CHRISTOPHERSDAD

CHRISTOPHERSDAD has 8 years experience and specializes in Emergency medicine.

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1. showering: before or after work

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

   I shower before work after if I have a bad call ie. bed bugs or scabies/lice that is the life of a paramedic that knows that they can do what needs to be done prehospital. Nurses are too restricted in my opinion so I gave it up for less than half the...

2. Irrational patients

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Relations

   What about this post is a violation?

3. I'm a sexless nurse

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   As a paramedic I have to treat including foleys females of all ages. I am a professional I don't care about your gender as a patient. I am concerned with giving the best care possible.

4. Reasons patients turn on their call light

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to diamondp17's topic in Relations

   Get an order for a benzo

5. What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   As a paramedic I would have had this pt before you and since I work for a very rural service 45 to 60 minutes transport times. I would establish iv draw labs and place in cooler give double dose of lasix rx iv place foley and possibly place on cpap ...

6. ...annoying little BCx pet peeve...

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to 80sNurse's topic in Emergency

   manufactures are no longer guarantying the sterility of the collection bottles just as they no longer guarantee it for injection meds even when the cap is first removed.

7. PEG tube dressing help.

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to maemae0410's topic in General Nursing

   drain tube sponges for the precut hole and the tube will stay in a nice neat coil if you wrap the end through. hope this helps.

8. How Do You Unwind?

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

   Bourbon and Allnurses works every time :mnnnrsngrk:

9. Help! How do I sign my name??

   CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   RN is all

10. Healthcare reform

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to moneyline702's topic in Activism

    When the goverment is in control they will pay the hospital what they want if that is $200.00 a day then the hospital has to pay us out of that. Good luck!!!!

11. Stop eating my food!

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to FloridaRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Back in a different career, I had an inventory control manager who kept having his expensive coffee creamer disappear form the refrigerator. The way he fixed this also let him know who the thieves were. He made his morning coffee as usual placed the ...

12. vent--angry patients--your input

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to RN4911's topic in Emergency

    I think you responce was perfect for the situation. I hope you dont mind if I use it in the future.

13. Nightshift- sooo tired on off days

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to EllaGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I work 6p to 6a Fri., Sat. & Sun. on Friday I get up at 05:30 to take my son to school and try to get a nap between 14:00 and 16:00. Most of the time I dont get the nap so I normally get back to bed at 08:00 sat. and sleep until around 13:30 when...

14. What kind of clamp to use in clamping a foley catheter? (for bladder training )

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to alysronz's topic in General Nursing

    I kink the clear plastic tube leading to the bag and hold it with a rubberband. I hope this helps.:wink2::wink2:

15. A new phone prank

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to verper's topic in Humor

    Before I went into nursing I was a mechanic for 20 years. We played phone pranks all the time we would put clear grease or a clear sticky sealer on the ear piece. It got to the point that no one would answer the phone without looking at the earpiece ...