Worst I've ever done (was ordered this way by the physician..at my request. But bc it was written this way it covered my arse) involved this guy who was a frequent flyer at the ER I was working at maybe 2 years after I graduated from nursing school. Dude was convinced he had some illness that was going to kill him. He was a healthy 18 year old. He would come in every 2-3 days requesting antibiotics and we'd gotten tired of it. He was taking up time and space that could've been dedicated to someone who actually needed both. Well, I asked the doc to order an injection split into 2 IM injections. (Intramuscular) The drug is called rocephin and it's almost always reconstituted with lidocaine bc it burns like a motherfricker otherwise. I asked the doc to order it straight up. I didn't mix it with anything other than normal saline and popped him in the left and right hips using the largest gauge needle I could get away with. This boy was yelling like someone was killing him and dropped to his knees and stayed there for about 45 minutes. I gained immense satisfaction from it, he never knew the difference and he never returned.

Would I do it again? You bet your sweet arse I would.

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Posted by scrooster

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Member since Jul 2012

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Posted on 5/8/19 at 12:34 am to Carolina_Girl

Nurses are under appreciated and, as you know, my first wife of 24 years was/is a nurse who started as an LPN worked her way up to RN and eventually an APRN. The stories she used to bring home were mind boggling in her triage years.

Later, when she began to specialize in chemo, the stories became more tragic and heart breaking. The cards and letters and gifts she would get from her patients every Christmas were overwhelming.

She was married to her job and eventually it cost us our marriage but God Bless her, she is so good at what she does. She’s helped a lot of people.

I don’t know how y’all do it Ange but God Bless all of y’all. I have had some absolute angels take care of me over the course of my life after various injuries. Met my ex wife in Newcastle England while in a hospital there recovering from a bad injury I sustained while training with the SAS. She was just the bomb at the time. Looked just like Julia Roberts to me. Got me healed and then got me hitched.

I don’t know how y’all don’t get attached to more people and patients than you do.

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Posted by mikeboss550

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 5/10/19 at 12:21 am to Carolina_Girl

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Worst I've ever done (was ordered this way by the physician..at my request. But bc it was written this way it covered my arse) involved this guy who was a frequent flyer at the ER I was working at maybe 2 years after I graduated from nursing school. Dude was convinced he had some illness that was going to kill him. He was a healthy 18 year old. He would come in every 2-3 days requesting antibiotics and we'd gotten tired of it. He was taking up time and space that could've been dedicated to someone who actually needed both. Well, I asked the doc to order an injection split into 2 IM injections. (Intramuscular) The drug is called rocephin and it's almost always reconstituted with lidocaine bc it burns like a motherfricker otherwise. I asked the doc to order it straight up. I didn't mix it with anything other than normal saline and popped him in the left and right hips using the largest gauge needle I could get away with. This boy was yelling like someone was killing him and dropped to his knees and stayed there for about 45 minutes. I gained immense satisfaction from it, he never knew the difference and he never returned.

can confirm us in the medical field will get you in our own way if you waste our time