zzrider

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1. Rinse back amount

   zzrider replied to ChicagoRN84's topic in Urology

   I guess it depends on how heavy your rinseback is. The prime is easy to figure out - just look at your bag when you're done priming the lines. How much did you use (minus the little bit that ends up in the bucket)? I find it hard to believe that ...

2. Solutions for Acutes?

   zzrider replied to westieluv's topic in Urology

   I'm going to offer a somewhat different, more positive perspective on acutes. First off, I'm a new nurse, and acutes is my first and only nursing job. I'm not young and starry-eyed though: this is a second career for me, having come from a long cor...

3. If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

   zzrider replied to tulip5's topic in Activism

   My apologies for misinterpreting your response. My post was addressing the perception of health care as a right and how this perception is what is largely behind the drive for universal single-payer coverage. Since you took issue with my post, I th...

4. If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

   zzrider replied to tulip5's topic in Activism

   Not true. You do not have a RIGHT to police or fire protection. The Supreme Court found in Warren Vs. District of Columbia that the police do NOT have a DUTY to protect you, thus, you do not have an automatic "right" to their labor.

5. If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

   zzrider replied to tulip5's topic in Activism

   The observation that "Every other developed country in the world pays between about 5 and 12% of GDP on healthcare, we spend about 18%." is utterly meaningless in the context of Obamacare or single payer for a number of reasons: 1) Other countries ar...

6. Ages of male nursing students?

   zzrider replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Students

   I just got my acceptance letter from the RN program of choice yesterday. When I start in the fall, I'll be 46.This is a second career for me (was a software developer previously). I eased in to health care by working as an EMT and in a hospital ER...

7. Have you ever been mistaken for a doctor?

   zzrider replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men

   Heck, I'm just an EMT who works as a tech in a hospital ER, and half the time the patients think I'm the doctor.

8. Getting in shape for the older dude

   zzrider replied to EMT-newbie's topic in Male Students

   Indeed, I am so happy I chose to go the EMT route as an entry point to health care. I love working on an ambulance. I'm just doing typical private EMS BLS ambulance transport type stuff, but that's fine with me. The pay is absurd; you'd make more ...

9. New name for nurses who are men

   zzrider replied to midlife101's topic in Men

   Half the RNs in the ER I work at are men, and both the ICU and ACU floors have RNs that are men as well. I'm far more worried about my job prospects as a future new grad nurse than I am the about the masculinity of the title.

10. Getting in shape for the older dude

    zzrider replied to EMT-newbie's topic in Male Students

    I too came from a prior cubicle-bound life, and will be starting nursing school next fall at the age of 46. Working full time for the past year as an EMT has helped correct the atrophy of my past 20 years. Start eating better. Figure out what your B...

11. Never too old to learn

    zzrider replied to DwightB's topic in Men

    You definitely aren't alone! I'm 45 and currently taking my last prereq (A&P II); intend to start a ADN program next fall. I come from a completely different background as well - have an engineering B.S. and worked 20 years in software developmen...

12. Am I too old to go back to school?

    zzrider replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric

    You're only 37 - you're only too old to go back to school if you let yourself think you are too old. I've got 6 years on you and I'm just now going back to school myself, and I'm undertaking a radical career change. I've got 20 years in IT, looking ...