flightnurse2b LPN

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    All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    flightnurse2b replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    the ER where i worked required everyone to wear navy blue... and now i prefer navy. not as dark as black, doesnt show lint as bad...and no matter what you get on it, you can't really see it......
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    Any RN's gone the Paramedic route prior to Nursing?

    flightnurse2b replied to MedicGirl33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i say if you have a full scholarship to become a paramedic, go for it! especially if you want to go into critical care or emergency nursing. you will already have many important skills mastered before...
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    Acls

    flightnurse2b replied to SDS_RN's topic in Emergency

    I just renewed this year... I agree with the PP.. know the algorithms... and in my ACLS book, there was a CD-rom with practice tests that were helpful! Just keep focused and be
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    things you wish you could tell the doctor

    flightnurse2b replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    no, i can't read your cave man handwriting. if you wrote a bit neater i wouldnt have to keep bothering you. you dropped it, you pick it up. no, i wont make you coffee. and no, starbucks isnt open at...
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    Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    flightnurse2b replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    one of the cardinal laws of EMS is you cannot take a patient anywhere, really cant even touch them, without their consent unless they are demented, unconcious or dead.... kinda like the rule of with...
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    cna or pca

    flightnurse2b replied to john_leevan's topic in General Nursing

    at the hospital i worked at in FL, we had a large amount of nurses from the phillippines, india, and haiti that were waiting to take their boards in this country and worked as PCT/Nurse Tech for a few...
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    A deeper view of long term care and paying it forward

    flightnurse2b replied to tattooednursie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the world needs more people like you, mandi!! it is amazing how we often forget the elderly during the holidays. thank you for making christmas brighter
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    Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    flightnurse2b replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    please dont take my post that way. just explaining it from a paramedics point of view who has now seen it from the ltc side. im not trying to justify any emt treating a nurse poorly, i think the...
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    Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    flightnurse2b replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    it definately can go both ways. i am not defending either or, im just playing both sides of the fence. i am a paramedic, and also a nursing student who happens to be doing clinicals in a nursing home...
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    stethescopes!

    flightnurse2b replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i would definately try e-bay. dont ever put your stethoscope down at work unless your name is engraved all over it and you can easily recognize who took it. i was working a code once in the ICU, and...
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    Environment of the room during a code

    flightnurse2b replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    then you may be very quickly, and very rudely, be asked to leave the room. hysterics, not chattering, will interrupt a code. i understand that death is hard to see. i understand that it takes time...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    flightnurse2b replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Those patients and family members who have RN-itis are my favorites! Its like, OK, so since you are a nurse, you understand this is an emergency room, and there are over 100 or so pts here at any...
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    BEST GIFT you ever received from a family member or patient?

    flightnurse2b replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    i took care of a patient who was dying of esophageal CA. i took care of him for years, as he was in and out of the hospital allllll the time. he was 65 years old, but was an immigrant from beligium...
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    What would you do??

    flightnurse2b replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    i would start CPR and just lift the chin to keep the airway open without giving breaths if i didnt have a face sheild with me. but i carry one in my glove box, middle console and my keychain....and...
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    Is there anything that you cannot handle as a Nurse?

    flightnurse2b replied to cammy429's topic in General Nursing

    burns. for me, there is nothing more horrible than burns.. the smell, well i guess it doesnt really bother me, but it sticks inside your nose for weeks.. i guess its seeing a patient in such...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    flightnurse2b replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient curse me out in the ER one night because he came in with this huge mole on his testicles and wanted us to cut it off. he seriously walked down the hallway and showed it to every single...
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    What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    flightnurse2b replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    i agree! hurricanes are i believe the only natural disaster in which NO ONE... including police, fire rescue and EMS... can be on the road. one local red cross special needs shelter collapsed during...
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    Environment of the room during a code

    flightnurse2b replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    its true and its really freaky actually. we had a patient who used to come in the hospital all the time for dialysis, young woman all of maybe 26... who was blind. she came in unresponsive/resp arrest...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    flightnurse2b replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    i love the family members who stay in the room and put the call light on when grannie needs to go potty. they watch you struggle to sit her on the side of the bed and then break your back while...
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    Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    flightnurse2b replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    1. dont read out of the freaking book! i learned how to read in kindergarten, you know. reading 160 pages to me is only going to put me to bed. explain it or tell us to read it at home. 2. dont ask...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    flightnurse2b replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a 400+ lb TIA patient come in one day. The nurse and I went in to do an assessment and when the nurse asked her what happened, the patient said "I just dont know. I've always been really...
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    Coding a Radiation Patient

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    we had a radiation patient code in my hospital once. when we arrived to the floor, there was a nurse standing at the door with radiation monitor badges for us and then afterwards we all had to have...
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    What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    flightnurse2b replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    you must live inland, lol. i just moved from southeast FL to NC. you CANNOT call in sick for a hurricane! that is instant termination! i lived in a coastal town which was the port of direct impact for...
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    What Was the DUMBEST Request Made By A Patient?

    flightnurse2b replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    we had a patient in ED holding for 2 or 3 days... she always had a male visitor come and bring her in big styrofoam cups full of dirt because she said it was her garden and she was growing...
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    Did bad credit prevent you from getting a loan for school?

    flightnurse2b replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    i have had a miserable time with financial aide. my credit was actually perfect before i started with all these student loans (because i dont qualify for a penny of federal aide).. they are all pieced...