sammycat

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1. Freeked Out In A Law Suit

   sammycat replied to CMORELOCK45's topic in Emergency

   Question......Where would a person go on the web to research the question of malpractice insurance or not. Similar case examples and so forth. Any ideas, please let me know because I have no insurance either. I always thought if I had insurance they ...

2. Freeked Out In A Law Suit

   sammycat replied to CMORELOCK45's topic in Emergency

   As a nurse following a Dr's order on an overdose pt. you should be covered. Also check the hospital and emergency room procedure book that covers this type of event. I know in our ER we have these proceedures laid out very well. This pt. was out of i...

3. Advise Needed for new ER nurse

   sammycat replied to Dwedge's topic in Emergency

   I was once told, if you don't come to work each day afraid you might make a mistake, then it's time to leave. A good nurse is always learning and caring for their patient. Don't worry about being the fastest at assessing, it will come with time. Do e...

4. More Strange Baby Names

   sammycat replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   As a nurse in Wisconsin, I ran across a physician named Dr. Doctor. He had a sister who was a nurse (nurse Doctor). When I was in the military I had a patient named Elvis Presley Levey and his sister, Dolly Parton Levey. Their parents were big into...

5. discouragement from RNs...

   sammycat replied to CA-FNPtobe's topic in Career Support

   To Naddy: I started nursing when I was 28. I have worked for insurance companies, hospitals and Busch Gardens in Fla. I started as a nurses asst in a nursing home. I have done home health through agency nursing as well as Dr's office work. I have an ...

6. discouragement from RNs...

   sammycat replied to CA-FNPtobe's topic in Career Support

   reply to naddy: To make "Big Bucks" in this field, pick one area you love, get close to a doctor who wants to take you under his wing and make you his assistant. That means you have to be very, very good at what you do. Assistant to a cardiologist or...

7. You Know It's Going to Be a Bad Shift.....

   sammycat replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Humor

   It's really bad when it's Friday the 13th and a full moon! And I work the ER on the evening shift!

8. discouragement from RNs...

   sammycat replied to CA-FNPtobe's topic in Career Support

   It sounds like you have given this alot of thought. I too had been called to nursing for years before I was a nurse, I just didn't realize it. I started as an OR tech. I traveled down the road as a dental asst. and a CS tech. It seemed as though I wa...

9. Opinions please, am I too old??

   sammycat replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in Career Support

   When I entered nursing school in 1988, I was 28 and I was the youngest student in my class. I met a man who had retired from the auto industry building cars and wanted another career. He went into nursing. At the age of 48, he graduated. Within 3 yea...

10. You Know It's Going to Be a Bad Shift.....

    sammycat replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Humor

    As an ER nurse, worst case is a full moon, ambulances in the ER bay, or worse, racing you to the door. When that "certain Doctor" is on who likes to perscribe 80 lortabs and 60 soma for all back aches and similar tooth pain, arm aches, etc, you know ...