Triage this!
Am I really that jaded now that I have spent time in and ER as a tech and a majority of what little free time I do have in nursing school surfing nursing and medical blogs? Today, I was allowed to observe for 4 hours in triage in a large, county hospital. I have learned that I will not make a good ER triage nurse or I might run the risk of being fired for telling people to get out. I sat through 4 hours of unmitigated hell. There is living proof that licensing should be required to birth people into this crazy world. One patient out of 47 I think actually had an emergent situation. Arterial blood spurting all over the place tends to draw the attention of the leeches and you want to holler at those sucking on the teet of society, “SEE PEOPLE! THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! The rest of you need to disperse because there is nothing to be seen here. Go to your local, non-emergent clinic and find a PCP!” This community has several, easily accessible clinics that are set up for this purpose. Educating the public is a daunting task. One thing for sure, Momma wouldn’t allow this nonsense occur.
I am such a huge fan of “License to Breed” that I would have it printed on a tshirt if I didn’t risk getting shot for it. You have named all the reasons why I can NEVER be an ER nurse. Ever ever ever. God bless ‘em but damn, that’s not for me.
I’ll print up the shirt!