emtb2rn BSN, RN, EMT-B

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    What is the drug of choice in your area?

    emtb2rn replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Spice is "synthetic" marijuana. What's in it? Not sure, causes symptoms much more pcp like than
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    compensation poll

    emtb2rn replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    No, yes, yes.
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    Did you take a pay-cut to be a nurse? Do you regret it?

    emtb2rn replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in General Nursing

    Massive pay cut. RN. No regrets. My prior career has enabled me to be financially secure, so my situation may be different than others. Wasn't called to
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    Advanced Infusion Courses

    emtb2rn replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't aware of io placement in the patella. Link a source for this please as it seems like a bad idea (to me at
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    Disrespectful patient

    emtb2rn replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get that, we admit all the time to manage ods. but if his uds was clean and he was asymptomatic for a benzo od (which he seemed to be judging from the behavior described), then medical clear in the...
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    94 or higher is an A?

    emtb2rn replied to Oceanblu's topic in General Students

    What's the problem? My diploma program was: 94-100 = A 87-93 = B 80-86 = C I had a 93 average, so i was a b student. I was fine with that because letter grades mean
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    Disrespectful patient

    emtb2rn replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't understand why the pt was an admit to med/surg. What was the dx? If anything, a psych facility/unit for the si would've been much more
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    Unsafe Hospital?

    emtb2rn replied to applesxoranges's topic in Nursing News

    NY Times - all the news that's fit to print. NY Daily News - all the news that fits. NY Post - we think this might be news, maybe, maybe not. NY Sun - benghazi!!!! Birth
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    Is this request unreasonable? Diabetic question.

    emtb2rn replied to SilleLu's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Was she symptomatic? If no, then i don't see the concern. If she was truly brittle, she probably would've gotten sporty in the ed. And brittle diabetics usually (but not always) seem to start out...
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    Is this request unreasonable? Diabetic question.

    emtb2rn replied to SilleLu's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did they get fluids in the ED? My ED docs wouldn't do more than that for 220 glucose. Did you expect the pt bottomed out after 5 hours npo? And 220 is simply not an emergent lab
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    What is the drug of choice in your area?

    emtb2rn replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    When dilaudid dreams, it dreams it's
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    Male graduate and pinning

    emtb2rn replied to Rn 1979's topic in Men in Nursing

    I went to mine. It was
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    What is the drug of choice in your area?

    emtb2rn replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Alcohol & opiates mostly. Spice frequent but not daily like the first
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    Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    emtb2rn replied to twss2323's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Same as last year. An unstable cardiac in the hallway &
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    Random question of the day: What's your baseline blood pressure?

    emtb2rn replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    118/56, 52, 12, 99%ra is my
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    In my feelings

    emtb2rn replied to Shanella25's topic in General Students

    My latest bottle of scotch is 3 years older than the
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    Pseudo Seizures

    emtb2rn replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    What exactly happens when they have
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    Question for male nursing students/nurses in regards to family...

    emtb2rn replied to WCSU1987's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you already have a bachelor's in another field why would you apply to a 4 year program? Makes no sense to me. And y'all might want to don the flame retardant garb for the reaction to the manly man...
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    Struggling

    emtb2rn replied to russianbear's topic in Emergency

    Are you still on orientation? If so, talk to your preceptor about what you can do to improve. You're a new grad handling traumas? Nothing personal but unless you have relevant prehospital experience,...
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    After a pedi code...

    emtb2rn replied to nevertelling's topic in Pediatric

    Peds codes are tough, really tough. And yes, your instinct to stay far away is a good one. Follow it. I follow up on transfers through whichever doc handled it on my side as they can fairly easily...
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    Different Titles (initials)

    emtb2rn replied to emtpbill's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    He was being facetious. And your comment is based on your 1 month worth of experience as a nurse,
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    Obese Nurses

    emtb2rn replied to Goldentreasure's topic in Health, Stress Management

    With. She sets the pace. And determines the squirrel
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    How often does the CNO address nurses? Why? How?

    emtb2rn replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We see our cno all the time. She was an er nurse so she comes to visit
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    Obese Nurses

    emtb2rn replied to Goldentreasure's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't use an app to determine how far i run. I use this
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    Day 7: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

    emtb2rn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "A cucumber AND a