stkadria

Oh man, I'm an ED nurse and I would never go back to the floor. On the floor, if you get a fucking asshole patient, they are yours for 12 hours, and they will probably be there when you come back tomorrow too. Multiple doctors round and put in new orders all day, multiple meals, accuchecks, bed changes, baths, med pass for all of your patients scheduled at the same time and they all have 15 meds each. Oh, and did you need something? Have fun paging the doctor 20 times while your patient yells at you for not having the order yet. In the ED, you have that patient for maybe 4 hours. They can't eat or drink until testing is done and then you can throw them the one sandwich you have in stock if they want it. Don't like it, they can order once they get upstairs or get their own food when they leave. No bathing, limited toileting. You get your patient, you assess, draw blood, monitor, and provide meds as needed, then send them on their way. It's great.

What are you even talking about? I help people in the ED. There's just a lot less tedious bullshit in the ED than on the floor.

The part you just quoted is from me talking about the ED work that I like. The "tedious bullshit" refers to my description of working the floor, with multiple meals, med passes, baths, etc. Tedious bullshit.

It's fine if you don't like my attitude but if you're going to come at me, check your reading comprehension first.

I don't wear gloves when taking vitals, I mean if they aren't on contact precautions and don't have any open skin wounds or rashes, I don't see the point in wearing gloves because I'm not coming into contact with anything but your skin. Skin to skin contact doesn't require gloves, generally. Putting in an IV is different because there's blood involved. I'm guilty of tearing off a fingertip of my glove to feel the vein better, though.