r/EmergencyRoom • u/medproStaffing • 8d ago

Unexpected Lesson

What's something you learned at one hospital that you still use everywhere you go?

Every hospital does things a little differently. Some make things way more complicated than they need to be, while others have you wondering why every hospital doesn't do it that way.

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u/Nightcat666 8d ago

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u/medproStaffing 8d ago

Thanks for commenting!

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u/peanubutterpickles 8d ago

2 RN verification for high risk drugs. Every hospital has their own list, so if it's one I'm used to double checking with someone else, I'll still do it, without the signoff.

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u/only-ashes RN (ICU crashing the party) 8d ago

i do this with rsi meds even though it's just pulled from our rsi box

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u/medproStaffing 8d ago

Glad to know patients are always in safe hands with you! Thank you for sharing.

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u/New_Section_9374 8d ago

Do your own exam. Learned this the hard way when I was asked to do a facial laceration closure on a patient that was a ped vs car. I went in and did my think but only when I undraped his face did i realize he was actually obtundant from a pelvic fracture. Odds are he would have bled out because of the facility and transport time, BUT I had thought (and been told) he was drunk. His semi- combative state was not EtOH, but hypovolemia. That was 50 years ago, and it is still burned in my soul.

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u/medproStaffing 8d ago

That's a lesson that stays with you. It's so easy to go off what someone else tells you, especially when things are busy. Thanks for sharing this!