FranEMTnurse CNA, LPN, EMT-I

LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor.

I have always loved to help people feel better, and is why I became an EMT and an LPN in 1997

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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

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    March 2018 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I don't understand why those guys come here every year to get their coins. Don't they realize they're in a place where all sorts of infectious disease germs invade this place
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    March 2018 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Those gold coins must be infected. The leprecauns are getting
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    FranEMTnurse replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know she
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    FranEMTnurse replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know she
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    February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Here it comes again! You know, It's that sound that (Sniff! Sniff!)awful stink that smells like it's going to knock us out? RUN! RUN as far away as you can get if you don't work on the unit where...
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    FranEMTnurse replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a niece with a BSN, who loves working with people who are physically and mentally disabled. She was unsure of her self at first also. She struggled at first also The following are the first...
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    Observant Jew Cannot Work Saturday Shifts

    FranEMTnurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    The Old Testament States that it is the "Ox in a Ditch" situation which means that if an emergency arises, we are allowed to help others. I observed the Sabbath on Saturdays also, and went on...
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    Annie Needs KIS (Keep It Simple): CPR in Crisis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I saved a little girl from choking to death in a department store a few years ago. She had a large gum ball lodged in her throat. I got on my knees and positioned myself behind her, told her what I...
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    Endotracheal tube: Parts, types and functions.

    FranEMTnurse replied to David Ogunlabi's topic in General Students

    Great article. I have never inserted an ET tube, but I have had one inserted in myself as a patient many times. Thank you for this new
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    Annie Needs KIS (Keep It Simple): CPR in Crisis?

    FranEMTnurse replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I was a Basic First Aid and a CPR instructor for 10 years, but it was several years ago. Back then I hauled the full mannequins around, I know the times for the classes have changed and the...
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    High School Shooter Copy Cats?

    FranEMTnurse replied to guest83140's topic in School

    The following article written by my daughter in the same area I live and posted on Facebook:2/23/18 The lockdown. (This is NOT a drill) Today in Kindergarten I sat huddled with 25 children who were...
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    High School Shooter Copy Cats?

    FranEMTnurse replied to guest83140's topic in School

    The parents are dead. Plus video games with increased profanity, sex & violence in them, including the entertainment
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    High School Shooter Copy Cats?

    FranEMTnurse replied to guest83140's topic in School

    (From Neats BSN) Coming from a highly dysfunctional familyI left and never looked back, went to college and made something of myself. I did the same the same thing, and my girls always had to do...
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    So I begin to write.....

    FranEMTnurse replied to bzmom's topic in Emergency

    When I first joined our ambulance corps, I wondered about what I got myself into, but after I became an EMT, I changed my mind. Being an EMT, and eventually a CPR & Basic First Aid instructor, I...
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    High School Shooter Copy Cats?

    FranEMTnurse replied to guest83140's topic in School

    I live in PA, and it was reported on the local news channel that at police are receiving at least 20 calls a day about threatened school
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    February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

    FranEMTnurse replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I'm unable to smell certain things like backside backfires, burps, and other astringent things, but whoever made what's behind that door gets 5 stars because it broke the sound barrier in my head, and...
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    allnurses YouTube Contest - Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card

    FranEMTnurse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

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    Observant Jew Cannot Work Saturday Shifts

    FranEMTnurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Have you tried switching the Sabbath with another co-worker? I often worked holidays when I switched with my other co-workers. When i left due to a move to where I live now, I was given a wonderful...
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    Your most embarrassing experience with a patient

    FranEMTnurse posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a teenage male patient when I was in nursing school who I gave a specimen bottle to and asked him to give me a urine specimen. He urinated in the bottle while standing in front of me. I didn't...
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    We fail our old people and it's heartbreaking

    FranEMTnurse replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you all the way, Marla, and I have made it known to both of my daughters and to my
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    We fail our old people and it's heartbreaking

    FranEMTnurse replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I was connected with them by my doctor when I was in the
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    We fail our old people and it's heartbreaking

    FranEMTnurse replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God for my oldest daughter who has faithfully cared for me (7 days a week when I first got very ill.) I was eventually placed in assisted living by my nurse, and lived there for 27 very long...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    FranEMTnurse replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder if he liked the taste of ear wax í
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    Driving While Elderly

    FranEMTnurse replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    As an experienced past school bus driver, I was at a stop on a state highway to pick up children. My side stop sign with a strobe light was already flashing.An elderly gentleman driving his car...