PatricParamedic

PatricParamedic has 30 years experience and specializes in Emergency Medicine.

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1. Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

   PatricParamedic replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   You could do yourself an educational favor re: the so-called "Wage Gap" by taking a peek at the details. As you may recall, that's where the Devil is. At least 25 factors explaining the truth, have been identified. The wage discrepancy between men an...

2. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

   PatricParamedic replied to sethmctenn's topic in Humor

   take a look at the book, 'america's dumbest doctors." there's a whole, hilarious chapter on physicians' names, including a treatise on what's known as 'nominative determinism.'

3. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

   PatricParamedic replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

   back in the ice ages, when the discipline of "paramedics" was squeaky new, the only way to become a medic in southern california was to get yourself sponsored into medical school. mine was ucsd la jolla. we interns showed up for lab one day to be sla...

4. How EMS impacts our care of patients in the ER

   PatricParamedic replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

   as a former chief paramedic in various parts of the world, i have, as a hobby, listened in on ems radio reports between field medics & the er, pretty much nationwide. and what i've heard more times than i can count, are patient assessments to nur...

5. You Just Can't Fix Stupid!

   PatricParamedic replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   wannabe nurse - lord knows there's plenty of "funny" to be found in this thread. but if you really are planning a career in the medical profession, you may want to go back and re-read what these veterans are saying. in my puny opinion, allnurses sh...

6. How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

   PatricParamedic replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   it was once part of my job to bring new ambulances from dallas to san diego. once i found myself west of forth worth, in the middle of nowhere. i was looking for a smaller highway exit & thought for sure i'd missed it. nothing but tumble weeds. t...

7. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   PatricParamedic replied to Moogie's topic in Humor

   soon2be nurse - your fiance? does that mean what i think it means? still time to trade up, bright one. if he can't respect your best advice now, and runs to mom . . .

8. You Just Can't Fix Stupid!

   PatricParamedic replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   just for the record, the "idiot gene" does not live in the shallow end of the pool at all. it swims up and down the iq river, spawning its goofiness like salmon. in fact, one could make a terrific argument that the dumbest behavior is done by the "b...

9. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

   PatricParamedic replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I absolutely despised dog lab at UCSD La Jolla school of medicine. It damned near sent me right out the door. And in fact, we did lose one intern because of it. But those of such sensitivities probably should stay well clear of most areas of patient ...

10. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

    PatricParamedic replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    You could always remind them there's an amazing book out there called, "America's Dumbest Doctors" selling like crazy. There's no book on the shelves called Dumb Nurses, with good reason. Not enough material.

11. You Just Can't Fix Stupid!

    PatricParamedic replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    You are Soooo right about nurses and what you go through - and have for centuries. While working on my book project, I asked nurses nationwide to give me their stories. 300 of them did. I was astonished at the hilarity - and the depth of emotion of t...

12. You Just Can't Fix Stupid!

    PatricParamedic replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    For those who are unaware, there are sites such as Medical Maniacs that list Darwin Doctor Awards, too. It's amazing how many have accidentally blown themselves up. Brings new meaning to the term "Big Bang Theory."

13. How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

    PatricParamedic replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the mid-1980's in the early days of AIDS, the city of San Francisco was finding it impossible to staff paramedic units for several years. I worked 600 miles away in Palm Springs, and I saw a flyer on the hospital bulletin board inviting CC-RN...

14. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    PatricParamedic replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    i vividly recall that in my paramedic class at ucsd in la jolla one of the truly brilliant fellows in our class dropped out due to stress in the last week. his preceptors absolutely despised him, so they literally & honestly drove him right over ...

15. How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

    PatricParamedic replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Okey-dokey. If it ever gets on audio I'll shout it from the rooftops. Now, if I could just get Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt to read it aloud . . . .