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1. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   betweenprofessions replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, I've seen many nursing homes that do not have non-rebreathing masks. Whether it be for financial or treatment reasons, they do not keep them in stock. They have BVM's, but not NRB's. :wink2:

2. interesting--emts in the ER?

   betweenprofessions replied to tiger's topic in Activism

   I really wish that I hadn't found these last two posts. Let us continue the age old Pi..... contest between paramedics and nurses. I have one job emt and I'm doing fine financially. Nurse........paramedics intubate nasally and orally, we do rapid s...

3. Ooooooooh, I am SO ticked off right now!!!

   betweenprofessions replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Okay...some perspective of this incident. There are a lot of EMT's and Paramedics that are ignorant about the system in a LTC facility. You all are limited in most instances, as to what you can treat in an emergency. But you have vast and valuable kn...

4. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   betweenprofessions replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   One of the biggest issues that I've seen in my 10 years as a paramedic is a lake of respect that sometimes, but not always, occurs between the LTC nurse and the paramedic. I realize, as my mother has been a LTC nurse for many, many years that nursi...