RN1980

RN1980

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  1. Moving to MS please help (UK student)

    RN1980 replied to Scottish_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    here is the deal from my contacts at emcc. it a 2yr community college that just started this yr offering a asn program. the price is around $110/credit hr. you can go online & pull up a class...

  2. Low census one minute..over-run the next

    RN1980 replied to NYRN09's topic in General Nursing

    you are right, to bad admin. thinks it quiet all the

  3. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    good for them. but for the ones who could be helping out and sit at the house and do nothin and still collect a check...well i frown opon

  4. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i'm talking about free healthcare for people who could possibly work and do for themselves but refuse to and allow the gov't to baby sit them. if you meet the actual requirements for the medicare...

  5. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i'm for doing good for people who really need the help (just like i explained in my original post) however, i cant see myself just paying for people who constantley leech off of society without making...

  6. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    in that context no. but i am against just some blanket proposal to arbitrarely give coverage to anyone who wants it. this has to be reviewed case by case, patient by patient. if we actually...

  7. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the ones i see are beating the triage door down that sit at home and drink 32oz. beer and watching jerry springer all day, but yet come into the er with a since of entitlement. of course the deciding...

  8. Just because you are a nurse...

    RN1980 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i think the vast majority of americans would not mind paying alittle extra in taxes each month to help other americans in need..meaning americans that are literally to sick to work (cancer, als) along...

  9. how would you feel if one of your own(a nurse) didnt have insurance?

    RN1980 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you have got to get some insurance..you are playing with fire if you dont. i feel your pain..the middle class is always the ones who get stuck in the gray areas of all sorts of situations. we make...

  10. Inappropriate ICU admissions

    RN1980 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    i rather be busy with a patient that i can actually help get better or better yet with a realistic chance of improving vs. a elderly termial cancer dnr who is stroked out and crapping all over the...

  11. What are peoples thoughts on crnas

    RN1980 replied to ITALY123's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i think its obvious that the op needs to try doing alittle research on their own part before stating " i love anesthesia" when its even more obvious that they probably know zilch about it. i stand by...

  12. What are peoples thoughts on crnas

    RN1980 replied to ITALY123's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    so you really love anesthesia...but you havent finsihed nursing school yet. how much exposure have you had dealing with any anesthesia? how many patients have you taken care of at all? by reading...

  13. Spine board policy

    RN1980 replied to ermurse's topic in Emergency

    i think snoopy29 has a point, is the op asking for a policy for nurses to clear c-spine for backboard removal or just policy on how to remove a patient from a backboard? as far as clearing, i can...

  14. Do you feel like you do enough?

    RN1980 replied to Sparrow23's topic in General Nursing

    remember maslow...given meds, going over labs & vs, making sure swanz function and trouble shootin vents with rt take front seat to foot lotion. you may have to do the same and like the others...

  15. Is this heart failure?

    RN1980 replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    the next time you see him smoking and being generally non compliant, get the phone book out and tell him to find the funeral home he wants to use and ask him to ride with you to the cemetary to pick...

  16. So is this appropriate

    RN1980 replied to labman's topic in MICU, SICU

    yall are just getting screwed over. if your unit manager wont deal with this issue he is not worth his

  17. A step backwards: Are you seeing this too?

    RN1980 replied to UnionRN2's topic in General Nursing

    a hospital where i work prn has just recently stopped the weekender program and all nurses are 12hr shifts. ****** alot of people off, so a hospital in the next county started offering weekender and...

  18. Can a LPN become a CEN?

    RN1980 replied to rachellejunkins's topic in Emergency

    must be a

  19. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    RN1980 replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    dealing with art lines is a nursing responsibility in our unit, there are plenty other things that techs do that keep their plates full besides having to draw art line

  20. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    RN1980 replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    we had a issue with techs not closing the side ports properly and not flushing the line adequately and they would clot off. we found ourselves constantley going behind them and trouble shooting the...

  21. ICU politics for a workplace newbie

    RN1980 replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    stay cool and calm. show the staff that you are willing to put forth the effort to learn how to function as a icu rn. you are going to need advice, help and assistance often during your rookie yr,...

  22. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    RN1980 replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    only rn's and resp. techs mess with our

  23. texting at work

    RN1980 replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Im sure I take what I do as serious as anyone else. But to have nurses leave their cell phones in the car before clocking in seems a bit childish. I use my phone often during the shift both texting,...

  24. Those who can't.....teach?

    RN1980 replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Nursing Career

    Well the saying is "Those who can do and those who

  25. How is the union at Biloxi VA?

    RN1980 replied to MsLVN-BSN2009's topic in General Nursing

    I had no idea they had a union for nurses in the state of Mississippi..WOW. Please someone chime in and give us some info on