n6medjim

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1. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

   n6medjim replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   NCIS: whoever gets shot, it's almost always in the upper left chest just barely subclavian ... and dies instantly. Yuppers. Deader than can be!

2. Night Shift For Newbies

   n6medjim replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Worked night shift the second half of my nursing career. (Full disclosure here: got licensed & began work at 63, retired at 67.) Hated every minute of it. Felt like I was a vampire: get home and in bed before the rays of the sun struck me ;-) My ...

3. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

   n6medjim replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

   There are reasons for one to be overweight few of which are really legitimate. Given the current overly high BMI demographic of our population, the biggest problem we really have is a lack of discipline to maintain a healthy life style, regardless of...

4. What do you do to volunteer and give back?

   n6medjim replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   After a long career of 6 years as a medical tele floor RN (I started late at age 63), I moved into Red Cross Disaster Health Services. A far cry from and a cake walk compared to floor nursing, it is nonetheless just as rewarding. It is more akin to p...

5. Which penlight do you use? Incandescent or LED?

   n6medjim replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

   Lot better way to check responsiveness on an intox who is likely to be faking it: forget the light in the eyes; take their hand and hold it above their face, then release. If he moves it to the side so it doesn't hit him in the face, well, you get th...

6. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   n6medjim replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   First, revisit WHY you decided to become nurse. If for altruistic reasons and not for the money: do NOT give up! -- Studying to become is a nurse is a ***** (I know, at 58 I had to relearn how to learn!). -- Preparing for the NCLEX is a *****. The co...

7. Question to Catholic nurses

   n6medjim replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

   Religion aside, I think you had a bigger problem here: your pt was on strict swallow precautions. Were you REALLY going to risk your pt choking and then having to scramble for suction, even if that wafer dissolved in her mouth?

8. Men in the nursing field, is there a problem?

   n6medjim replied to sroseo's topic in Male Students

   I'll do my best to offer you my perspective. First and foremost, RN'ing is my 2nd career. I worked in high tech until I was 58 at which time I got laid off d/t the Dot Com bust and telecom industry implosion. I went back to school and got my license ...

9. A Tribute to Nurses Through Time

   n6medjim replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Terrific tribute. Would like to have seen more Nurses represented even though the profession is only 6-10% male (depending on which survey is the reference). After all, the very first nurses were male!