nursemt850

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1. In praise of men in nursing

   nursemt850 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think male nurses have to deal with a lot more stuff during nursing school. To all the male nurses, just remember your OB rotations(cant do an assessment on a female because her husband wont let you,etc..)

2. PICU Nurses

   nursemt850 replied to biscuit_007's topic in PICU

   HI I live in McAllen Tx, (deep south texas) in the Rio Grande Valley there is only one PICU; thats where i work. It's a 12 bed place. Iwork 7p-7a and our staffing used to be very bad. there was a time when it was only 8 nurses to cover the night shif...

3. Transport Equipment

   nursemt850 replied to MRobertson's topic in Flight

   hi matt I work in a PICU where we do critical ground transports. One of our pediatric intensivists( DR.Norberg) had a transporter specially made. I even think he patened it.that fits on top of the ems stretcher. it has space for the Propaq montior at...

4. paramedic nursing

   nursemt850 replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight

   Hi, in South Texas they did away with the RN/Paramedic bridge program. If you are an RN and want to be a EMT-P, you at least need to go to school for the EMT-Basic; which is aprox. 3 months.Once you have the EMT-B, you can skip the EMT-I but you are ...