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    Firearms

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

    Have you ever been sitting on the toilet answering natures call and had a huge man bent on rape or robbery, or both, violently kick in the stall door? Watching that man's look of anger turn...
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    Is it possible to accept two positions. One as an SICU nurse and the other as an ER nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to OnlyHim's topic in Nursing Career

    Difficult transition. Like I said previously in my hospital ER nurses who want to work in ICU are trained right along with the new grads and med-surg nurses. ICU nurses going to ER are given 4 or 5...
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    Moving to Midwest

    PMFB-RN replied to gill24's topic in Nursing Career

    They are about the same. But I don't consider the Dakotas to be the
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    Is it possible to accept two positions. One as an SICU nurse and the other as an ER nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to OnlyHim's topic in Nursing Career

    In my hospital experienced SICU nurses who want to cross train into ER get 3 or 4 days orientation. ER nurses who want to work in SICU go through the whole 6 month training program just like med-surg...
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    Moving to Midwest

    PMFB-RN replied to gill24's topic in Nursing Career

    So is Wisconsin, yet pay is higher in Wisconsin. Not sure what you are saying. Do you mean the pay MAY be higher in Minnesota? Or that unions MY be the reason? Lower cost of living is just a...
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    breaking your RN New Grad contract early

    PMFB-RN replied to bobo619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hope you don't have to make that choice. However it is a choice made by an adult, we can assume an educated and intelligent (she graduated nursing school right?) adult. Signing a contract has...
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    Go into a specialty area right after nursing school?

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

    It depends. Is the hospital going to invest in training you to be a specialty nurse? If so then absolutely, go for
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    Did I say something wrong?

    PMFB-RN replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! You took THAT! to
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

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

    Had a guy brought into the ER by police at 0'stupid thirty one night who had bitten off, and swallowed BOTH an ear, and a finger of the guy he was fighting. The finger showed up really well on the...
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    Moving to Midwest

    PMFB-RN replied to gill24's topic in Nursing Career

    FYI Iowa in the lowest paying state in the mid to upper Midwest. You will find higher pay, and very similar cost of living in the states surrounding Iowa. All the hospitals I have worked in in...
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    Is it possible to accept two positions. One as an SICU nurse and the other as an ER nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to OnlyHim's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, sure. Lots and lots of nurses do exactly that. However they tend to be highly experienced nurses who have near perfect control of their work and personal
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    breaking your RN New Grad contract early

    PMFB-RN replied to bobo619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Of course you NOW have better offers. Now that you have absorbed a lot of expensive training and have a year of experience OF COURSE you have better offers. This is EXACTLY why they had you sign the...
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    Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

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

    Can not ignore an order? I once woke a cardiology fellow (she insisted we call her cell vs using a pager) up at 3AM to report her patient had just gone into 3rd degree heart block. I received this...
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

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

    It really is. We have nurses who HATE to have students assigned to them and the way we do it they never do have a student. We have nurses who enjoy students and they can have one pretty much every /...
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

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

    Your nurse is probably feeling overwhelmed and adding a student means she in likely to have to work even harder to get her work done. Teaching is real work. One hospital where I work part time an...
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    Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

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

    Yes, perfectly normal. Your physicians are working against a system that doesn't allow them to use their professional judgment. In cases like you describe obviously the physician does not feel that...
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    Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

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

    My question for you and the other who say not, on what basis do you as a nurse determine what a physician may or not order? Certainly we can control what orders we fallow, but how can we control what...
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    Firearms

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

    I bought 2 guns and I do have a license. Getting the license wasn't very hard, made much easier since the police didn't have to come and inspect my storage facilities since I store my firearms in New...
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    Firearms

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

    I am quite serious. None of the things you mentioned would make it illegal for a person to drive a car in my state. It may prevent them from legally driving on public roads, but would not prohibit...
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    Firearms

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

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    Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

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

    Yes! Of course a physician can order us not to assess something. They can order and darn thing they like. Doesn't mean WE have to follow that order, and in fact it is our duty to NOT follow and...
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    Firearms

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

    I was responding to this comment you made: My experience in New Zealand is that people ARE allowed to carry firearms. I did it, as did the Kiwis I hunted with. The owner of the shop where I...
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    Firearms

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

    I used to live and work in New Zealand. While there I was able to purchase 2 firearms (a rifle and a shotgun) with very little difficulty or hassle. I carried them around the South Island on hunting...
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    Firearms

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

    It is my belief that it is the American's nature to slaughter each other (and people around the world, most recently evidenced by hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis) on a regular basis. I believe...
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    Firearms

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

    I can't think of any type of person who would not be legally allowed to drive a car. I can think of kinds of people who have limits placed on where they drive. Can you give me and example of what you...