musicistheforce

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  1. PCT/PCAs what department?

    PCT on a stepdown unit in FL, wish I made as much as you! I am starting nursing school monday so this it is just realy good experience for me!
  2. What helps you sleep after night shift?

    A cool room and maybe a nice hot cup of tea, chamomile. And melatonin. I sleep like a baby well until the afternoon, and by that time it is time to get up for work!
  3. Grateful for grateful patients....Tears and Thank yous.

    I was working on my hospitals step down unit as a tech one night and probably about 6 am i answer a call light. This little elderly woman, who was nearing the end of her life, got anxious when she was by herself. I go into the room and all she wants ...
  4. Interpreting ECG strips

    ECG intertepretation: a 2 in 1 guide for nurses. I work in telemetry and that is th one we swear by.
  5. Roll Call 2013?

    Lpn Gulf coast state college June 17th 12months June 2014 Excited, nervous, ready to get started!
  6. EMT-Basic (maybe?) during nursing school?

    It depends on where you would want to work. I'm an Emt-b and work at one of my local hospitals being a tech. I got the job through having my Emt license and I start nursing school next month. I loved my Emt class and grew so much as a person during t...
  7. I have gotten really lucky.

    I got my letter today...I start nursing school next month!
  8. I have gotten really lucky.

    Thanks, it's a good thing. I am really excited about it.
  9. I have gotten really lucky.

    I had an interview with one of the two hospitals in my area about a month ago. The hospital was expanding and they were hiring more people to fill up the spots. I applied for a tech position, the title was just tech, figuring that I had nothing to lo...
  10. What are PCT/PCA pay rates in your area?

    Wow, I'm PRN and make $12/hour plus up to 1.25 differential, in Northwest Florida.
  11. Flight Nurse Book Called Trauma Junkie

    I really enjoyed the book when I read it a couple of years ago. It was a factor on why I went through EMT training, it made me realize that I loved emergency medicine.
  12. CNA VS EMT

    funtimes- I realized after reading what I first posted it made no sense and I apologize. I am basing my information on my experiences in the emergency room where the EMTs and CNAs did the same thing. I.E. assesments, vitals, bandaging, splinting...I ...
  13. CNA VS EMT

    I went the EMT route and loved it. We learned patient assessments, splinting, lifting techniques, and bandaging to name a few things. In my program our EMTs did some clinicals in the ER, which I highly suggest. I did the exact same things as CNAs did...