ryanfocker

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  1. Inventions for Nurses

    does anybody have any great ideas for inventions for nurses or medicine? here are a few I would like to see....though i haven't the slightest idea on how to build them. 1) bloodless device to check blood sugar (something like a pulse ox) 2) hemodya...
  2. do any of you like codes??

    i have a confession...i like codes, ok, i love codes. i don't like that i like them, because, i know it means a human being is in big trouble. but my heart gets pumping, pin point pupils, adrenaline racing, my entire being focuses intesely on the mo...
  3. Anyone considering doing their Masters.. and in what/why?

    its funny how having so many options "at your fingertips" doesn't always make you happy, but makes you nervous you might not make the right choice. i feel the same stress as the OP. thought the options would would it easier, but now i feel confused ...
  4. Womens interest in male nurses

    question--where are all the women like you in philadelphia?? most women either don't care that i'm a nurse (i profession i am VERY proud of), or think i'm gay....even though i constantly talk about football and women. i really don't get women someti...
  5. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    you need only two things to be a great nurse 1. patients 2. patience
  6. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    i feel that when patients consent to care, there should be some sort of clause that excludes from the pt the right to pick caregivers based on race, religion, creed, gender, and age. just as a healthcare employee ought not have the right to reject a ...
  7. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    she is certainly "allowed" to feel how ever she wants. however, her "feelings" are biggoted, no matter how long she spent on earth. this is biggotry, plain and simple. replace the word "male" with "jew" or "black"; and it would be clear that this...
  8. Hyperglycemia

    the docs/nurses in our ed rarely give (much) insulin. they just do the nss wide open thing..............and water down their electrolytes in the process. i blame the nurses as much as the docs since we know what do to as well. when they come to my c...
  9. Oh man did I miss an order

    i feel that this highlights a major problem of nurse/doctor communication; or lack there of. we truly need to sit down and come up with better communication systems. i see this as a system error more than as a human error. pointing fingers will no...
  10. 7000 fatal med errors last year-where are theses nurses?

    I can not imagine the heart ache you must feel Julie. You have been a nurse for 15 years, and have had 15 years to touch peoples lives, improve the quality of their lives, and extend the years they can spend with their loved ones. And certainly thi...
  11. Philadelphia Hospitals

    i just graduated from thomas jefferson and did clinicals everywhere. i decided that cooper was the best for me. the general consensus of my class was that pennsylvania hospital seemed like a good place to work. as a student, we were treated horribl...
  12. Modern Healthcare: Laboring for union nurses

    the workers are the union, period. once we remember that, we will stop skwabbling and realize who we should be fighting.
  13. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    i saw "meet the parents" and just knew i had to be a male nurse. actually, i always wanted to save the world, involved in green politics, the union movement and such. and realized the only way to help people was to get hands on. 9-11 played a big ro...
  14. Sperm life span (not graphic!)

    first off, thank you nurse ratched for coming to my defense, i was not meaning to be condescending, i meant it to be matter or fact and to the point. i'm from nj/philly, we often sound mean when we don't try to, sorry for the confusion. again, the po...
  15. Sperm life span (not graphic!)

    sperm CAN NOT live outside the body for very long at all. hand washing with soap is extremely effective at removing them from skin. sperm are NOT determined whatsoever, they swim rather randomly and often bumb into each other. the reason there is so ...