Ed Techs

[nursejennie76]

Just a ?, let me start by saying that I love having techs there to help, but there are 2 in particular that I work with that can't grasp the fact they are not RN's. They talk ot you like you are an idiot, I had one of them argue with me about colostomy's the other day she would not budge and said she new that all colostomys come off the small intestine, I wanted to scream but I shut up, because this tech is planning on going to nursing school and they will eat her alive!! Also they are going to train our techs to start IV's, ok well one of them told me that the RN's are going to have to start doing the usual tech stuff because they will be busy starting IV's!! I was a tech before I was a nurse and I would never have talked to a nurse the way they talk to me!! My favorite comment was the one who said well I am a certified phlebotomist and you are just a RN, call me crazy but I dont believe there is a comparison!! Sorry for the rant but I needed to say it here so I dont yell at them on the day that I have finally had enough og there crap!!!!!!!

[medic1488]

I absolutely agree with many of your points Happy, and as a senior paramedic where I work and an EMS educator I strive for those things all the time. (especially the better wages part) However, just as there are weak and undertrained EMTs/Paramedics there are also weak and undertrained RN's/LPN's. This is not try to say that all are bad by any means because I have the greatest respect for many of them. I think the point I am trying to make is people who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. For every story about a rude/ignorant EMS provider that a nurse has, EMS providers have a story about something a rude/ignorant nurse did to them. We need to stop the infighting and both work to elminate the dead wood from both of our professions so that we may progress. (And I will admit there are some very ignorant EMS workers who need to be done away with)