flightnurse2b LPN

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    ER - should I go for my paramedic or BSN

    flightnurse2b replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in Emergency

    im a paramedic and the experience i have is something i wouldnt trade for the world. it has helped me so much in nursing school, and i plan to keep my paramedic current when i graduate and become a...
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    care of patients with a loss

    flightnurse2b replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    jrring, i am so sorry for your loss and i will keep you and your family in my thoughts. i too lost a baby at 16 weeks and had to deliver. never in my wildest dreams would i have imagined the amount of...
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    I talking to yourself a prerequisite to nursing?!?!

    flightnurse2b replied to newtelenurse's topic in General Nursing

    i talk to myself allllllll the time. just as long as i dont answer, i think im ok.
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    Anyone else going to Florida this season?

    flightnurse2b replied to dcm7200's topic in Travel

    i used to work EMS in Martin Cty, FL. both north and south hospitals are beautiful campuses, with small units and excellent docs. i grew up on Hutchinson island (the south side)... recently moved...
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    Is this considered exposure?

    flightnurse2b replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    i would check with your nursing supervisor... i think it would be better to fill out an incident report just to be
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    Comradery...??

    flightnurse2b replied to TonyFl's topic in General Nursing

    there is definately camraderie in nursing. but just like anywhere you work, theres always someone you dont like and someone who doesnt like you. ive always been a very social people person, and some...
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    I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    flightnurse2b replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    i was a grill cook at cracker barrel while in school to get my paramedic degree, and have been a paramedic for six years before going back to school to become a nurse....
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    Does EVERYONE Feel Like This?

    flightnurse2b replied to pagandeva2000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    nope pagandeva, its not just you... i feel sometimes like i got run over with a mack truck!! just muscle aches, headaches, general malaise... even on my day off i just want to sleep! i work from...
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    Step-Down woes need info please

    flightnurse2b replied to TikiRN's topic in General Nursing

    i came from a large hospital in south florida and the staffing ratios there were horrendous for nurses... ER: 4-5 to 1 days or nights MSICU: 2 to 1 days, 3-4 to 1 nights PP: 7 to 1 days, 8-9 to 1...
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    Nursing Uniforms that don't need ironing.

    flightnurse2b replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    i second that! i just pull the scrubs out of the dryer, quick spray and go... and it smells so pretty
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    Unusual disorder - Trich

    flightnurse2b replied to Faster's topic in General Nursing

    i had a patient in my psych rotation with trich. its an OCD-anxiety related disorder. he said he didnt know why he did it but he thought it was b/c he was bored. he said the urge to do something led...
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    Funny patient names by nurses

    flightnurse2b replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    some of my favorite patient names... -babyboy and babygirl -bonequita -chiquita banana -chickenbone robinson -female (pronounced fe-mal-lay) -precious angel -shithead (pronounced shith-heed) -hymen...
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    Nicknames you give patients?

    flightnurse2b replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    picasso for the little old man who fingerpaints from his diaper... rambo for the PCP w/d who takes 10 grown men to take down... scooter for the psych patient who wheels around while posied...
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    Mneumonics for ACLS?

    flightnurse2b replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    but the song is so much more fun!! thanks for sharing, i havent seen that one
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    Mneumonics for ACLS?

    flightnurse2b replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have a couple we used in EMS... MONAB for chest pain (morphine, oxygen, nitro, aspirin, beta blockers) for a brady algorithm think ADPIE just scrambled (atropine, pacing, dopamine, epi, isuprel) PEA...
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    EPCI ( Raleigh)...anyone?...

    flightnurse2b replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in North Carolina Nursing

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    Where appropriate place to break news about brain dead relative in ER?

    flightnurse2b replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i can second traumaRUS though in saying that space is very limited to break news in... but none of the ER docs ive ever worked with have ever done anything like that... they've always found somewhere...
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    Elderly Suicide Is Not Uncommon

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseKymba's topic in General Nursing

    sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt and uncle. wishing you and your family peace during this difficult
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    Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

    flightnurse2b replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    lol... i had the floor, nurse manager and nursing supervisor's numbers programmed to the theme song to halloween. that way i could hit the straight to voicemail button and not freak out thinking...
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    NA's not professionals

    flightnurse2b replied to Jabramac's topic in General Nursing

    i couldnt have said anything better, leslie. thank
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    Would this be inappropriate?

    flightnurse2b replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    i think it would be incredibly sweet of you!!! it is a very thoughtful gesture. i had a similar situation... i responded a oxy OD on a 18 y/o. when i showed up at the house, it was my high school...
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    EPCI ( Raleigh)...anyone?...

    flightnurse2b replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    thanks for checkin on me, i am feeling better! how is everything going with you girl? i heard you guys are having a rough time in fundamentals.... ive been there believe me, and you know if you need...
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    EPCI ( Raleigh)...anyone?...

    flightnurse2b replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS TO LPN2B!!!!!!!!!!! i know you guys are so excited. i am actually going to be at your graduation on Dec 1 with some of my classmates... have to get all the details but i think we are...
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    Prayer and patient care.

    flightnurse2b replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    its not appropriate to impose your religion on a patient. if they ask you to pray with them, then ok. but otherwise, please keep religion out of
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    Have you gone to patient's funeral?

    flightnurse2b replied to sunfirebsn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    ive gone to... four i think.two teenage pt's funerals.. car accident.. went to HS with my little brother and i happened to be on duty when they crashed... elderly man passed of lung CA who owned a...