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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    IIke that my hospital has real cops, not security
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    Code Black

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    The most accurate portrait of nurses I have ever seen in a TV show is Nurse
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The only rounds I have seem actually knock a person off their feet are .50 BMG, 20mm cannon, and 30mm cannon. Obviously none of then handgun
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen anyone who took a center mass hit with a 45 ACP remain standing. I have seen people take a 3 round burst of 223 into the chest and hardly even slow down. I watched my platoon leader...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! What an incredibly inaccurate and insulting way mischarecterise a lot of people. I carry a firearm in my truck. I was very happy that I did so during the LA riots. It's why I am still here...
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    ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    PMFB-RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like misery to me. I am on the code team, am an ACLS instructor, and the code administrator. I get plenty of practice on the 2-4 codes a week I respond to, sometimes as the code team
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The reason we have so many mass shootings is because of rampant religious extremism. More religion = more violence and
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! Your ignorance is showing. The AR 15 is chambered in 223 Remington. A low power round that is not even legal in many states for deer hunting and it is not powerful enough to provide reliable,...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    PMFB-RN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    (Shrug) I have made that shot several times. In one case after having already been shot myself. Not everyone panics in these
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    ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    PMFB-RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    After many years of recertification in an in-person class I actually learned some stuff using the online version. Since ACLS has been dumbed down so much I actually like the online version better....
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    Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    PMFB-RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you and her. That's what we do with our new grads who haven't learned. We send them to day surgery to get lots of practice. It's an expensive thing to do with a new grad. Instead of learning...
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    Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    PMFB-RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I find this to be highly
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    Code Black

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen the documentary. But my first nursing job was at the LA County / USC hospital in downtown east LA. I lived it. I was there during the LA
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    Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    PMFB-RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I too have noticed the recent trend of nursing schools failing to teach basic nursing skills. My hospital expects new grads to come to us with basic skills. I don't expect a new grad to be skilled at...
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    Do differentials make up for working 36 hrs vs 40 hrs per week?

    PMFB-RN replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    I get 10% for night differential and 25% for weekend differential and work every other weekend. Yes the differential would more than make up for the fewer hours in my case. In addition to three...
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    How often do you do nerve blocks and PA Cath insertions?

    PMFB-RN replied to Bluebolt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A couple RNs and one MD? That is posh staffing! I am casual at a 15 bed rural hospital. It is often the case that there are no patient in the hospital overnight. When that happens we go down to ONE RN...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I will be interested to see what the sole CRNA program in my state does about this. Currently it is located in a college that does not have a nursing program, and does not grant any doctorate degree....
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    How often do you do nerve blocks and PA Cath insertions?

    PMFB-RN replied to Bluebolt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is usually the case in rural hospitals where I live too, except in winter we often have days where the helicopter can't fly due to weather conditions and ground transport takes hours. This means...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The point about APRN programs being designed to be done while continuing to work is a good one and one that would seriously affect the cost / benefit calculation. At least for NPs. I haven't seen...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Why is it ludicrous to assume that an MD/DO would be better at managing chronic conditions than an NP? They are both going to be using the same standard of care and care plan. Management of those...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Ya I know that but it doesn't matter to the point I am making. When one is look at the investment they must personally make in time and money into a career path what matters is how much that...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think these discussion do have a great impact on how at least some people make decisions about their own career path. Agree they will have little to no impact on the direction of the medical field....
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I understand what you are saying. Sorry I wasn't clear. The expense I was referring to is the expense incurred by the provider. Advanced practice nursing and medicine are rapidly meeting in the middle...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    PMFB-RN replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Do you still feel this way now that advanced practice nursing is busy dramatically increasing the cost of producing a nurse practitioner, while medical school are busy greatly reducing the cost to...
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    Are we "semi-professionals"

    PMFB-RN replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in my hospital, and others in the area staff RNs usually clock in and out just like factory workers to. This has been true in hospitals I have worked in around the western USA. Our physicians,...