RN1980

RN1980

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  1. Salary rate for nurse with 10 years critical care experience

    RN1980 replied to 17nursey's topic in General Nursing

    dang! you are getting raped.. $21/hr is more like what i see new grads make not 10 yr vets. it may be the culture of your facility. i would certainly find out what other facilities pay nurses with...

  2. What are your pet peeves when orienting a new ER nurse?

    RN1980 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    im sure its pretty much the same pet peeves that got you in a up roar while taking new nurses under your wings while on the peds. floor. trust your nursing instincts and lean on the more exp. er...

  3. Co-worker passed away. Bad day at work

    RN1980 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    strength to you and co-workers, god speed to your friend and prayers for his

  4. Advice for an EMT in Nursing school

    RN1980 replied to A-fib's topic in General Nursing

    job market is tight out there. good

  5. A "chick's" perspective on Men in Nursing

    RN1980 replied to KimmbaFNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    man i telling you young fellas out there when you start working at a place the best thing you can do is just be generally nice to people, everyone from the house keeping people to the hottest...

  6. Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    RN1980 replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    you can never be blammed for giving a to detailed report on a pt. its always best to do overkill vs not giving enough info that will come bite you in the ass later if the crap hit the fan. give report...

  7. Becoming a flight nurse?

    RN1980 replied to blackscrubs's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    i too felt my bsn upgrade program was alittle lite and heavy on busy work, but overall easy. however, im sure other graduates of a traditional bsn course would claim differently, since there is a...

  8. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    RN1980 replied to teddy20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    good for you there is a 15% greater pass rate if you take nclex on weds vs other days of the

  9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    RN1980 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    heard once a male pt pushed the call bell in the am to c/o not having an erection upon

  10. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    RN1980 replied to teddy20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    what!!! you are taking the nclex on a monday??? you got to be kidding me, didnt your teachers and whoever did your nclex review inform you that nclex failures are always some 15-20% greater for first...

  11. Nurse vs. Doctor videos

    RN1980 replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Nursing

    its funny, i sat in triage for 12 hrs last night and it seemed like everytime the pt opened their pie hole the voice i heard was the same dull monotonouse sound that these little cartoons

  12. Drug Legalization

    RN1980 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    nope..i still disagree. i dont want another mind altering drug out there for anyone to take and climb behind a car wheel. as for drug users being punished...drug users commit crimes and they deserve...

  13. Becoming a flight nurse?

    RN1980 replied to blackscrubs's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    the bsn pathway is suppose to allow you to be exsposed to the education that can make you evolve into a more complete and rounded nurse. ie..with such issues as community nursing, more and greater...

  14. Fluid Warming

    RN1980 replied to EMT42's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    we utilize fluid warmers in the hospital setting for both ivfs and blood products. we use them for the elderly, truamas, exsposure pts and so forth. however, we do not have a warmer for the fluids on...

  15. Drug Legalization

    RN1980 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i disagree with you, the main reason many many people dont smoke pot is they dont have access to it and the risk of getting busted is to great of a concern. i have been to plenty a party where the...

  16. Drug Legalization

    RN1980 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    mary jane is a gateway drug. if it was legal it would be just another mind altering substance that would allow a infinite amount of idiots to get behind the wheel and kill inocent

  17. Drug Legalization

    RN1980 replied to commonsense's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    6 times as many homicides are committed by people who are drugged up as that is comittted by those who are looking for money to but drugs with. most crimes are committed by those who are on drugs not...

  18. attention all mississippi nursing students

    RN1980 posted a topic in General Nursing

    attention all mississippi nursing students and future students....by now you all are aware of the healthcare reform bill passage. many of you as i, have not read the entire essay of the bills...

  19. samford program

    RN1980 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    greetings all, anyone have any dealings with the program at samford university. im interested in anything you have to say about the program ranging from how the classes were ran to the clinical aspect...

  20. Amio in a Code

    RN1980 replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    yep i cant stand those nit-picky littel orders that er docs do, dont they realise they are gumming up the works..i got a doc that orders 2mg mso4 iv for everything from a h/a, backpain to help with a...

  21. CVP through PowerPort?

    RN1980 replied to RNx2's topic in MICU, SICU

    the tip termination is not such an issue for me. as far as what meandraggonbrett stated, i too am a firm believer in watching the trending of the values and treating the direction they are heading. we...

  22. My friend was fired - Was she wrong?

    RN1980 replied to ravenshroud's topic in General Nursing

    sounds pretty petty reason to can someone. i think it would have been played better if the dept. managers would council both the nurse and resp tech. and made them do a inservce for both the depts on...

  23. I Love My Union

    RN1980 replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    im jellous...stop bragging

  24. My friend was fired - Was she wrong?

    RN1980 replied to ravenshroud's topic in General Nursing

    i would like to know who snitched on your friend? was it the nurse that handed her the meds? who started the process to have your friend fired was it nsg or resp manager? at our hospital the resp...

  25. cms

    RN1980 posted a topic in Emergency

    my er nurse director along with a handful of other dept directors just got back from california from attending a cms workshop. i was informed that in the future cms will penalize hospitals for pts not...