firemedic12

firemedic12 BSN, RN, EMT-P

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About firemedic12

firemedic12 has 9 years experience as a BSN, RN, EMT-P and specializes in Critical Care, ER, Cath lab.


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  1. Why did you choose to be an ICU Nurse?

    I did the same this time last year. Life is immensely better now and I got a nice pay raise along with the change. About a month ago I started picking up in the ER on my day off just to get a little...
  2. ACNP in the military

    Recently I've read a position statement about the military adopting Acute Care NPs. I've seen where Air NG has a specialty code for them but none of the other branches do. Does anyone currently...
  3. Army Reserve Nursing

    I'm looking at the same. I have 2.5 years ICU and CCRN as well as CFRN. By the time I finish my BSN I will pass my 3 year mark. If I get 50% time credit for my civilian experience would this mean I go...
  4. Pediatric CCRN

    Congratulations! I actually passed mine on 2/28/18. I used Pass CCRN myself as well as the CCRN review videos by Laura Gasparis. My computer froze 3 times during the test and my reaction the third...
  5. When to use a filter for PIV infusion

    Only times I've ever used a filter is when infusing amio, mannitol, or TPN/PPN. There's possibly more but I've always been taught that it is used when there's a high probability that the medication...
  6. CPN Exam

    Some people have goals that are personal to them and certification exams can be the difference between getting a job offer and being passed up. Plus, many RN-BSN programs will give you credit for a...
  7. Glutton for Punishment?

    As a former firefighter and paramedic, I can attest to this first
  8. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    My last job I was IV, code, RRT nurse most nights while the charge did her thing. I basically told them on my year anniversary to never orient me to charge. Charge nurse is a position of...
  9. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    We had one at the last place I worked. It was great having that resource available, but the idea behind it rubbed me the wrong way. Basically, it was management's way of having a scapegoat while...
  10. Glutton for Punishment?

    I'm 4 classes away from finishing my RN-BSN program and I'll knock it until the day I die. About half the papers I've written in this program were while I was either tipsy or flat out drunk (only way...
  11. Glutton for Punishment?

    If it becomes a "law" to have a BSN to work at a hospital, I'll be expecting a check for the full amount of tuition, books, and fees plus allotted PTO for class work and
  12. Leaving first job, did you have a pay increase?

    My base pay went up, but I went from nights at my first job to days at my second so technically it was a pay cut. I still pick up PRN at my first job so that helps. They're really hurting for nurses...
  13. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    I was a medic for 4 years before nursing school. The bedside isn't bad. Med-surg sucks. It's boring, monotonous, patients and families whine all the time, etc. I much prefer my ICU. It's far more...
  14. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    I'm a former firefighter/medic and currently an ICU nurse. Also worked in corrections in a past life. This is hilarious. Also hits home as I once had to Narcan a girl I graduated high school with. She...
  15. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

    I'd do it again without question. I started out in a level 1 trauma ICU and loved it. I still work there PRN. I'm now in the PICU at a level 1 teaching facility and love it just as much. My patients...