rigmedic

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1. career change to nursing the right choice?

   rigmedic replied to Dino's topic in Male Students

   When I got out of aviation (I was in corporate), it amazed me the number of people that are just dumbfounded that anyone would give up "such a good job". LOL They have no idea! As for the bodily fluids thing, yes you have to learn to deal with it. ...

2. Nursing jobs with oil companies

   rigmedic replied to night2rid1er4's topic in International

   What would you like to know? I work internationally offshore, and have for several years now.

3. Wow a bag of pretzels, your right admin, this is a good place to work

   rigmedic replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the offer, but this is MY gravy train. LOL Oh, I forgot to mention that if I have to do schools or meetings on my offtime they pay it at Double Pay. Yep, just like the hospital.......NOT!!

4. Wow a bag of pretzels, your right admin, this is a good place to work

   rigmedic replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

   If you want to know why I keep working offshore in Industrial Medicine, this is why. For our bonus this year, we all got $300 Seiko watches, engraved. For our weekly safety meeting prizes, they give away MP3 players, digital cameras, etc. I don't ...

5. Anyone use the Littman 3000 electronic stethoscope?

   rigmedic replied to RN808's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have one of them, and it works very well in noisy environments. I rarely use it, though, because it will not hang easily around your neck. The tubing that goes from the bell up toward the earpieces has a controller, that holds the batteries. Bec...

6. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

   rigmedic replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   the one thing i know that would upset me (and i admit i am impatient) is when i wanted information and the primary nurse was no where to be found to give it to me. -Allison2008 Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!! As someone who knows both sides of...

7. Whats the best job in healthcare?

   rigmedic replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

   Well, what is "serious" in the ER of a Level 1 Trauma Center in the States and what is "serious" 45 miles off the coast of a third world country are two different things. LOL We have everything from dengue fever, lots of skin MRSA (incision and drai...

8. Whats the best job in healthcare?

   rigmedic replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

   That is correct. I run my own 2 bed clinic for 115 people and get to bank TONS of frequent flyer miles. It is a great job.

9. Whats the best job in healthcare?

   rigmedic replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

   Being a rig medic is, without a doubt, ONE of the best jobs in healthcare. You get to travel the world, have complete autonomy running your own clinic far at sea, and the money is at least as good as I would make as a nurse manager.

10. Paramedic to RN via Excelsior?

    rigmedic replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Online Learning

    "just being "street medics"???????????? Grrrrrrrrr:madface::trout:

11. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    rigmedic replied to bethin's topic in Activism

    For all the warts of "Big Government", and there are many, at least the citizens get a vote in how it runs. Corporate America answers ONLY to the Board of Directors of that particular corporation. Individual shareholders have virtually no say so in...

12. Clinton unveils new health care plan

    rigmedic replied to bethin's topic in Activism

    It all ultimately comes down to, "Who do you trust more; Big Government or Corporate America?". After decades of watching Corporate America downsize, rightsize, outsource, create "preexisting conditions", deny coverage, and generally allow their gre...

13. Incompetent nurses

    rigmedic replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    I am certainly not a troll, and will not flame nurses. I will agree with Keith that certain aspects of my paramedic education were far superior to that of nursing school. The reverse is also true in certain areas. I think that if the pay, be...

14. Outsourcing nurses, NOOOOOO!!!!!

    rigmedic replied to cajjj's topic in Activism

    That is good, and it should be even tougher! When we have American citizens beating down the doors to nursing schools, trying to get degrees, there is no reason to let foreigners have the few good jobs left in America. The nursing boards in the var...

15. Outsourcing nurses, NOOOOOO!!!!!

    rigmedic replied to cajjj's topic in Activism

    With all due respect, you are completely kidding yourself if you think that importing foreign nurses won't diminish your own standard of living. Globalization is simply a race to the bottom in terms of wages and benefits. The only people that benef...