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    Better pay if Bilingual?

    flightnurse2b replied to Little Doe's topic in General Nursing

    thanks! my parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins speak italian at home so i grew up with that language. sign language i picked up in college and did an internship at a clinic for the deaf. spanish...
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    Are Student Nurses Prepared for "Real Life?'

    flightnurse2b replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    i think alot of the reality of nursing is not portrayed well in school. i am a senior in nursing school and i dont think it prepares you for real life nursing at all. the students in my class whine...
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    Hired Paramedics in your ED???

    flightnurse2b replied to DSplendid's topic in Emergency

    i am an EMT-P who spent many years working in the ER as a tech. my job not only to do tech work as you described such as splints, lab draws, ekgs, insert foleys, NGT's, etc, but also to start IV's,...
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    nurses with no RN license practicing as a nurse?!

    flightnurse2b replied to inschool4ever's topic in General Nursing

    there are two girls i work with who do this. one was in nursing school and failed out and never went back. but she still calls herself a nurse. another has a degree in nutrition and is getting...
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    Unsure about moving to NC now

    flightnurse2b replied to vikichck's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    27 an hour sounds good for a new grad nurse to me! NC will probably not pay you that much an hour as a staff nurse with benefits. my boyfriend is an RN who was working as a staff nurse at a local...
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    watch what you say

    flightnurse2b replied to greenwing's topic in Florida Nursing

    this has happened to me too. i was running to get to outside to a trauma, tripped, fell and sprained my ankle really, really bad. well as any person does i yelled out in pain and then said a bad word....
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    Should families be present during a code?

    flightnurse2b replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    i honestly dont want family members in the room during a code. every single code i have participated in where a family member was present turned into a near circus. every single time there has been a...
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    Cadaver lab?

    flightnurse2b replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i wish we had a cadaver lab. we did feral cats, fetal pigs, frogs, rats and a giant squid (which was the smelliest thing ever). i know here in NC they dont usually let students who aren't in med...
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    Black scrubs?

    flightnurse2b replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i have quite a few sets of all black scrubs, but i don't think the dancing skeletons are appropriate.... kinda
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    Better pay if Bilingual?

    flightnurse2b replied to Little Doe's topic in General Nursing

    i speak fluent spanish and italian and can also sign... although it is impressive on resumes, i've never gotten a penny more for
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    Help: Tattoo Ideas!!

    flightnurse2b replied to SRNA11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    a guy in my class designed me the tattoo i am going to get when i graduate nursing school in october. its a florence nightengale lamp with a butterfly coming out of it. its beautiful and it is...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    flightnurse2b replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who used to always said she had to "Vomik" instead of vomit, didn't really bother me, kinda thought it was cute... And not grammar thing, but funny... When I was getting a patients...
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    Need more info about MCI

    flightnurse2b replied to cbzgrl85's topic in Virginia Nursing

    be very careful with MCI. weigh all your prospects before you sign up.... i wish i had waited and gone to a CC
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    Phlebotomy Question

    flightnurse2b replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    some facilities have an outside lab come in or have an internal lab to draw all specimens, and if you work in a speciality like ER you may just draw the labs along with an IV start. if you are...
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    IV stabilization devices (StatLock) love or hate

    flightnurse2b replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    i love statlocks!! they dont have them at the facility i work at now, but i am begging my boss to order them. they really can save your site, especially if theyre a hard stick. the pt also gets to...
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    Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    flightnurse2b replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    i love this article, thanks for sharing it fran!! i am going to print it out and bring it to work on monday.... docs will love it. we are in the process of doing chart checks every 6 wks to find...
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    Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    flightnurse2b replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    just kind of an aside. i am all for confidentiality and universal precauations. but sometimes that does not work. heres a scenario. young woman in the ED for fatigue. went to start some IVF. i had a...
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    Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    flightnurse2b replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    i work in an endoscopy center, so i thought this was hilarious that my boss did this to me. i had a CT which showed a probable lung mass (which ended up being scar tissue from asthma), and had to go...
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    Dating at work

    flightnurse2b replied to galenanurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    i met my boyfriend at work, hes is tele RN and i am a paramedic working in the ED. we are still together, and now working in different hospitals (we have since relocated). but we kept our relationship...
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    Double gloving

    flightnurse2b replied to all_dressed_in_white's topic in General Nursing

    i frequently double glove, especially like the PP's said with sterile procedures. and definately it makes life easier when cleaning poo or dealing with alot of drainage, etc, to double glove and not...
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    Fellow RN killed this morning

    flightnurse2b replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    i am so sorry to hear about your coworker. i will pray for her and her
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    "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    flightnurse2b replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    we had a cardiologist who was working one night when their patient coded on the way to the floor. we got them to the nearest room and proceeded as usual, chg nurse paged him inhouse and he strolled in...
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    social intubation?

    flightnurse2b replied to fire_911medic's topic in Emergency

    absolutely agree. trying to sedate/restrain a patient on meth is like wrestling with a 500 pound rabid gorilla. patients like that put the entire ER staff, themselves, and the patients around them in...
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    social intubation?

    flightnurse2b replied to fire_911medic's topic in Emergency

    the B-52 bomber... 50mg benadryl, 2mg ativan, 5mg
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    The Great "Nursing Show" Discussion

    flightnurse2b replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    thats an awesome idea. they could show what its like to be a nursing student and go through class, clinicals and preparing for nclex while still having a family and a job. people might get scared...