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mcknis

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  1. Cheap steth with good sound?

    mcknis replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    To the original poster...you often get what you pay for. Please check out the ADC 603! I used one all through school and loved it. Cheap only through 1 site and just as good of quallity if not better...

  2. Disaster Nursing

    mcknis posted a topic in General Nursing

    With the nursing care in Haiti and the previous emergency medical deployments around the world, has there been any thought or plan to place a thread on AllNurses for disaster preparedness. I am an ER...

  3. Qualities of an ER nurse!

    mcknis replied to kingramon15's topic in Emergency

    thick skin, hard head, humor, and a lil bit of xanies goes a long way! crack helps too, or so ive

  4. Hollywood's Portrayal of Male Nurses?

    mcknis replied to GiveMeFeedBack's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I do miss Trauma: Life in the ER. It was that show that made me want to go into the ER. The show "ER" did a good job portraying Malik

  5. Tall Scrubs Help

    mcknis replied to bdsnhl4's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    to the OP, I do feel for you man! Unisex scrubs definitely are not made for us men. Landau does have tall pants, but look at White Swan or Dickies. Last I knew, they both had very tall pants that...

  6. what type of socks do you use??

    mcknis replied to ct1tx's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    To the OP...Knee highs go to your knee and thigh highs go up to your thigh. pretty simple, but i just choose to wear regular short cuff socks. as a man I have leg hair to be tugged on, so no...

  7. Everyone wears scrubs!

    mcknis replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yes. I feel the same way, too, but it appears that we will all have to keep thinking these thoughts and nothing will change :) I have found it very practical and professional when I see various...

  8. All out of........

    mcknis replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    that is too

  9. Do Chamberlain credits transfer/ prestigious enough?

    mcknis replied to Rasengan's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Although Chamberlain is now NLNAC and CCNE accredited, please carefully check this school out. I was looking at them just last year, and they did have these same accreditations then; however, if you...

  10. Guys in Support Hose?

    mcknis posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a new student in nursing and have a quick question. Well, I have many but this one is on my mind now. I do not want anyone to think I am bashing a certain kind of people when I say this, but I...

  11. What is a good resource for learning Emergency Nursing?

    mcknis replied to Footballnut's topic in Emergency

    Get what is recommended through the ENA. The CEN course uses Sheehy's Emergency Nursing Principles and Practice (ISBN 0323055850). This is considered by many to be the emergency nurses bible. I am...

  12. "Accurate" Charting of Profanity

    mcknis replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    I always chart what the patient said, unless it isn't the key thing going on, such as the 80 year old man who has worked in the coal mine his whole life and the only words he knows include f***, d***,...

  13. Career advice: Med-Surg to ER?

    mcknis replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps you can contact the ER nurse manager to see if you could shadow for a shift or two, just to see the pace of the unit. I came from working m/s for 2 years as a nursing assistant and 1.5 years...

  14. How serious/lifethreatening is ETOH detox?

    mcknis replied to klone's topic in Emergency

    Good luck to your friend as he goes through this. As lunah stated, he is best in ICU until he can come down from this euphoric high he is going through. Ativan and Haldol are the best bets, and he may...

  15. Looking for the PERFECT ink pen ;)

    mcknis replied to nkochrn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    the perfect pen...is the freebie one that no one else claims. greatest thing about the ER is that we all leave our pens sit and then we all take each others' pens! best thing in the world. the best...

  16. online RN to BSN - any opinions?

    mcknis replied to neko11111's topic in Ohio Nursing

    To those questioning Ohio University RN-BSN...it is awesome! Very great staff and great set-up for nursing classes. I am on my 5th class now and it is very reasonably priced if you are an Ohio Health,...

  17. takotsubo

    mcknis replied to caeRn's topic in Emergency

    I know I am not a forum administrator, but please remember AllNurses is not to be used as a medical advice forum. Prayers to you, your father, and your family. Takots is fairly rare, but I can not...

  18. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    mcknis replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    uh, we had an adult male present with a class ring around the tip of his member. by the time he got back to us, it had been about an hour and a half since he got it on. when we saw him in all of his...

  19. How do you secure crash carts?

    mcknis replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    I can;t imagine having control locks on the crash carts. I think most facilities use the tamper-resistant locks to detect a 'tampering' of sorts. I can;t imagine having to run to a locked room/closet...

  20. EMT stethoscope and equipment

    mcknis replied to Pepperpants's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Get your own stethoscope (Littmann is good, not cocky! Spragues are cheap). Have you own BP cuff around, but don't take it with you to work. You'll look cocky then. Even if the squad does not have...

  21. looking into buying a new stethoscope

    mcknis replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have used both, and personally like the Card 3 over the master classic. Mostly due to appearance, but its all in the eye of the beholder. Either would do just fine as long as you can hear lung...

  22. Tattoos

    mcknis replied to fyrmed511's topic in Men in Nursing

    One of the guys I work with just wears coolmax shirts by underarmour. he does have tattoos covering one of his arms, but keeps it professional and covered at work. good thing I

  23. Male Doctor vs Male Nurse and intimate female procedures

    mcknis replied to Livinstrong85's topic in Men in Nursing

    Good question! Depends on where you work for the majority. When I worked the floor and was the only nurse available to a patient, I was the one who placed foley catheters and assisted MDs with other...

  24. What are acceptable scrub colors for guys?

    mcknis replied to j_tay1981's topic in Men in Nursing

    I shun away from all white (shows too much), all black (older pts see it as a sing of death), all red (blood or pagan worship), and all orange (prisoner). I usually wear gray, navy blue, ciel blue, or...

  25. Low BP pt Need Tips for when I am by myself!!

    mcknis replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    I first would want to make sure you are comfortable with doing a manual BP. If you are not, perhaps try checking BPs on other co-workers and have fellow staff double check. Palpation should never be...