postmortem_cowboy

postmortem_cowboy has 3 years experience and specializes in ED, ICU/DOU/Tele, M/S, Gero/Psych.

Latest Activity

1. Male pts.

   postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men

   well, in all actuality, that was the second patient of 2 that had surgery in a 24 hour period from a single surgeon that boffed both. The other, was a patient that was under anesthesia for over 10 hours in a hip replacement that got botched, the doc...

2. How did you know the LPN/LVN route was for you???

   postmortem_cowboy replied to couldntbhappier's topic in LPN/LVN

   A few things... #1, why stop at your LVN unless that's what you want to stay forever. At the mid point of the RN program you can always go and take your boards for your LVN, so that when your done with your RN and waiting to take your boards for RN,...

3. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

   postmortem_cowboy replied to Lmex's topic in LPN/LVN

   At least someone understood where I was going with that posting... lol... Wayne.

4. Words of Wisdom...

   postmortem_cowboy replied to postmortem_cowboy's topic in LPN/LVN

   Tee-Hee! Wayne.

5. Male pts.

   postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men

   Should have told him to get his testicles out of the boiling pot of water and that might help. Wayne.

6. New Job... been off for a while...

   postmortem_cowboy replied to postmortem_cowboy's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks commuter!! Wayne.

7. Words of Wisdom...

   postmortem_cowboy replied to postmortem_cowboy's topic in LPN/LVN

   ..... or smack someone upside the head with yer steth.. lol... ((bonk!)) Ok, so maybe the prayer should have been like this. God, give me the strength and wisdom to help others, heal wounds and show compassion. Also too, please give me the courage n...

8. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

   postmortem_cowboy replied to Lmex's topic in LPN/LVN

   No, but it's a job, and it's a paycheck, and it's also nursing experience... may not be a glorious job, and by all means I wouldn't want to do it either, but if it's a job that's willing to hire her, should she turn it down or not go and see if they'...

9. lpn burnout

   postmortem_cowboy replied to nosyzeke's topic in LPN/LVN

   Not a problem... I think at one point all of us do or will feel the effects of burn out... it's just natural to our profession... Wayne.

10. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men

    Alot of things "should have" happend, but didn't, the story I told was to illustrate that male patients don't necessarily speak to female nurses in regards to these types of things. Wayne.

11. Docs yelling at nurses....

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men

    One night working a M/S unit, I had a CNA come to me and tell me one of my patients had gotten up with her assistance and the foley "dropped" out of her, to my dismay and utter disbelief, it sure had, how I don't know but nonetheless there it was bal...

12. Nursing Research Paper

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Doc to be's topic in Men

    There's also a good thread on male patients that I'd just responded to here in the male forum, where male patients respond easier to male nurses and females with females as well... could do a paper on that, watch the thread and see if it goes anywher...

13. nclex ?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to witter11's topic in LPN/LVN

    Your welcome, anytime! Trust me, anything that will make you more "appropriate" for the floor your seeking to be a part of, do it. You won't regret it and the hospital will take that as a sign that you are serious about moving to ER. There was a ti...

14. Young Nurses

    postmortem_cowboy replied to gt4everpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    Well my opinion is, it doesn't matter how old you are, can you do the job and be effective at it, some old nurses who've been doing it umpteen years can't, so who's to say that a young kid with everything going for them and the newest schooling can't...

15. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men

    I wholeheartedly agree. I've had male patients that would totally open up about their concerns and also have had female patients that wouldn't. Case in point, one night I took a M/S shift, had a post op patient X24 hours for a hip. I'd gone in to d...