paccookie

paccookie specializes in EMS, ortho/post-op.

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1. New grad jobs in Atlanta area??!!

   paccookie replied to meg816's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Grady is a great hospital. It's old, it's kinda dirty and yes, the vast majority of the patients are indigent care. But where else can you find the variety of illnesses and injuries that you see at...

2. Questions about Macon

   paccookie replied to xoemmylouox's topic in Georgia Nursing

   I live in Warner Robins, work full time in Warner Robins and part time in Atlanta. Given the choice of working in Macon or Atlanta, I chose Atlanta. If you are looking for a good place to move in...

3. Most common overdose drug of choice?

   paccookie replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

   Tylenol PM. Usually people don't realize how dangerous all that Tylenol is and they end up destroying their livers when they say they "just wanted to sleep..." I picked up one girl who took a bottle...

4. How often do EMS crews show up to your dept unannounced?

   paccookie replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

   This is the way Grady in Atlanta does it and it works really well. Every patient that isn't critical goes through triage. Some are sent to the medical side, some to the trauma side and many to the...

5. How often do EMS crews show up to your dept unannounced?

   paccookie replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

   Please remember that medics are governed by medical control. To by pass a hospital, we must ask permission from med control...even if we think that it's a given that the level I trauma center is...

6. How often do EMS crews show up to your dept unannounced?

   paccookie replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

   EMS report is considered a courtesy, not a requirement. That said, I've only brought one patient in without a report and that was because the ED's EMS radio was on the wrong channel. Believe me when...

7. Looking for honest advice Paramedic to CRNA

   paccookie replied to Aggiesrna2018's topic in General Nursing

   NurseKitten - I won't tell you how many times I've gotten in trouble for this sort of thing! LOL I agree about your clinical experience. It makes all the difference in the world. My EMT clinicals...

8. Looking for honest advice Paramedic to CRNA

   paccookie replied to Aggiesrna2018's topic in General Nursing

   So in 8 months you can go from being Joe Blow off the street to being a paramedic??? Wow. That's amazing. And not a good idea. I'm not a big advocate of taking short cuts like this. Paramedic...

9. Looking for honest advice Paramedic to CRNA

   paccookie replied to Aggiesrna2018's topic in General Nursing

   2.90 may not be "good enough" for the accelerated program, but you can work on the additional core classes you need to bring up your GPA. Most nursing programs have about 30 hours of core classes...

10. Looking for honest advice Paramedic to CRNA

    paccookie replied to Aggiesrna2018's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Steve, First of all, why do you want to become a paramedic? Are you planning to work as a medic or use it as a stepping stone to CRNA? If you're not planning to work as a medic, I would highly...

11. macon state rn-bsn

    paccookie replied to runrun's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Macon is not a bad place to live. Plenty to do, close to Atlanta. For apartments, I would highly recommend looking downtown. There are always lots of 1 bedrooms for rent in the historic district...

12. best drug cards for clinical?

    paccookie replied to queenjane's topic in General Students

    The best ones are the ones you make yourself, because you will remember the info better. I carry a drug guide to clinicals. Seems to be the easiest options (plus it's

13. OB clinicals for males

    paccookie replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    We just finished OB clinicals for paramedic school. There was a group of 9 of us... 2 girls and 7 guys. The instructor always paired the girls with a guy and just introduced us to the patients as...

14. Paramedic before finishing nursing school?

    paccookie replied to linda215's topic in General Students

    I'm in the middle of paramedic school right now. I would ask why you're considering quitting and why you went to medic school in the first place. What are your goals and plans for the future? Are...

15. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    paccookie replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I've been on Topamax since October and it has completely changed my world. Before, I was having migraines at least twice a week. I was exhausted all the time and spent a lot of time lying...