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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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Belleview Hospital in NYC has already closed down or is going to close down soon due to the exorbitant expenses it faces, and the little redimbursment fees provided by Medicare, etc. That hospital is...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    It is my understanding that the reason he created the healthcare bill was to cut down on medical costs over a ten year period, working with physicians, hospital administrators, and others. I...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Do you mean phlegm when you mention lung butter? If so, that is
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    How Do You Unwind?

    FranEMTnurse replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wonderful!
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Excellent footnote
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I can't wait. I completely agree with you. Our American spirit is still in tact, but this move was
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I have always disrespected Nancy Pelosi, because she has money wasting, hairbrained ideas that only an ultra liberal minded person who doesn't care how the taxpayers' money is spent would come up...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I completely disagree with you. I got this information from Exodus 20 verse 13. You can read it for yourself if you own a
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    Can someone please help me answer this question?

    FranEMTnurse replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    :up:Isn't that the ever living stone cold truth
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :yeah:This is one of the reasons why I love nursing so much. Where else could you have such experiences that make humorous fond
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    beachmom, short bowel syndrome and ibs are very similar. i know, because i have ibs, and for a while, it had me confined to my home. since my system is now used to cholestyramine powder, i have very...
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    Can someone please help me answer this question?

    FranEMTnurse replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Although I did guess D, I bet a lot of people got that one wrong then. I agree with Vicky. That is definitely a horrible question, and one designed to get
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    How Do You Unwind?

    FranEMTnurse replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Replay the day over and over in my mind, then I turn on the TV and zone out on favorite
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I just wish our new healthcare system could have been patterned after Canada's. My daughter married a Canadian, lived in Canada for a time, and my grandson was born in St Catherines, Ont. The nurse...
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    Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    FranEMTnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    No because I see our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren paying for it, plus it has already hurt senior citizens. They don't get a pay raise for at least three years, and some of the...
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    Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

    FranEMTnurse replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you. Hopefully, something good will come out of
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    FranEMTnurse replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    If she had COPD she would have a reason to wheeze. Doesn't she know that no ventilation and hair spray don't mix? My sister used to put that stuff on my hair after she cut and styled it. I always had...
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    Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

    FranEMTnurse replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    I am a client now at a homehealth agency. I had a CNA for a caregiver, and she used to refer to herself as a nurse. I resented that, because I knew she was not. She was just my caregiver, as was one...
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    FranEMTnurse replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    you poor dear. hopefully you won't get too sick with
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I tried the @ link and could not get in to
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    FranEMTnurse replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    :hhmth::hhmth:
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    You know you're Old School when...

    FranEMTnurse replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Back then the material in the uniforms were different. Nurses had to iron them, and their panties would show through them if they didn't wear petticoats. They sure got hot
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    FranEMTnurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Vicky, I'm unable to log onto your link with my computer. Is there another way I can get any of your stories? I'd like to send you some of mine also because like you, I have been a frequent flyer...
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    You know you're Old School when...

    FranEMTnurse replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Heh, I still use
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    FranEMTnurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Neat. I don't mind the medically controlled andcultivated maggots nor leeches. They do excellent debridement. However, when an injured person is found still alive after baking in the sun a few hours,...