Peeps Mcarthur

I wanted to let anyone that is considering PA vs NP or RN know that I have experienced a semester of nursing classes, and found that the curicculum did not match my expectations nor seem appropriate for later consideration of applicability to a PA pr...

My program has informed me that I must sign a statement that says that I refuse the Hep B series and I understand the dangers of not being immunized,one being my possible death, and that I take full responsibility for any complications from Hep B. If...

By ERslave I suppose if you could somehow get one arm extended you could just measure to the manubrium and multiply by 2, but that's not likely without a block and tackle on a contracted pt............................so ,how do you do it?

The question is not what leadership did President Bush exhibit before he was, legaly and at the request of the dems elected. The Republicans didn't force it before the Supreme Court. The question is what has Senator Kerry done that would make you th...

WJFoo, Besides some ribbon cutting most of the sponsored bills that I saw got referred to some comittee. That means that they didn't have enough support and/or were not planned well enough to be considered. It was good that you showed that he did mo...

By ERslave Why not just measure from the feet to the head? Like a big fish :chuckle That way you could stay on the same side of the pt.

By Myself Well, did anyone watch the speech. Was it really an hour? Did he mention nurses?

By Nightengale This is to maintain the airway. The head is disproportionate,true, but the airway will be occluded if you don't put something under the shoulders and that is the reason for the precaution.

Gee, how do you suppose he found time to actualy participate in any of that. I mean, he did miss a majority of his duties in Congress and he's been on the campaigne trail since ,what, last year? Why would he devote any real time to it when his dutie...

Hasn't Medicaid just listed obesity as a disease and therefore tx for it will be reimbursed? I'm going to EMT-B school in the fall. I know from lurking on some boards for EMS that the abuse of the system is rampant. One story just happened to be ab...

BTW, If you are capable of rendering medical intervention, then stop and assist. In other words, if you paid attention in CPR and know how to do it correctly then you are likely the most qualified person on the scene even without any other medical tr...

A man cannot be forced. A man must decide that it's the right thing to do. This man's decisions are clearly tied to work ethic and he works in an occupation dominated by men's rules of survival. Get his mother?? That might work for Norman Bates b...

Simple..................tell him he has to go to the doc so an obviouse impending (emergent) medical disability won't interfere with his ability to earn a paycheck. His motivation is not in his feelings but in his perception. If he sees himself as ...

By TeeitupTom OR................You could play it as it lies. I think there is an exception and you would be wise not to incur a penalty stroke by moving the victim out of your line to the hole hastily. In my oppinion the body is a loose impedime...

I have hearing loss in the higher ranges. I broke down and went into see an audiologist when I realized that the tinnitus that had developed was keeping me from doing BPs properly or taking complete HXs from missing little things. The audiologist p...

I've lived in America all of my life. I have never been without healthcare coverage or a job for more than a month. For most government assistance I made too much money, even working in a fast food joint or I was the wrong race. I've enjoyed some...

Farkinott, Why do you think I'm bitter about it? As far as I'm concerned, it's a great relief to not have to think that there's something wrong with me because I don't fully embrace the nursing model. I have a clear understanding of what those in the...

By Petrosian Same here. I "graduated" from Crestwood Career Academy that was in Tempe AZ. It closed a few years after due to the fact that they were a paper mill. I learned everything OJT after school. I passed the CRTT on the first try though...

By Linda_Weg Don't fool yourself Linda. The world of nursing is many galaxies away from the medical model you've been dabbling in. In neonatology you're at the top of the heap among staff RTs but it's going to be a big letdown for you to realiz...

I post from time to time to share my experiences and help those that are searching to be in a place in an academic career where they fit in. In my experience, students that love science have a hard time fitting into the psychosocial model of nursing...

Alex, I didn't intend for the entire post to be associated with the quote i used from you. Sorry for the misunderstanding. By Alexandres The foundation courses of nursing follow through the masters level as a basis for that theory. It would foll...

Alexandres, others. The base requirement for CRNA is a BSN with additional training. Science courses must be added to reach the prerequisite requirements for elegibility to apply to CRNA. There is also a requirement of a minimum of 1 year ICU exper...

By Cookie Would you be so kind as to post a course description or two from the fundamentals semester? I don't want to go with subjective statements. That just turns into an off-content brawl. Mission statement maybe? I did that in a thread once...

Cookie, and others I appreciate your enthusiasm for nursing and I'm certainly not here to say that those that like science should not like nursing. Keep in mind that when discussing feelings about an adequacy of medical basis within a curicculum th...

By Orrnlori I know the type :) I've also worked with nurses that were PIAs and thought they were medicly trained, which they aren't. Heck, I've met some doctors that thought they were doctors, but they aren't! :rotfl: The factor is in the clin...