ER get along well in our hospital. They do a lot of overlap. When we have codes, ICU nurses come down, and we go upstairs for their codes. We also help when the ICU has a difficult intubation at night. These vids are silly.
jrewert 8 months ago
@123MangoPapaya i have never heard on any floor, let alone an icu, which i have worked on all of them ask if the lines were labeled or about diapers.
telenurseboy 5 months ago
ER nurses need to pay attention to their patients instead of treating their rooms like conveyor belts to the units. Great you're busy, so am I If you'd just give me five minutes notice so I can degown and dream about a life before c diff.
Once had a patient that the ER brought up. Q15 breathing treatments and on a non rebreather (12 liters maybe?). Patient was freaking out, family was going nuts. Walk in to do my initial assessment and what's wrong? the pulse ox probe is on her fecking knuckle.
prometheusp11 1 year ago
Yup, sounds about right.
mamaursula 1 year ago
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cab35 1 year ago
Hey, I always thought ICU stood for Intensive Care Unit, not I Can't Use (to ED patients).
roakat 1 year ago
ha! diaper and bed bath!
blueprairiedog 1 year ago
so inaccurate! lmao, except for the er not labeling lines. the er will do the bare minimum, and dump them in icu with little notice they're coming, and little report on what is going on, leaving it to the icu to settle and care for a crashing patient.
RayneStormRN 1 year ago
@RayneStormRN
ur kidding me right. come and work emerg then go back to ur camp cuddles in ICU, prick
CrazyCrease 1 year ago
@RayneStormRN Love it when they transfer them to MS and not even call you! Because they're supposedly too busy, and forget starting a line anywhere other then A/C, which you always have to reset, not to mention the fact that these assholes have no paperwork to do...
drunkchemist 1 year ago
@drunkchemist my favorite is when you're getting report from them, and the most common answer from them is "i don't konw, let me look"
RayneStormRN 1 year ago
@drunkchemist the ac lines are started by ems. er lines are rare.
telenurseboy 5 months ago
@drunkchemist are you out of your fucking mind? no paperwork to do?!? have you ever worked in an ER??? quit spouting off about shit you obviously don't know about. i've done med/surg, ICU, and ER, and ER has the most paperwork to do out of the three. all three are demanding jobs, but don't ever discount the ER nurses. ER nurses are generally built for ER nursing, just like how ICU nurses are built for ICU, and med/surg nurses are built for med/surg. there's an ass for every seat, my friend.
mikesliff 2 months ago 2
you should see my creation its funny as
vinny460 1 year ago
ROFL no Im not shnoopy hahahaha
R3MUS2007 1 year ago