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    i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    PMFB-RN replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** NOT WRONG! Actualy SOP in many fcilities. My hospital has anti spitting hoods but we will splap a mask on until we get hood. Any patient who hits, kicks, spits on, or otherwise attempts to harm...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PMFB-RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** Uh, they dont hate change. They hate change for the worse. They hate changes that will reduce their abiliety to provide high qualiety nursing care. They hate changes reduce their pay or benifits...
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    MAC anesthesia versed / propofol

    PMFB-RN replied to ffliper27's topic in PACU

    FWIW many facilities use propofol for concious sedation procedures. My hospital does and it's
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PMFB-RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To me the saddest part of this whole thing is that it is strong evidence of how far nurses position has eroded. Not long ago, pre-2008, hospitals used to fight for nurses. It was the hospital telling...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PMFB-RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    (shrug) That is an impressive ACADEMIC acomplishment and may well benifit you when you get around to applying to grad school. However since we are talking about floor nursing and we all know nursing...
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

    PMFB-RN replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** In my opinion the anti-intellectual vibe you percieve here on AN is actually a defence reaction to the elitist attitude held by certain members. I can't remember any posts that criticized anyone...
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    Am I Only one who is irritated by doctors and medical shows?

    PMFB-RN replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** Your particular hospital's policies and your scope of practice under your states nurse practice act are seperate and unrelated. Since you say "scope of practice" you must be refering to your...
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    Am I Only one who is irritated by doctors and medical shows?

    PMFB-RN replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** Your hospital doesn't have CRNAs? I have worked in 5 states as an RN, alwasy ICU or ER or transport and very, very rarely see any MD (other than MDAs) intubate anyone. Usually when there is a STAT...
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

    PMFB-RN replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** I was with you until I read this. What suprises me is that I am a frequient AN reader and poster. Pretty much every day I am on AN now that I get it on my phone. I read dozens of posts here every...
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    Am I Only one who is irritated by doctors and medical shows?

    PMFB-RN replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** What is inaccurate about that? I intubate people regularly and I am just a regular RN, so do my co-worker RNs on the RRT & transport team. We are not APRNs. I think it's MORE inaccurate...
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    Am I Only one who is irritated by doctors and medical shows?

    PMFB-RN replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think Nurse Jackie, drug addictions included, is the most accurate medical show I have ever seen. That is not to say it's accurate, just compaired to the crap like House & Grey's it
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    My VA Story

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am reposting this from were I origionaly posed it in the Government/Military Forum. So over a week I cared for an older gentelman. He was a farmer and had fallen from his hay mow. Several times he...
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    Running PRBC concurrently with NS?!

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

    *** The night nurse doesn't know what she is talking about. It is perfectly OK to run PRBCs with NS. It's done in every ICU I have ever worked in. She is wrong, and she is a bully. Don't let anyone...
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    My VA Story

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

    *** Same with us normaly but our social work department kinda sucked, it was a weekend (social workers don't work on weekends there) and I already had experience dealing with issues like this. For...
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    Seriously?!?!

    PMFB-RN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Before I tell this story it's important to know I am a man and on the larger side, 6'1. I have a beard. The usual night nurse is a very attractive lady in her early 30's. I used to work part time at a...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    PMFB-RN replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    *** I know what you mean about MDAs not being thrilled about training paramedics, Lucky for us our hospital's chief CRNA used to be full time on the transport team (and still works casual)when he was...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    PMFB-RN replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    PMFB-RN replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    Nurses CAN and DO intubate. All that's needed is a faciliety compenetcy, appropiate training, and a policy in place allowing them to do so. My hospitals requires that I do 30 supervised intubations a...
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    My VA Story

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Government, Military

    So over a week I cared for an older gentelman. He was a farmer and had fallen from his hay mow. Several times he expressed concern about what it was costing him to be in the hospital. He also shared...
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    How much do you make?

    PMFB-RN replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What a strange thing to say. Yes there are numerous differences between CRNA and
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    How much do you make?

    PMFB-RN replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I would think that not having to deal with residents and interns to get your patient what they need would be less
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    ADN plus a previous 4 year degree

    PMFB-RN replied to MN2LA's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I should add that I have known a number of RNs with ADNs and other bachelors degree who went to CRNA school without gettting a BSN. I personaly know people who have gone to CRNA school with ADN plus...
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    ADN plus a previous 4 year degree

    PMFB-RN replied to MN2LA's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Realiety in nursing: BSN = BSN ADN + any other degree =
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    Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

    PMFB-RN replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

    *** The length of MD education acomplishes it's goal. That is to limit both the number of people who are willing to do it, and the type of people who can become physicians. They only want certain...
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    Send Resume's Pre-Graduation?

    PMFB-RN replied to jcaron's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Of course you should start your job hunt long before you graduate. The goal should be to have a job before graduation day. If you wait the new grads jobs will have already been taken by those who...