flaerman

flaerman

M/S, Onc, PCU, ER, ICU, Nsg Sup., Neuro

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  1. tired of being pulled at work!!!!

    flaerman replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your nurse manager and/or director about being the only pulled all the time. I work in an ER and when our census drops our techs get pulled to floors sometimes. What we do in our dept and in...

  2. BSN requirement for all RNs

    flaerman replied to cindylousmith's topic in General Nursing

    I am a diploma nurse with 19 yrs of hospital based nursing experience. At one time I worked in large teaching hospital in Phila that had a BSN student mentor program and was the only non-BSN nurse in...

  3. Are you allowed to use personal cell phones at work?

    flaerman replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    HEY, Here in Central Florida we discourage the use of cell phones by staff and patients as well within the facility, especially in ICU/CVICU (it is forbiddened to even have them turned on) and in the...

  4. Columbia/HCA

    flaerman replied to RN4NICU's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry Gang, I have been employed by HCA since 1997 and have worked for them in 2 seperate states(Tx and Fl) without any problem or complaint with them. HCA has gone a long way to correct the problems...

  5. Please Help: Can you explain how to get a nursing diagnosis?

    flaerman replied to sad's topic in General Nursing

    Hey SAD, Alright your pt has a diabetic foot ulcer, how about: Alteration in tissue perfusion related to complications from Diabetes Mellites as evidenced by apparent diabetic ulcer(give location,...

  6. Online Nursing Mentor

    flaerman replied to gina1982's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there, My name is Paul and I have been an RN for 19 yrs now, currently work in the ER. I remember my student nursing days and would loved to have had to someone to help me as a Mentor but alas I...

  7. Prioritizing nursing dx

    flaerman replied to RegisteredNurse06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What is the most important and/or life-threatening thing for your patient. For example if they are cardiac-what is their resp status(ie CHF-full of fluid, SOB?), or pain level, perfusion issues(IE...

  8. Training time for the ER?

    flaerman replied to Sarah8714's topic in Emergency

    Sarah, When you say new nurse, are you a new graduate? In my ER new nurses(even ones with paramedic training) would be precepted for at least 3 months in they had no prior ER/critical care background...

  9. Nurse Massage Therapy

    flaerman replied to nurseyperson's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Hello, I am an RN with 19 yrs experience and currently work in the ER. I am also a Reiki practitioner which differs from massge as it's healing with a llittle less touching than massage therapy. I...

  10. Need to talk to a RN about general issues on Nursing

    flaerman replied to Eilana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there, I would be glad to help you but right now I am working a student in Douglas College up in Canada. As long as that is not your school and class too then I would happy to help. My email is...

  11. Need to talk to a RN about general issues on Nursing

    flaerman replied to Eilana's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi there, I would be glad to help you but right now I am working a student in Douglas College up in Canada. As long as that is not your school and class too then I would happy to help. My email is...

  12. Need nurses adwise for my assigment about lung cancer

    flaerman replied to ollikristiina's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Greetings, I am an RN with 19 years of experience and about 7 of those were doing Oncology full time. We treated a lot of lung cancer patients and sometimes there different treatments but it all...

  13. A nurses life.

    flaerman replied to Eva Polnau's topic in General Nursing

    If you still need help with this send me a pm or just email @[email protected]

  14. How fast to you run a unit of blood?

    flaerman replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I usually run blood in over 2 hours unless the patient is a cardiac/CHF, then I run over 4 hours. In the ER with critically hypovolemic pt's we run just open it and run it in

  15. New Grad beginning work in ER

    flaerman replied to humiliated's topic in Emergency

    Welcome aboard!!!!!! Will need to have CC course, ALCS, PALS, NRP, TNCC but they will come. Ekg's are good. I have a basic arrhythmia course and ABG interpretation on computer discs that I could...

  16. Men in Nursing

    flaerman replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    Bryan, I went into nursing for several reasons. First one may sound cheesy but i wanted to be a pediatric nurse when I first decided to go to school. In Philadelphia I grew up hanging on street...

  17. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    flaerman replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    let me phrase this very gently;" hell no ". please don't consider me rude but with the current nursing shortage i work a whole bunch of shifts and get paid quite well to do so. i work for a...

  18. What does your screenname mean?

    flaerman replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is where I live/work, what I do(ER) and of course my status as a male. Initially when I came up with my name I was fairly new to computers and had passwords for this, that, and the other thing...

  19. A question about Diploma Nurses

    flaerman replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    I attended a diploma program when I lived in Philadelphia and to the school is still active to date. My first year was rough as we had 4 semesters(3 of which were nursing classes and 1 was college...

  20. Family in room during a resusitation?

    flaerman replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    WE have found that when we are working a code that not going well and we know that there are family members in our "Grieving Room" that the doc or sometimes myself as charge nurse have gone in to talk...

  21. do you ever get comfortable with nudity

    flaerman replied to bogeydog's topic in Nursing Career

    Larry, I have been an RN for over 20 yrs and am very good at a lot of the "painful things" we have to do to babies and kids. I had a few real problems when I first went into the ER(been at it there...

  22. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    flaerman replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Please!!!! Tell me where I can make extra money just for being an RN with testicles In 20 yrs of being a nurse I have not now nor ever rec'd any different payscale in nursing for being a male, and...

  23. Male's in Nursing

    flaerman replied to Osskar's topic in International Nursing

    I have been an RN for over 18 and have worked in 3 different states and different areas as well. Have been in the ER for 6 yrs now. The only things I don't do are pelvic exams and most foley...

  24. Do You Hate Nursing

    flaerman replied to morr4336's topic in General Nursing

    Love my job and nursing guy. This is the second of your posts that I have read and it seems like you really don't want to do this. I grew up in Philadelphia hanging on street corners and being a...

  25. I hate it when people say this...

    flaerman replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I was in nursing a patient asked me if when i was graduated was I going to be a "male nurse" or not. I told her "no way, a sex change comes with the diploma" and left the room. Guess that...