EmBeMap

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1. PCTs, Can I see your resume?

   EmBeMap replied to oceanmama's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

   Wow this is a tough group...your resume is probably fine, however pct/pca is entry-level..keep it simple, make a list of key reasons, Why I would be a good pca for your unit ...print staple to resume,...

2. Lone Star Spring 2011

   EmBeMap replied to RN2B-2012?'s topic in Texas Nursing

   Guys please prepare yourselves and your families for your time in nursing school. prepare now to have as much time as possible for school. Im doing pretty well and i can tell you majority of the ones...

3. Drug question

   EmBeMap replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

   just my 2cents but especially with kids,,,the more precise the dose the better. if the number is something you can give do it. i mean 0.005 and 0.05 of morphine make a huge difference on a

4. New Grad in ER with unsafe practice - Advice please?

   EmBeMap replied to R!XTER's topic in Emergency

   well having worked in a "questionable" er as a tech (it was my first position after cna license) there will probably be some practices that you dont agree with. But usually these practices will be...

5. Would I be a terrible person if . . . ?

   EmBeMap replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   A terrible person? Not by any means. Quality over quantity of life has always been my sticking point in Nursing homes. My grandmother passed due to complications from alzheimers, and my uncle from...

6. Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

   EmBeMap replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

   I would agree but I'll bet that there wasn't a secondary survey conducted per se, the docs probably did the same our docs usually did which is check xray / ct and view rad report "cleared them" if...

7. Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

   EmBeMap replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

   Motrin is just an anti-inflammatory ...it's 800mg of anvil,,, you should probably consider a hot bath / shower and or some iceyhot as the worst of the pain (stiffness) is yet to come..feel better...

8. Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

   EmBeMap replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

   The scary part is this happens all the time. I have been on the patient and the tech side and it happens all the time. Unless you are actively trying to die, you aren't their priority. Almost like if...

9. Help me help my daughter get her LVN in Houston

   EmBeMap replied to phlox's topic in Texas Nursing

   ok first of all, why lvn vs adn? nw houston has a great set of nursing schools, check out lonestar.edu. After pre reqs she could have her RN in 4 semesters. Texas Workforce can provide full...

10. Is BSN really necessary?

    EmBeMap replied to Ms.RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think you mean Methodist,,, Memorial Hermann doesnt have a BSN only mandate yet... Methodist does in the TMC location they will still occaisionally hire ADN in the outlying hospitals with a...

11. Intervention for low HCT, Hgb, and Lymphocytes

    EmBeMap replied to peachmouse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the reply.. I really like what if scenarios,,, I have ER on the brain I guess.. too agressive ,,, on a good note... I had a nurse tell me today after she found out I was a student that...

12. Intervention for low HCT, Hgb, and Lymphocytes

    EmBeMap replied to peachmouse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oh and depending on reason for bleeding a uterine vasoconstrictive like methergine might be

13. Intervention for low HCT, Hgb, and Lymphocytes

    EmBeMap replied to peachmouse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    lol well.hopefully they were typed and crossmatched...and i think you mean platelets not lymphocytes because decreased lymphocytes would not be your priority...o neg on a rapid infuser ffp and...

14. Phlebotomist now/ LVN soon. Advice please...

    EmBeMap replied to bowloforanges's topic in Texas Nursing

    i went to southeast hcc and loved it..Ms. B was the best, she teaches phleb and ekg tech. i also suggested it to a friend who got laid off, he did his clinical orientation at md anderson and was hired...

15. Cna code blue protocol

    EmBeMap replied to adampricecna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Check with your state cna licensing agency i believe that you will find that had you not started cpr on that patient you would be held liable for witholding care. if that is the case in your state...