VBMEDIC

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1. Weird Home Remedies That Really Do Work!

   VBMEDIC replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in General Nursing

   katscan Senior Member Registered: Mar 2001 Location: sw ohio usa Posts: 170 Post #8 Now is that a Redskin potato an Idaho baker, or some other kind? Obviously the sizes are different. Although I have seen some very large Redskins. Also the texture...

2. Bacterial Meningitis

   VBMEDIC replied to VBMEDIC's topic in General Nursing

   No further update regarding any additional details yet. I did not know her, but I am friends with some of her co-workers. Everyone is still rather numb over this one. I thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. I will keep you updated as I hear an...

3. Bacterial Meningitis

   VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow forum members, I've some bad news to share with you from Norfolk, VA. A nurse from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital started feeling ill at work. She stuck it out as long as she could, but finally clocked out and went home. On the way...

4. Planning ahead

   VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey there folks. Just as a curious question, is anybody aware of any travel nurse agencies that take new graduates? Associate Degree graduates, at that? I will not be out of school for another year or so, but I know that I would like to spend a f...

5. Is this legal? Furious right now!!!

   VBMEDIC replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with standing up and fighting. Regardless of the amount of money involved, you don't want to give anyone the satisfaction of being ablr to make you cower and accept defeat. You have more than a leg to stand on. I say fight with whatever it ta...

6. Johns hopkins nursing

   VBMEDIC replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

   Greetings Imenid37, I am new to this forum, but very familiar with Johns Hopkins. I was a paramedic in Baltimore for 13 years. We took a number of patients to Hopkins. Easily one of the premier hospitals in the country. Along with Shock Trauma, Bal...

7. Where are you???

   VBMEDIC replied to atownsendrn's topic in Emergency

   Hello all. I won't be starting nursing school until this fall, but ER/trauma is my goal. I've been a paramedic for 13 years and have to decided to finally become a part of the "Definative Health Care" that we rush to get our patients to within that...

8. Positive PPD

   VBMEDIC replied to tjgouws's topic in Emergency

   BRAVO to you as a ER nurse. Having been a paramedic for 13 years, I already know that there is no other department that I would want to work in. I will be starting nursing school this fall, and I already spend a sizeable amount of time researching h...

9. Curious about traveling

   VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

   Good day all, I have a need for some advice from all of you professionals. Can anyone tell me a bita bout travel nursing? Not so much what it is, but whether it is a worthwhile thing to do. I have always been a wanderer, and love to take road tri...

10. LPN doesn't want to work team with me- warning -new nurse vent

    VBMEDIC replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I can imagine how frustrating it is to have to deal with this individual. The thing is, you have shown that you hold yourself to pretty high standards regarding the care your patients recieve. I would much rather have you as a nurse than someone who ...

11. Looking for thoughts and ideas.

    VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good Day all. As a relatively newcomer to this forum, I don't know if any of you remember me. Either way, I am curious about your opinions regarding a situation in my neck of the woods. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia where I will be starting Nurs...

12. This is a vent so hold on to your keyboards!

    VBMEDIC replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have had my decision to go into nursing questioned many times. One of the most comical was from my college counselor who suggested that I was doing it in an attempt to meet women. Never mind the fact that I am happily married with three children. M...

13. Did nursing stress bring this on?

    VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good Evening all. Though it's a bit lenghty, please take the time to read this all of the way through. © June 17, 2003 NORFOLK -- A Tidewater Tech nursing instructor held four students at gunpoint in a classroom for nearly two hours Monday morning,...

14. Can you......?

    VBMEDIC replied to NurseDianne's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse is give and get. You get the gift from God of the knowledge, insight, caring, and ability to do the job. You give to the patient the knowledge that during their time of crises, you are there for them, bringing that insight, caring and a...

15. New to nursing

    VBMEDIC posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good Day all, I am a new student, starting Nursing school this fall. I have been a paramedic for 12 years, and finally decided to be a part of that "Definitive Health Care" that we always tried to get our patients to within the "Golden Hour". I a...