flaerman

flaerman

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

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  1. so confused!

    I have been in practice for over 23 yrs and went to a Diploma program in Phila, Pa-have never gotten a degree BSN or otherwise. If you can get into the ADN program go for it, get your education, pass boards and start working. There are multiple RN ...
  2. I have been an RN for over 23 yrs, probably some of the hardest deaths were the pediatric pt's who died in my ER when I was doing ER. I also worked almost 7 yrs with Oncology pts(5 in a big teaching hospital on a pure Onc unit) where the majority of...
  3. Arizona question...

    With your experience you will not see the kind of money you currently making, I lived out in Phoenix and have over 20 yrs of experience in nursing and wasn't making that kind of money. If you do go out there stay away from Good Samaritan Hospitals, ...
  4. CHF and HTN

    Lasix can lower BP so maybe they wanted to see how the pressure responded to the Lasix dose, then decide on anti-hypertensive therapy. As far as NTG- was the pt having chest pain/pressure? That would be more an indication for NTG. Lasix and O2 us...
  5. Right now is my most stressful moment as a nurse. All my wife wanted for Xmas was to go and visit her mom(she has Alheimer's and lives her older who relocated to SC within the last 18 months or so) so I sent her there. My wife is blind and has mult...
  6. Just a quick note to everyone regarding my wife. Life support was discontinued at 5:30 PM on Wed(01/23/08) andd my dear wife and best friend slipped quietly into that good night at 11:50 PM surround by her loving family(myself, her 3 children, older...
  7. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    My ordeal to my current stressful moment as a nurse continues on. I am now with faced continuing on agressively with a trach/PEG and long term vent(nsg home for weeks to months and possibly the rest of her life-per her neuro intensivist) for my wife ...
  8. My ordeal to my current stressful moment as a nurse continues on. I am now with faced continuing on agressively with a trach/PEG and long term vent(nsg home for weeks to months and possibly the rest of her life-per her neuro intensivist) for my wife...
  9. Can I get opinions please?

    Unfortunately some of my older nurse compatriots will always believe that GN's don't belong in specialty areas, however they forget that they too were once brand new nurses as well(none of us are born with RN after our names). Do well in school and ...
  10. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    Right now is my most stressful moment as a nurse. All my wife wanted for Xmas was to go and visit her mom(she has Alheimer's and lives her older who relocated to SC within the last 18 months or so) so I sent her there. My wife is blind and has mult...
  11. Is Nursing your Passion

    I have been a nurse for going on 22yrs now, all of it hospital based and everything from M/S to ER and now soon to be ICU again. When I started out in school in 1982 and first did patient care it became my passion, I thought that once I got paid for...
  12. Med/Surg - Case Study Help!

    Also would want to check his PT/PTT and D-Dimer(if elvated could have PE which could explain SOB and CP)-then would need CT chest /angio study, and did he have a CT of head/brain, the BP (150's/90's) although sl elevated would not always cause a H/A(...
  13. Interview for school

    1. Paul 2. Diploma nurse, never went back to complete a degree as I was already doing what I trained to do and was not looking to management or anything. 3. Originally Phila, Pa; have spent 2 1/2 yrs in El Paso, Tx, 7 yrs in Kissimmee, Fl (ou...
  14. I am a male and I feel that I am being discrminated :(

    Sorry guy, but I am also male and have been an RN for over 21 yrs in 4 different states now all hospital based in a variety of positions and I have never seen any male(either RN or LVN/LPN) ever discriminated against. If you fired from back to back ...
  15. I am Sooooo upset right now..

    I am an RN with over 21 yrs of hospital based practice and when I went to school we were taught to never get attached to our pt's too. Well since we work with real people who have real issues and problems(as opposed to working with furniture etc) it...
  16. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    Whenever I tell a patient that I need to start an IV and they tell me, "I'm a hard stick". I give them my best devilish smile(aka Jim Carey's Grinch potrayal) and reply, " OOO, I just love a challenge"..... Or my latest snappy retort was the other n...
  17. Banner Healthcare???

    I live in the state of Florida and am applying to work at Good Sam Med Ctr, I am currently in ICU and have over 8 yrs ER experience prior to that(20+ yrs of hospital based nursing experience). Any info I could get about Good Sam or the other Banner ...
  18. New to site--Question 4 school

    This something I have to agree with, I have been an RN for over 20 yrs and before pyxsis and accudose was the old reliable "narc" drawer but whatever it's still stealing first of all and violation of nursing accountibility. If I get injured which ju...
  19. Nursing is very stressful

    THis kinda sounds like something a lot more serious was going with this nurse than just a stress reaction(ie CVA, med reaction etc) but yes there is stress in nursing. There is stress in life from raising a family to paying bills, to career choices ...
  20. So..You're going to be a MALE nurse?

    Hey guys, Way back when I was school I had met a lady who I told her what I in school for and she asked me, "so, when you graduate will you be "Male" nurse??" I merely looked her in the eye, smiled and said, "nope, at graduation we get a complimen...
  21. I fought this question for the 8 yrs that I was doing ER and never received what I felt was an appropriate answer. During my time in the ER I had ICU nurses work in my unit that had total meltdowns by the end of the shift. I have even sent emails t...
  22. i know this happened to you.....

    Hey, I just smile at them and say, "nope-I work for a living, I'm a NURSE" flaerman
  23. How to get specialty certification

    HI there, There are a variety of certifications available out there, first you must decide what area you want to work in and then have gain considerable in that field. Some certs require a minimum timeframe of having practiced. For me every time I'...
  24. Question about Fl Hosp hours of work

    For the most part it's 12 hour shifts, either 7A-7P or 7P-7A.
  25. I need advice from an RN!

    Hi there, Unfortunately you will hear some negative things about nursing from people who are not with their lot of being a nurse, to those people I say to get out and go find something that makes you happy. I have over 20 yrs of all hospital based e...