navynurse06

navynurse06

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  1. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    navynurse06 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

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

  2. Do you wear your seatbelt

    navynurse06 replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in Emergency

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

  3. Height and Weight Requirements

    navynurse06 replied to Jams95's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  4. Just graduated from ODS!

    navynurse06 replied to smattles1of2's topic in Government, Military

    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

  5. Navy nurse rank progression

    navynurse06 replied to wumpus's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  6. Navy Officer Nurse Corp

    navynurse06 replied to MaleRNstudent21's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  7. Dream sheet wisdom needed

    navynurse06 replied to wumpus's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  8. Dream sheet wisdom needed

    navynurse06 replied to wumpus's topic in Government, Military

    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

  9. Navy Nursing and Ethics

    navynurse06 replied to R2ndof7's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  10. Dream sheet wisdom needed

    navynurse06 replied to wumpus's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  11. Navy Officer Nurse Corp

    navynurse06 replied to MaleRNstudent21's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  12. PCS to Guam

    navynurse06 replied to navynurse06's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  13. PCS to Guam

    navynurse06 posted a topic in Government, Military

    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...

  14. phone calls no outsider would believe

    navynurse06 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    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...

  15. ER Pet Peeves

    navynurse06 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    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...

  16. What nursing skills do you use the most?

    navynurse06 replied to Gigglesforall's topic in Emergency

    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...

  17. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    navynurse06 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    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.

  18. Phone advice? Do you give it?

    navynurse06 replied to TooterIA's topic in Emergency

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

  19. Holding our tongues vs things we really want to say!

    navynurse06 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    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...

  20. Holding our tongues vs things we really want to say!

    navynurse06 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    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...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    navynurse06 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Pregnacy

  22. er visitors...a funny

    navynurse06 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    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...

  23. er visitors...a funny

    navynurse06 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    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...

  24. volunteering for iraq?

    navynurse06 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Government, Military

    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...

  25. volunteering for iraq?

    navynurse06 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Government, Military

    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