pfitz1079

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1. Rules for Nursing School

   pfitz1079 replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   why the refusal to address the hypothetical? trust me, the situation is real, any nurse with kids has gotten that one for real. the rules exist because that's how you make nurses. it's supposed to be hard. i didn't get that when i was sitting in c...

2. Rules for Nursing School

   pfitz1079 replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   If annoying people understood that they were annoying, they probably would choose not to do be so. Here's a hypothetical: Two years from now you're out of school and working as an honest-to-god RN. Your unit is understaffed (the norm), it's three AM...

3. Rules for Nursing School

   pfitz1079 replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   Whatever. I'll put that in my Newspeak phrase book. How about this for a rule: Stop expecting special treatment / accomodation / scheduling / rule changes (like cell phones) or assignment based on whatever personal/marital/parental/economic baggage ...

4. Paramedic to RN transition, easy or hard?

   pfitz1079 replied to OnaTrek's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I generally try to steer people away from the EC-type programs. Some states are refusing to license folks from them. Really a nursing program without clinicals is pointless. I've heard all the justifications about prior experience and just don't b...

5. Rules for Nursing School

   pfitz1079 replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   If you fail a test, or even a whole class, please own it. When I went through school there was a group of retreads from the class in front of us that failed a course because of a "bad teacher". Of the ten or twelve of them, only one would ever admi...

6. Did I almost kill someone?

   pfitz1079 replied to AirforceRN's topic in General Nursing

   Short answer: yes Most defibrillators that do syncronized cardioversion are designed so that the device will drop out of "sync" mode after delivering a syncronized countershock. The idea being that if a patient converts to v-tach or v-fib an unsyncr...

7. You know you're a male RN when......

   pfitz1079 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men

   - There's no line for the bathroom during breaks from training classes. - You're kid asks for you, not his mother, when he's sick. - You always sign up to work Valentine's day, but never Super Bowl Sunday. - You always have to tell your wife you're g...

8. ET tube

   pfitz1079 replied to mawjood's topic in NICU

   Have you tried staples? Pete Fitzpatrick RN, CFRN, EMT-P Writing from the Ninth Circle

9. Fetal death after maternal death

   pfitz1079 replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Fetal death could well precede maternal death, particularly if the maternal death was not sudden. Hence the reason almost all perimortem c-sections are not successful. Pete Fitzpatrick RN, CFRN, EMT-P Writing from the Ninth Circle

10. Go Colts!

    pfitz1079 replied to MaddiesMommyRN's topic in Indiana

    You're not really a Colts fan if you, - Have ever watched a home game indoors - Can't quote at least one line from the movie Diner - Pronounce "water" without a "d" sound - Refer to this year's AFC Championship as "The greatest game ever played". - D...

11. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

    pfitz1079 replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm kinda fond of the paychecks. I also get to help people. And work with a lot of hot chicks. But, mostly, it's the paychecks. Pete Fitzpatrick RN, CFRN, EMT-P Writing from the Ninth Circle

12. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    pfitz1079 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, would need to know the patient's weight. How else would I know if I'd have enough paralytics left after intubating the patient to pry the home health nurse off the back door of the ambo? This patient was failing to improve with treatmen...

13. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    pfitz1079 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    I think I'll side with the Nobel-Prize-Winning economist, thanks. Did you use red for emphasis by coincidence? Pete Fitzpatrick RN, CFRN, EMT-P Writing from the Ninth Circle

14. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    pfitz1079 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand" Milton Friedman Pete Fitzpatrick RN, CFRN, EMT-P Writing from the Ninth Circle

15. EMS abandonment?

    pfitz1079 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    There has been some interesting discussion on this topic from a regulatory standpoint. The interpretation I've seen most is that, once the patient is on the grounds of the hospital, the hospital is responsible for the patient (EMTALA). The root of ...