Nurse_FF_EMT

Good info, I work in an ER where we had a patient with 20% degree 2nd & 3rd degree burns come in. We tried to do a basic dressing to last long enough for the patient to be transferred to the burn center. Turns out that we do not stock any sort of...

I thought that standard procedure was to give the patients the name of another nurse....

I have no military experience whatsoever, but I did take the advise of a friend who was a Marine and went through EMT school with me. He told me the following regarding lectures in the military (or at least the marines): If you fall asleep during lec...

Male nurse here, and I have no problems with the title. I work in the ER so I am usually one of the first people in the room after a patient arrives, they usually start off by saying "Hello doc..." and I don't hesitate at all to correct them and say ...

I think that more managers realize that we are shopping for a job, just as much as they are shopping for an employee. They realize that we have more options as far as positions go. It sounds like you might have already sold yourself to the employee, ...

From the WHO: Phase 4 is characterized by verified human-to-human transmission of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause "community-level outbreaks." The ability to cause sustained disease outbreaks in a community marks a...

So now we have a decent cluster in Mexico City, (plus I would only guess how many unreported cases in rural Mexico), 4 US states, Canada, and now a potential outbreak halfway around the globe in New Zealand. Is the WHO just being trigger shy and is t...

You have to look at the fine print for both coverage, without seeing the exact terms I would guess the reason for the difference is the following: There are two main types of Malpractice Insurance, I don't know the exact terms for both, but I will tr...

Allright guys, here is my problem: My mom works as a CNA?CMA in a nursing home. The nursing home is forcing people to take flu shots this year. My mom has never taken a flu shot, she is just a strong believer in not taking it. She knows that I think ...

She seemed pretty amazed, they acted like they would be on top of this pretty quick.

Sorry for the long delay, it's been a buzy week. So here is the update for now: The two people who were forced to take their show on friday refuse to go ahead with charges. They said the shot has happened, and it is over with now. They are worried ab...

Thanks for everybodies support. I am working tonight and tommorow, and I am going to spend the rest of the weekend documenting everything on paper, getting names of everyone involved (including witnesses), and getting everything ready to contact the ...

The only problem for me is this: The question I just asked you is not a hypothetical for me. It happened to a lot of people at her job, and I am fighting it. I figure there will be a healthy amount of backlash from this, so I am just looking for str...

If your mother is alert and oriented x4, able to make informed decisions, and in a hospital, what would you do if the staff holds her down to give her a shot of ANYTHING she refused?

Interesting find: According to the CDC Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System there have been 417 deaths after taking a flu shot. Thats all I need to know. As far as I am concerned they can face charges of Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon.

No problem, just tired. Been sitting up researching everything I can to make our legal case on monday.

It's not just that she does not want to, she is really really affraid. She reacts to a lot of meds. Our grandma got a flu shot and got really sick, had to go to the hospital. It's as much about really being afraid of that shot as it is about princibl...

My mom is a CNA/CMA. When I was talking about Nurse I meant the DON. She has to have an "order" from someone to administer a flu shot to anybody. So as far as I am concerned the MD will get reported also. The facility is in a small town in western Ok...

Pretty much everybody that got assaulted so far is to scared for their job to call 911 and report them. The few that are standing up (my mom included) are just waiting for them to try this on them on Monday. They WILL call 911 and press charges. The ...

I will keep you up to date. I'm talking to some people to see what avenue we will take next. I'm writing my letter up for her to sign and give to her DON, a number of other employees there will sign also. That way they have written signed proof that ...

My mom is also a bleeding heart, she is making this stand to stand up for the people that are scared to loose their job and allowed themselves to be assaulted by the DON.

That is what they are doing. She said that 3 empolyees were held down today in the chair to recieve their shot. Of course people are afraid to fight them because they need their paycheck. My mom is not to report to work until Monday. I am great at re...

Hello everyone, I am (as you can see from my name) both a Nurse, and a Firefighter/EMT. I have been teaching CPR and ACLS for over a year now. I teach at our hospital, my fire department, and a few public events. I am certified to teach PEPP, and jus...

Okay here it is, to all you Nurses out there who are guilty of doing this!!!!! IV lines do have a volume, it is printed on the bag when you first open it, it's called the Priming Volume. When you are the first nurse to hang a 100cc bag of antibiotics...

I usually hang a small bag of NS as primary, then after the piggyback goes in just disconect the whole setup until the next dose is due. But if I can't get nurses to think about subtracting the 10cc's from the VTBI, I'm not going to get them to go th...