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The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

emtb2rn replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

1. Do you take the flu vaccine yearly? If you do not, what is the reason you do not participate (if you don't mind answering this question)? Yes. 2. Does your employer have a mandatory influenza...
Walking from school at night with deer and no street lamps?

emtb2rn replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

Run over by a
Walking from school at night with deer and no street lamps?

emtb2rn replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

Wouldn't worry about the coyotes either. Mountain lions are another story. OP, deer are prey animals, not
Nurses and their pens

emtb2rn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

I use whatever you left lying
Discovered a boo-boo on Social Media

emtb2rn replied to mmc51264's topic in Nursing Professionalism

With respect to the allegation, was the facility named? If not, why the angst about it? I also don't understand what damage could be caused by an anonymous post about alleged discrimination. And the...
Have you taken the NCLEX before?

emtb2rn replied to kyankee0313's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

Once. Yeah. Me, I did nclex style questions/practice (lippincott) throughout school. Used kaplan to get comfortable with look/feel of nclex
Social Anxiety as a male in Nursing School

emtb2rn replied to fcp4life's topic in General Nursing

I gave hundreds of presentations in my 1st career, with audience sizes ranging from 1 to >1,000, business, consumer and government (local state, fed & foreign), high school students to ceo's...
ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

emtb2rn replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

Awesome thread in the making. I got in 1 reply that I thought was constructive and non-snarky, was going back for more and pfffft, thread gone like kaiser soyze. Dude had some
What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

emtb2rn replied to emergency_love's topic in Emergency

Official policy = you will be covered. Actual policy = good
New grads in specialties without the basics

emtb2rn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

I'm a diploma school grad, so ahh, can I be an elitist if I think my program was even better than a BSN from the hands on perspective? Or am I not even allowed at the BSN vs CC table?
port accessing tips.

emtb2rn replied to busybee04's topic in Oncology

Agree with asytole, hold the port itself. Keep it from sliding sideways. Also, if you don't get blood in the tubing for your waste, pull the needle up a mm or
Help, I hate Vomit - Can I still be a nurse?

emtb2rn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

If you think vomit in the hospital is bad, ask ems about puke in the back of a small, overheated rig rocking back and forth down the road. Back and forth, back and forth. It's all
ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

emtb2rn replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

There's a limit? Source
ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

emtb2rn replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

Once again that no matter how tough you think you are, you're gonna lose a knife fight if you're the guy without a
Interview for an ED position, what are the questions they ask???

emtb2rn replied to belle_cute's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

Welcome to the dark
Every other weekend

emtb2rn posted a topic in General Nursing

So, how's the scheduling work around your off weekend? We're usually scheduled to work the thurs/fri & mon/tues of our off weekend. Makes me
Why don't you just read the chart?

emtb2rn replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

Admitted & bed available are 2 completely different things. We send/call report when the room is ready. Change of shift not withstanding. New patients are coming to us regardless. That's why we...
COB rollcall

emtb2rn replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

Started ems in '79, diploma grad '08, bsn '15. Maybe not truly nursing crusty but have been around the block a few
That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

emtb2rn replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

Here ya
That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

emtb2rn replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

Always ask if the pt is on anticoags before d/c'ing an
Why don't you just read the chart?

emtb2rn replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

ER here. We fax report for stable pts. The sbar printout includes dx, admitting doc, consults, most recent vitals, iv sites, infusions running, skin condition, critical labs & isolation status. We...
Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

emtb2rn replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

Can jacob provide some psych nursing intervention over at the "why don't you just read the chart thread"? Much anger, projection and failure to empathize on
is your immune system suffering?

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

I rarely got sick before i became a nurse and now after 7 years in the er, my immune system has become something like sandman
Exposure to Meningitis pt

emtb2rn replied to Ava2791's topic in General Nursing

Bacterial or
What direction should I go? I'm really torn and need real guidance/advice...Lpn or RN?

emtb2rn replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in General Students

Follow the advice of the great Yogi - "when you come to a fork in the road, take

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