navynurse06

We had a guy came in at about 0300 on am stated he couldn't sleep. b/c coming to the ed will cure that!

Wear my seat belt but not my helmet when I ride my beach cruiser.

I didn't read all the posts, but I'll just add on from the Navy side of the house. Wt standards have to be meet just like you have to pass the PRT. I know nurses that lost their overseas orders due to failing wt standards. Also, I know nurses that go...

No group PT at ODS? Man they gave it to you guys easy. All the pt we did at OIS (which is what is was called when I went 3 yrs ago)was group pt. We had no time for pt on our own. LTJG PM

Hey LCDR Dan, Good to see you on here again! I finally got to the ER, and I love the nursing aspect of it. Of course, I work with some incompent leadership so that made for a little drama but that is being resloved. I've got orders to Guam; I PCS in...

Ok Ladies and Gents....let me answer some questions since my last post.... Lots of new grads get assigned to mental health and peds....I started out in peds. I hated every minute of it...but peds isn't my thing. It helped made me a well rouned nurse....

That's may be the silliest thing I've heard a detailer say....we are never "full" for nurses....espeically with deployments and all the nurses PCS right now. Oh well...at least you like where you are now. So it turned out good for you. LTJG PM

I can tell you from 1st hand accounts....we always need nurses at NMCSD. So I don't know why they told you that it matter what time of the year it was... Just my 2 cents! LTJG PM

Just want to add here...being in the military if you are asked to do something....aka ordered to do something it's kind of hard to object to it. Yes if there are some moral reasons...maybe your superiors will be understanding and work with you. Howev...

Ok so...San Diego is a good choice for your 1st duty station, and you won't have any problems getting it. Also, it's really easy to get Japan for your 2nd duty station afterwords. However, it is harder to get to Europe from the west coast, but it ha...

So to answer some of the question since I last posted. As a new graduate....you bascilly get assigned any where in the hosptial they need you. You will not get assigned to crictial care areas as a new grad. You will have to buy your time on a regula...

I've visited Guam for a few days so I have a general idea bout the island. I'll be there for 3 yrs. Yes, the navy ships all your stuff as part of the move, including your cars. I work with a nurse that was stationed in Guam and he suggest I live in m...

Hello Everyone.... I haven't been on the board in a while. In my absence, I've gotten orders for my next duty station...Guam. I don't PCS until May 2009, but at least I know where I'm going now. It was either Guam, Lemore, or 29 Palms. I think I pick...

This is a sad one... We had a mom call in frantic one day saying her teenage daughter had just took a bunch of pills and wasn't responive....what should she do? She said she was in the car on her way in. I live in San Diego...it's a big city...it cou...

Pt's who take the ambulance to the ER for Sore throat...flu like symptoms, etc. Some people think this is a way to get bumped to the head of the line or get to the back faster. Since I'm in the the Navy and our pt are under tricare we don't have to p...

IV skills...time management skills....get used to giving alot of pain meds...some days I feel like I am a drug dealer with all the pain meds I give out. But the most important skill I use is anger management when I deal with difficult people and stup...

I've had several parents that brought their babies in b/c they just won't stop crying. no fever, no n/v/d. nothing....just wont stop crying. :smackingf

My lips are sealed...giving advice over the phone is taking a risk at loosing your license!

cursenurse....I totally agree with you. My favorite traige line is "People are triaged by level of urgency not by what time you get here." I tell that to the ones that come up to the window complaining that so and so went back before me and I"ve been...

I'm reading this as I'm working traige tonight.....I just had a lady that wanted to be bumped up to the front of the line b/c she was in so much pain. (Younger girl with back pain). She wanted me to change her pain rating from a 8 to a 10. We are sla...

Pregnacy test!!!!!

Preggers Polly: Oh...I've been vomitting all day...I'm (enter wks pregnant here).... Excuse me ladies n/v is a side effect of pregnacy not a medical emergency. Please see PCP for this. I know I'm a horrible uncaring nurse.

I don't know if this has been posted yet but i'll add my . ---Frequent Freda/Fred: the pt that comes into the ER at least once a wk for some random complaint, and can't be sent to fastrack because they are here so much. If you are known by your 1st ...

I was actually on the USS Pelieu (sp) LHA-5 this summer; not on the Mercy. So my experience was a little bit different since I was on a gray hull; after being on a gray hull I don't think I would be able to stand being on a hosptial ship. It was nice...

You have to work in the hospital at least 6 months before you will be deployed anywhere. At least that is what the navy tries to do. LTJG PM