cadeusus2004

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1. Hey I'm New!

   cadeusus2004 replied to Zipster's topic in Massachusetts

   Many medical institutions will gladly discuss with you your priorities and needs. They need nurses. Many female RNs have the same- or like- situation as yours. Perhaps your instructors can give you good advice. Don't be afraid to ask. There is fl...

2. Hey I'm New!

   cadeusus2004 replied to Zipster's topic in Massachusetts

   Berta, OK. I'm approaching 60. I know there are a lot of us that are in Nursing and working Geriatrics/Rehab. I think we are in a transition where we are seeing our former generation (The WWII) going out, with our help, and are now starting to tak...

3. Hey I'm New!

   cadeusus2004 replied to Zipster's topic in Massachusetts

   Hey Allen, Welcome to the site. What's your tune?

4. New Grads in the ED (?)

   cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

   Imagin916 How in blazes the experienced one got through that year of M/S I'll never know. How she got put in ER is even more perplexing. I don't know what to say about it. Experience, or what we call it, has some pitfalls. One of them is the mindse...

5. New Grads in the ED (?)

   cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

   As one who sometimes makes long replies, I would like to add a short one: When I was a Nueroscience Nurse I held ER nurses in highest regard, and still do. They worked WITH us, and us them, to save lives. I would simply like to salute them as collea...

6. New Grads in the ED (?)

   cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

   I wanted to add something. Please look at your contract. If it mentions your preference and its commitment to that, in writing, they must abide by it. However, most of these contracts seem to have a bit that says, "wherever needed" or some such. One...

7. Hey I'm New!

   cadeusus2004 replied to Zipster's topic in Massachusetts

   Zipster, Come on in and welcome to the family. The food is good, the place is warm, there is plenty of love, and we fight a lot. I have discovered what the greatest word in any language is: "Home".

8. New Grads in the ED (?)

   cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

   NearlyERRN, Play it safe. All you want to do is graduate. this professor could hurt you and I think he or she is being very uncollegial about the whole thing. Best to keep your mouth shut, your eyes down, do what she says, be nice and make it thro...

9. New Grads in the ED (?)

   cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

   Continuing on the worldwide front: A few years ago the World Health Organization rated the best ER teams in the world. The winner, get this, was the Havana General ER. I saw them in action on a video about ER operations. They do more with what they...

10. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    fab4fan, Gear! "Baby you can drive my car, And maybe I'll love you. Beep, Beep, 'm, Beep, Beep, Yeah!" Now there is a philosophical song if I ever heard one. The best from the best.

11. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    Dear Headhurt, Then there, in ER, is where you belong. "Quite right. You're bloody well right. You know you got the right to say" -Supertramp

12. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    I have to work tonight, but I thought I'd add something. Mexico has for a long time been the training ground for American medical students, particularly at University of Guadalahara. Its a great medical school and has many grants from U.S. companies...

13. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    ERJulie and Hogan, the term "Code Green" is used when a care provider is in immenent danger from a patient or the clinical environment. In mental health facilities it used to be called a "Mayday". The book, "Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and th...

14. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    I can think of no greater philosophers of our times than the various musicians we all listened to. In our generation when "the music mattered" (well, the words, anyway), so, after skipping a generation, again, the music again matters., about life, o...

15. New Grads in the ED (?)

    cadeusus2004 replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    Everyone, Well, I don't have to elaborate. But do I use "cheat sheets", a calculator, the "Portable RN" and carry a brandy new 2004 Drug manual? You bet. TPN? Well, in ER you wouldn't have to know it unless someone came to you on it, and there ar...