Laura and the ER

I have been trying something new this week. Emergency! And I have found a great liking. People come in, you never know who or what is coming in. It could be anything from "my baby has had a cough since birth", to I had diarrhea once this am, to I dropped my TV on my foot, to a person who has to be medivac'd out for surgery ASAP. Always something new and exciting.. That's just my style.

It is a very trying job. I have been there for 3 days, and one lady has been in 3 times (2x one day and 1x today- and all times sent home because nothing was wrong). AHH. You sometimes want to say THIS IS EMERGENCY.. not a drop in centre. And in ER you can use some funky tools. Today I sawed off a cast. Booyah. I was nervous, patient was great (yeah I admitted it was my first time- she thought I would get hired in ortho for sure). I can now see why ER nurses burn out, as many people use and abuse the system- especially up here where people come in just to get a prescription for Tylenol ..

The joys of nursing. ER is GREAT! I will keep you posted on more ER adventures...