Gromit

Gromit

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  1. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

    Gromit replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    EMTRACHEL -the "implied consent" rule ONLY applies when the person(s) is/are UNABLE (either due to legal reasons as in the case of a minor who has their life threatened, or because of medical reasons)...

  2. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    Gromit replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Very true, postmortem. I feel pretty safe in saying that many if not most have experienced that. At one time or another I'm sure we all question why we bothered to get into something, but then you...

  3. Humidify low flow oxygen?

    Gromit replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    good lord, just what good is a half a liter per minute? Is that a joke? Good point on the portable O2. My grandfather had O2 at home -a big M tank for 'emergency' (when power failed) that had a...

  4. VIP Triage

    Gromit replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    I'm curious to know what it is you believe they could (realistically) do. I've always been a fan of the "less is more" statement when you are talking about government involvement. I'm absolutely no...

  5. What's the big thing about "1 year?"

    Gromit replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    huh? What do you expect to learn in two weeks? Certainly nothing thats worth a years' worth of conscription. Each case according to its merits. When I took the critical care transition program,...

  6. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

    Gromit replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    JJJ, The reason that folks are afraid of that 'being held to a higher standard' phrase is because there are too many lawyers who are willing (hell, watch late-night TV, or noon-time TV and you see the...

  7. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Gromit replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Its 'underfull' of nurses pretty much EVERYWHERE in the hospital. But Medsurge seems to (consistently) have the highest attrition

  8. VIP Triage

    Gromit replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    There isn't anything a politician can REALLY do to help healthcare. They aren't medical professionals, they do not perform any actual service in healthcare, and they don't build hospitals and staff...

  9. What's the big thing about "1 year?"

    Gromit replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Time you will never be able to get back again! :) Life is too short to be

  10. Humidify low flow oxygen?

    Gromit replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    can't say I've ever seen that. I'd make sure that condensation hadn't pooled in the hose or tube to the point that it was restricting airflow, but otherwise 1L should truly be 1L -the flowmeter...

  11. Self inflicted

    Gromit replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    One 'darwin fan' I picked up back when playing the paramedic game was a teenager who was working on his carburetor while smoking a cigarette -he asked his girlfriend to 'fire up the car' while he...

  12. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    Gromit replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We didn't have that award in ours either (first time I've heard about it). Like postmortem, I started out as an EMT as well, but came to nursing in a roundabout way -I went on to get my paramedics,...

  13. VIP Triage

    Gromit replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    I resent the vips as well, but they are a fact of life -always have been and always will be. Not sure I want a senator to 'do something about it' -the only thing those politicians think will fix...

  14. RE; Hospital employment

    Gromit replied to Zar's topic in General Nursing

    don't recall my hospital giving a 'pre-employment' test -well, beyond a basic physical and

  15. Nursing = stressful career!!

    Gromit replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Well, I don't really know of a non-stressful aspect of nursing -my floor sends many floaters screaming by the end of the shift -WE cope with it fairly well, but its our floor (hehe). Devil you...

  16. Just where do our services end?

    Gromit replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I've only once ever had a patients' family (TELL me) to call them at a given time in the morning (wake-up) and all I said was "No. I do not provide wakeup calls". There is NO WAY I'm going to get...

  17. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Gromit replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Same as TazziRN. I prefer critical care, I don't care for medsurge or er -I did enough years in emergency services (and only a short time in an ER) that I just don't care for the chaos, and medsurge...

  18. What's the big thing about "1 year?"

    Gromit replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above. One year is plenty -up to a point. If your resume' begins to look like a 'whos who' of places with continual job changes after only a year, THEN it will begin to look 'bad'....

  19. Humidify low flow oxygen?

    Gromit replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I was on 4LPM during most of my stay and humidification gets MY vote -I have bad sinuses to begin with, and the dry air is murder on 'em. NATURAL air is humidified. And I can't argue against...

  20. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

    Gromit replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Damn glad that the person who stopped to find out why a motorcycle was laying in the ditch on the side of the road (my near-fatal motorcycle accident in march of '01) didn't have your attitude. I was...

  21. nclex foreign nurses

    Gromit replied to thomascarrol's topic in International Nursing

    huh?? I'm not really sure what your question is. I know a number of foreign nurses on my floor, and I'll be glad to ask them your question (see what they did) but what is it you want to

  22. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Gromit replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sure as hell aren't going to get rich doing it :) Heck, I'm just trying to break even and get the bills paid off! Local place is offering up part-time positions for home health RNs, I figure I'll at...

  23. Looking after Brother in Law

    Gromit replied to Sabby_NC's topic in General Nursing

    There are support groups -take advantage of the help they can offer -and DON'T wait until you feel overwhelmed. My parents took my grandfather in when his cancer went into endstage, its tough. Its...

  24. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    Gromit replied to Fairlythere's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I know irregular heartbeats can (and often do) throw off the mechanized readings (and they really mess with those who are inexperienced at taking vitals manually -how often have you watched someone...

  25. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    my apologies. I misunderstood the point