badphish

badphish has 1 years experience and specializes in ED.

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1. RN-to-Paramedic Bridge

   badphish replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Flight

   here in central florida; polk state college,valencia college, seminole state college

2. E.D nurses "set up to fail"

   badphish replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

   ER nurse here that started as new grad in ER. unfair to generalize about new grads and the ER. im doing well, must disclose im a paramedic and former army medic. but a coworker of mine came to ER fresh out of her nursing program with no medical ex...

3. Last minute TNCC. Frustrated. Venting.

   badphish replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Emergency

   i just took the course this last week. if you want to give your email, i can send you a couple of study guides that really helped me out. i was given great advice for the practical. there will be equipment next to the dummy for you to use. place e...

4. Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

   badphish replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

   damn just had an off kinda topic thought, man if ipads had only come out 2 yrs earlier. id buy every book in digital format, load up them and the lecture slides into PDF expert and highlight and mark up the day away. only one thing to lug around...

5. Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

   badphish replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

   i went thru a transition course LPN/PARAMEDIC to RN course that was a year long with mostly single moms that also worked full time, its hard but do-able. you need to find the right program for you. i suggest getting your 2 yr RN first then going on...

6. Should I Maintain EMT-B with new RN?

   badphish replied to MidnightAzalea's topic in Emergency

   flight nurse would benefit from current PARAMEDIC cert, not EMT-Basic. and a new Nurse is not going flight anytime soon. Our state requires dual cert for flight nurses. so unless you are volunteering at the local fire station i see no benefit. and ...

7. "I didn't want to go into nursing because I didn't want to be labled gay"

   badphish replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Men

   as all that know me know im a hetero male in touch with his feminine side...( im very proud of my pink sharpie-- no one has stole it , mission accomplished) as i told my medics back in the day. i dont care if you are straight gay or only love yours...

8. Guys, do you wear your wedding band to work?

   badphish replied to JaredCNA's topic in Men

   i wear two. one on each hand. married 27 yrs, a nurse 6 months

9. Treating pain in ER

   badphish replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Emergency

   probably has already been said i dont want to sift through the pages of this thread. but, i would definitely look not START a nursing career if i had chronic pain issues!! 1. your condiion will only worsen, way too much lifting pushing pulling etc....

10. How long to stay at a job you don't like?

    badphish replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    90 days to one year

11. to New Nurses (long, but, hopefully helpful)

    badphish replied to gentlegiver's topic in Geriatric

    The ER is a Bar and The ICU is a library, even turkeys die. GOMERS go to ground, (ERcentric). The floor Nurse and ER nurse have totally different thoughts on priorities and what is or isn't stable. The more annoying the family member, the longer t...

12. What you wished you'd studied before becoming an ED RN

    badphish replied to Schweet's topic in Emergency

    Lunah. Not sure the new Doo is army regulation.

13. What you wished you'd studied before becoming an ED RN

    badphish replied to Schweet's topic in Emergency

    The relaxation techniques of the Dali Lama, and how to get by on 3 hours of sleep a dag while keeping your employer and family happy. Been doing the ER night shift in busiest ER in town since October havnt used ABG values once. Better off taking a ...

14. Handling chauvinistic male charge nurse

    badphish replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    How did this become about short male nurses :). Although a few of us do have a Napoleon complex.

15. Is it normal after graduating to be nervous about being on your own?

    badphish replied to spacy224's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is normal Why an online nclex review course? Just take a bunch of those practice tests that come with your review books. Look at all those tables and charts in the review books u will be fine. I think people tend to overdue the nclex review...