MarcusKspn

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1. My Pet-Peeve - Priming IV's

   MarcusKspn replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

   This problem only happenes with patients that don't have a primary line. Thats why it takes so much to prime the piggybacks, because they have to be set up as a primary line.

2. My Pet-Peeve - Priming IV's

   MarcusKspn replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

   If we are lucky we can attach a syringe to the secondary port and backprime the IV into that. But more often than not there is a tiny little airbubble hiding somewhere in the system. Can't ever find it, but it is just enough to make the IV pump refus...

3. "male" scrub top patterns

   MarcusKspn replied to jb2u's topic in Men

   I can't really wrap my head around wearing patterns. None of them seem very masculine to me. I do like scrubs that are single color but have a logo of some sort on the breast pocket. I have one that is Maroon and has the OU logo on it. And one time I...

4. Wellness for the Nurse

   MarcusKspn replied to Guest717236's topic in General Nursing

   I volunteer for the Fire Department. Running EMS calls and fire calls just seem to relax me. Maybe its because we have standing orders for all our EMS patients, and I can just do what I think is right instead of paging a doctor and waiting for 10 min...

5. Non NLNAC Accredited schools- how has this affected you?

   MarcusKspn replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

   I am not sure how this affects people. The school I am going to is a private school with a 2 year ADN program. The program is pretty new and has just recently got fullo approval by the Board of Nursing. They are applying to the NLNAC to get accredita...

6. US Nurse working in Germany?

   MarcusKspn replied to MarcusKspn's topic in International

   Thanks to everyone for all the info. I don't have any concrete plans. Like I said I grew up in Germany and speak the language and have citizenship over there. I was not thinking of moving anytime soon, but just wanted to see what my options were if I...

7. US Nurse working in Germany?

   MarcusKspn replied to MarcusKspn's topic in International

   thanks for the German forum. I didn't think that an ADN would transfer. I do remember that Germany has huge requirements for training for anything.

8. US Nurse working in Germany?

   MarcusKspn replied to MarcusKspn's topic in International

   Sorry, I realize that I have left out one small minor detail.... I actually have German citizenship. I have lived in the United States for the last 10 years and I am going through an RN ADN program right now. I was thinking about eventually going thr...

9. US Nurse working in Germany?

   MarcusKspn posted a topic in International

   Hello everyone, I was wondering if anybody knows if your nursing license can transfer from the USA to Germany. And if so what licenses do they take? Do they take LPN, RN, ADN, BSN? And what is the process of transfering your license. If anybody knows...

10. In Her Shoes - Interesting Observation

    MarcusKspn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was watching the movie "In Her Shoes" with my wife the other day. When Cameron Diaz was working as a tech in the assisted living center I was once again amazed at the ability of scrubs to make every figure turn to "blah". I do not mean this in a se...

11. Nurses vs EMTs?

    MarcusKspn replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    I have two things to say regarding this situation: #1) Yes, in a Pre-Hospital situation an EMT is allowed to do more than an RN. Only by a hair though. An RN in a setting where he/she is not at work is limited to BLS. Airway, Breathing, Controlling B...

12. Agency nurse and the potential local strike!

    MarcusKspn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there should be a problem with you crossing the line. They are striking for "THEIR" contracts, "THEIR" benefits. You are not an employee for the hospital, you are not affected by their contracts, you gain no benefits if they get what th...

13. Declotting Picc With Tpa

    MarcusKspn replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy is to use CathFlo (TPA), we use a 3 way stop-cock, one end to the PICC, one end to an empty 10 cc syringe, and one end to a CathFlo syringe. Draw back on the empty syringe, creating a vacuum in the picc line between the stop-cock and the c...

14. Drug seeking patients?

    MarcusKspn replied to butter's topic in Safety

    I have had patients before that look like a textbook picture out of the "How to tell if your patient is only here for the drugs" guide. I have worked with nurses who have deliberately waited longer than necesarry to medicate their complaints of pain,...

15. Let's talk TRASH! Useless, outdated, OLD equipment or supplies on your unit, that is!

    MarcusKspn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in surgery at my old hospital we did a clean-up of the department. Stocked away in the back corner of one of our supply closets we ran accross 30cc medicine cups and UA containers made out of thick heavy glass. We quickly divided them u...