ER vs. ICU

er nurse tries to transfer critically ill patient to the icu. this story is based on a real life story

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[123MangoPapaya]

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...

[nurseboss1]

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

[mikesliff]

@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.

[BrendanIsCool]

no, I'M shmoopy

[telenurseboy]

@drunkchemist the ac lines are started by ems. er lines are rare.

[telenurseboy]

@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]

@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.

[rongducdong]

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!

[rroocckkttoorr]

Im also an ER doc, jajaja it is great, and sooo true!



[jrewert]

@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.

[b3ll3gurl]

Oh goodness can I even get a job. Fire these people that treat people like this for real.

[JZZA1]

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.