CHRISTOPHERSDAD

CHRISTOPHERSDAD

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  1. showering: before or after work

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    I shower before work after if I have a bad call ie. bed bugs or scabies/lice that is the life of a paramedic that knows that they can do what needs to be done prehospital. Nurses are too restricted in...

  2. Irrational patients

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What about this post is a

  3. I'm a sexless nurse

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    As a paramedic I have to treat including foleys females of all ages. I am a professional I don't care about your gender as a patient. I am concerned with giving the best care

  4. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Get an order for a

  5. What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    As a paramedic I would have had this pt before you and since I work for a very rural service 45 to 60 minutes transport times. I would establish iv draw labs and place in cooler give double dose of...

  6. ...annoying little BCx pet peeve...

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to 80sNurse's topic in Emergency

    manufactures are no longer guarantying the sterility of the collection bottles just as they no longer guarantee it for injection meds even when the cap is first

  7. PEG tube dressing help.

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to maemae0410's topic in General Nursing

    drain tube sponges for the precut hole and the tube will stay in a nice neat coil if you wrap the end through. hope this

  8. How Do You Unwind?

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

    Bourbon and Allnurses works every time

  9. Help! How do I sign my name??

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    RN is

  10. Healthcare reform

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to moneyline702's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When the goverment is in control they will pay the hospital what they want if that is $200.00 a day then the hospital has to pay us out of that. Good

  11. Stop eating my food!

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to FloridaRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Back in a different career, I had an inventory control manager who kept having his expensive coffee creamer disappear form the refrigerator. The way he fixed this also let him know who the thieves...

  12. vent--angry patients--your input

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to RN4911's topic in Emergency

    I think you responce was perfect for the situation. I hope you dont mind if I use it in the

  13. Nightshift- sooo tired on off days

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to EllaGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I work 6p to 6a Fri., Sat. & Sun. on Friday I get up at 05:30 to take my son to school and try to get a nap between 14:00 and 16:00. Most of the time I dont get the nap so I normally get back to...

  14. What kind of clamp to use in clamping a foley catheter? (for bladder training )

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to alysronz's topic in General Nursing

    I kink the clear plastic tube leading to the bag and hold it with a rubberband. I hope this

  15. A new phone prank

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to verper's topic in Nursing Humor

    Before I went into nursing I was a mechanic for 20 years. We played phone pranks all the time we would put clear grease or a clear sticky sealer on the ear piece. It got to the point that no one would...

  16. How did you balance your school & work life?

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to BusinessGrad's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to school and working three 12's fri. sat. and sun. nights. This is not easy but it works. Between 0500 friday morning and 2200 monday evining I average 12 to 15 hrs

  17. Isolation in your facility

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility we are required to use PPE for all patients on contact precations. These patient are also placed on " isolation". The patients are alowed to go to the dining room and to the rehab gym...

  18. Shoeing horses to Nursing????

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Granite714's topic in General Nursing

    I am in school now working on my RN. I am currently working as a cna. I was a master certified auto mechanic for 19 years before changing careers. A you probaly already know blacksmiths evolved into...

  19. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I feel that being a CNA has been the best thing I could have done before and during nursing school. Wiping butts is the easy part of the job! Assement of mental status, skin condition, overall...

  20. How much lifting do you do?

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I lift up to 245 lbs alone if they are partialy weight bearing. I am a male & I am 200 lbs & workout. Two days ago I had to catch a male resident that is 215 lbs I caught him no injuries to...

  21. shoes and uniform question

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I wear burgandy waterproof lace up hiking boots from redwing

  22. "let loose the nurses of war"

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    this was my comment Are you crazy? The the term nurse is protected by law.If the term was not protected I would not call myself a nurse. I am a cna now and a nursing student I would...

  23. ethical delima help please

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have been ask to privte sit my best friends mother. I have known this lady for 33 years. She sat on the the front pew beside my own mother when I got married. She is family to me. Her daughters are...

  24. anyone working and going to school and having a family

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to greysa32's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work 4 on 2 off as a cna when i don't get called in. Have a wife and 3 kids still at home work full time and go to school for my RN. when you get a day off enjoy it study all you can. i work nights...

  25. Average GPA

    CHRISTOPHERSDAD replied to Mya87's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At my school it takes a 3.9 to even be