emtb2rn BSN, RN, EMT-B

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    Lets play the drug of choice game

    emtb2rn replied to 30days2nclex's topic in General Students

    Ahh, dilantin. What's really important to remember when administering dilantin
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    Employees that smoke

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

    You ask the same questions you posed here during interviews? 1) for what positions? 2) why? What are you trying to
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    Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    emtb2rn replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

    Facebook's still around? Isn't that like so 21st
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    RN to BSN full time + working full time

    emtb2rn replied to Dewman's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Rn to bsn 1 class at a time online is how i'm doing it. Make it easy on
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    Love, love, love the ER but hate it too

    emtb2rn replied to tomjones200824's topic in Emergency

    Agree with zmansc, find another
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    Lets play the drug of choice game

    emtb2rn replied to 30days2nclex's topic in General Students

    Only if symptomatic. As an example, my current resting heartrate is 54 and when I was a competitive athlete it was 46. Sinus brady, would you administer
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    New nurse and critical patients

    emtb2rn replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    I would consider an order to "hang levo" to be without parameters while I would consider an order to "hang levo to sbp >90" to be an order with
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    New nurse and critical patients

    emtb2rn replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    I'm very familiar (and comfortable) with the emergent "titrate to life" order. I was responding to that poster stating about "never" getting
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    When to start applying

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

    Now. Start now. I started the search 6 months before graduation and had written job offer (pending passing boards) 3 months before
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    Case Study #3

    emtb2rn posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    30ish male wheeled to room from triage. Slumped over in wheelchair. Able to move to stretcher with a lot of assistance from 2 staff members. Per parent, pt was "fine today". However, pt went to...
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    New nurse and critical patients

    emtb2rn replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    if you don't have parameters, then aren't you practicing medicine without a
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    Off going or oncoming responsibility

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

    Is there evidence to back this change from the highly recommended q72h replacement policy? If arbitrary, why 10
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    "If you're not doing anything..."

    emtb2rn replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I'm busy right now, this is hospital
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    Giving med with known adverse effects

    emtb2rn replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    If a patient or family demands a abx loud enough and persistently, some docs will cave and give a rx, even though it's totally uncalled for in that
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    starting in a specialty

    emtb2rn replied to SN2014's topic in General Students

    If you can land a job in the specialty of your choice, go for it. If not, take what you can get. I started in ER as a new grad. It's not
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    Word crimes! (No txtng)

    emtb2rn replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me, but you just yancoviced that
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    If we had a conservative nurses forum

    emtb2rn replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's a libertarian stance and those who agree with it do, I believe, take exception to current the GOP agenda which definitely meddles in personal
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    Accepted into program

    emtb2rn replied to Bigorange's topic in General Students

    That ratio means look & listen twice as much as you
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    Can a Nurse Punch a Patient in Self-Defense?

    emtb2rn replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    So there's a streetfighting concept about that 1st punch, especially to the nose. It goes something like this: You punch him/her in nose and he/she grabs face and crumples in ball on the ground. Good...
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    Word crimes! (No txtng)

    emtb2rn replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tru
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    Accepted into program

    emtb2rn replied to Bigorange's topic in General Students

    Change your user name to something totally anonymous. 2 ears, 2 eyes, 1 mouth. Remember the ratio. Nursing school material isn't really difficult, but there is a lot of information to assimilate....
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    Black listing

    emtb2rn replied to RN4JUSTICE's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nursing is a small world and with all the social connections, that 6 degrees of separation can narrow quickly. Someone knows someone who knows someone. And yeah, blacklisting can and does happen....
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    Um... Can you hit before you get hit?

    emtb2rn replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    OP, Your original question was about hitting a patient as a preemptive strike due to a perceived threat. The overwhelming response was no. Because that's battery. You question then morphed into can...
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    Older professional just starting out

    emtb2rn replied to MrKP's topic in Men in Nursing

    A new grad is a new
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    How different is ER nursing from floor nursing?

    emtb2rn replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

    And they were sent to fast track because the complaint was back