vidorfire249

vidorfire249 has 5 years experience and specializes in ER Medical ICU.

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1. Texas LVNS doing Excelsior College

   vidorfire249 replied to Granna3's topic in Texas

   I would discourage you from dealing with Excelsior. The concept is this: does the casino care if you win? of course not, nor does Excelsior care if you pass.They will profit more if you fail tests and continue to pay more to retest. Excelsior credi...

2. Just finished Excelsior

   vidorfire249 replied to ryoung0302's topic in Online Learning

   I am sorry that I ever did Excelsior. I took my CPNE in Dallas 3 times. The CPNE staff at Medical Center was horrible. I saw one person pass. I think that its a big game for them to fail people.

3. ER bashing...where is the love??

   vidorfire249 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

   Maybe your triage nurse just finished working their neighbors child in trauma arrest and just were quite in the mood for something that seemed so trivial. You don't know where people are coming from mentally or emotionally. Everyone comes to ER wit ...

4. ER bashing...where is the love??

   vidorfire249 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

   As an ER nurse I do what I can to help my floor nurse. I send patients up clean & with all the admit orders done that can be done. However, our ER is busy and we ave very little to no UAP's. I can only do what I can do. We ave no control on how m...

5. Emergancy medicine burnout! HELP!

   vidorfire249 replied to streetwise's topic in Flight

   I think sometimes we have just had enough. Its probably not the kids, its probably that you mentally need a break from ALL of it.

6. RN intubation in ED?

   vidorfire249 replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

   intubating in the hosptal is not just about performing a skill. Consider... After you intubate are you ready for the respnsibility of the ventilator settings? Will you read the x-ray to confirm the tube posistion is optimal? What if the patients resp...