MD married to RN

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  1. Fastest Nurse Practitioner (NP) Programs | 2025

    MD married to RN commented on Melissa Mills's program in Nursing Programs: Explore Your Options

    If NPs want similar respect to their physician counter part providers, I do not think stressing how fast an NP can be gotten is a good thing. At a minimum, physicians have a BS follow by 7 years of...

  2. 69 Medications Every New ER Nurse Must Master!

    MD married to RN replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Emergency

    I would add Zosyn and hope droperidol makes a

  3. Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

    MD married to RN replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to read every post. None seemed to address the for profit nature of pharmaceutical companies. For a long time, consensus was that 'doctors undertreat pain,' especially in disenfranchised...

  4. New Grad Med Error in ED

    MD married to RN replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

    Just for clarification, did you hang D5W and a separate 20 meq K rider OR was the bag pre-mixed? If it was all premixed in one bag and you calculated the drops to give over roughly an hour, you are...

  5. Transition to ER from med surg

    MD married to RN replied to Mqshell's topic in Emergency

    Last year we hired a surgical floor nurse to work in our ED. She is doing very well. She is academically curious, works hard, and was feeling stagnant after 5+ years on a surgical floor. The...

  6. Benadryl and Inapsine

    MD married to RN replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    From the literature: Richards 2011 Droperidol for Chronic Pain JEM.pdf (emupdates.com) Cole 2020 The Incidence of QT Prolongation and Torsades des Pointes in Patients Receiving Droperidol in...

  7. Is earwax removal an emergency?

    MD married to RN replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Everyone of the items listed could be an emergency: overdue ear irrigation--mom assumed this was why child wasn't hearing so good when in reality the child had mastoiditis and was rushed to...

  8. Using Your Nursing Credentials to Validate Anti-Vaxxer Theories

    MD married to RN replied to Helen Crump's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would like to add opiates for the treatment of chronic pain. Providers were compelled to take mandatory education emphasizing how providers under treat pain. One only needs to Google "Fentanyl" and...

  9. 1600 mile transfer for bed

    MD married to RN replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a semi rural hospital in CA as an EM Physician. Transfers of greater than 100 miles are common, happening about once every three of my shifts. In normal times, hospitals are operating at...

  10. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    MD married to RN replied to nursej22's topic in Disaster Preparation

    For those of you interested in how Ivermectin might work, I refer you to this article in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5 Humans should, of course, avoid...

  11. Nurses are Fleeing the Hospital

    MD married to RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Re: Gary Mendoza's comments. I agree that a small but significant percentage of nurses are leaving their practice because they feel forced to get vaccinated. They were there during the first two...

  12. Venomous Snake Bites: Here's What To Do

    MD married to RN replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Contrary to popular belief, the bite of a baby rattlesnake is almost always far less serious than the bite of a larger adult rattlesnake.

  13. New Nurse Making Mistakes

    MD married to RN replied to NewNurse_20's topic in Emergency

    From the OP's post, there as an absolute gem hidden within: "I was working an extra shift, and at the very end of the shift..." EM professionals, be they nurse, app, or doctor can often...

  14. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    MD married to RN replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Accepted as fact! I think working on a busy med/surg, tele, or SNF unit is among the most challenging of nursing practices. Respect to all y'all nurses working hard everywhere and acting as the...

  15. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    MD married to RN replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Sort of. First are listed the Advanced Practice Specialties, then critical care, then all others. My point is critical care specialties may be practiced with an ADN & RN yet this site...

  16. Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

    MD married to RN replied to CShel's topic in General Students

    My wife loves her practiced and is very excited to go to work most

  17. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    MD married to RN replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Totally, agree with the "glamorize" part of this quote. Even this site, which aim to treat ALLNURSES fairly, does it. Under the specialties link on the home page, the advanced degree practices are...

  18. Urgent Care Experiences

    MD married to RN replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    I am curious too. I may be interested in opening an UCC or o/w transtioning from ED to UCC. All you UCC nurses, please

  19. Newbie in ER....help!

    MD married to RN replied to nasr69's topic in Emergency

    When you say 4 patients, I hope you mean they expect you to have managed 4 separate patients over the course of the entire shift (one at a time). If you meant 4 at the same time at then end of 1 week...

  20. Advice for new EM nurses

    MD married to RN posted a topic in Emergency

    I wrote this in response to a post by a nurse coming to the ED with no EM experience and thought I would share it generally: Welcome to our crazy world. When I have new grads or even new...

  21. ENPs or FNPs - prognostications, please!

    MD married to RN replied to Raven Sierra's topic in Emergency

    Hello Raven: As an EM physician, I am somewhat sympathetic to your apprehension. Yes, the market is saturated. Upon completion of training, you will be in direct competition with MDs and DOs, as...

  22. Why did we accept this patient?

    MD married to RN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    KalipsoRed21, BSN: Not sure when these patients were admitted. During the peaks of COVID in your area, there just may not have been any place to send them. In such cases, care by you on your floor is...

  23. ER vs M/S

    MD married to RN replied to MomtaRN2B2020's topic in Emergency

    Sorry Mary3010: Was meant for original poster on this chain. You were the first response so I mistakenly named you.

  24. Public or Private: Which is the Best Nursing Program?

    MD married to RN replied to nurse2b marty's topic in General Students

    NCLEX PASS RATE...can be deceptive. Example: A school (2 year ADN) advertises a 88% NCLEX pass rate. Sounds great right. Well, let's say 40 students were accepted at the start. After year one, 30...

  25. PHTLS/ITLS, and NRP education help

    MD married to RN replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Hello KG: You are right; there is a dearth of educational opportunities in near southern Ohio. Closest I found was in MI:...