MtnMan

Is it me or are the colleges just starting to offer ST program's. My school just started one and I think it is great. Compared to the minimal training that military tech's get, The students at my school are sitting next to us in all the advanced sciences (2 A&P 4 credit course and a 4 cr micro) and have a very intense clinical rotation yes as busy and varied as the RN students. As a new grad and doing first assist I waould rather ine of them than an RN. As for circ yes that is an RN job currently. New better training is going to up their game and I beleive they are headed toward licensure of some sort. Compared to my grandmother who was OJT exclusively and was a high school dropout I think ST's are headed nowhere but up.

2 Thread/Polls on body hair at the same time..... Sounds like ThunderWolf has some body hair issues, I'm sure there is some kind of support growth for that. He says scratching his beard.

As a hairy scrub wearer I opt out of the t-shirt on a ccount of I am also somewhat of sweaty, swarthy fellow. Like Tweety the sleeves are an issue as well. I find dirty shoes, messy head hair and unkempt nails to be much more offensive professionally. These issues apply to all healthcare professionals not just us boys. So be neat in general and the chest hair becomes a non issue. As a side note the only reason i would address my body hair is for my own safety. i work with one individual that uses pulling it to keep me in line. sort of like the shock collar I have on my big black unruly dog. :imbar

Young man- broken nose- hysterical wife- "I told you that you were going to kill yourself with those Num Chuks" (Had to be air-lifted to nearest trauma unit) We first thought the wife was hysterical... she was just laughing so hard she was crying. She stopped crying/laughing when the helicopter took off. He kept yelling at her: "thnut up, thnitch" The above is hilarious. For every 50 or so stupid complaints we see an interaction like this that we recount for a long time. My favorite was drunk guy returned to the farm after being downtown and tripped and impaled himself (abdomen) on a fence post. He called his dog and got him to bark to wake up momma. Momma was trying to get the post out of the ground whole so they could put it back in the ground never mind wondering if there was cow dookie on said post in the boys belly. Amazingly he didn't damage anything significant other than his pride. Gotta love some of the ridiculous freak accidents. :chuckle Another good one on of our clinic NP's husband got hit by a car when we transferred him fromt the ambulance stretcher i asked his meds and allergies he replied no meds and Dodge trucks. :rotfl:

pghfoxfan must work with a Negative Nancy or two. We have one in our ED who talks down to the young mom's that come in with "silly" complaints re: their pride and joy. She then will share the "ridiculous" story and talk down the parents quite loudly at hte nurses' station. This gets me fired up. it would take one third the energy to council and reassure the parents and OMG maybe teach them something. It can be really trying to those of us who are in the field that actually care, as opposed to those who are there for money. foxfan I have tried every thing you can imagine to avoid this garbage but you can't, luckily in a small ED that is pretty well open we all get a chance to interact with most patients i try to make at least one positive comment to the patients that I feel are getting the shaft by their "nightengale". ps also a foxfan

As a 7 year navy corpsman I am friends with dozens of Reagents/EC grads. They welcome veterans, LPN/LVN's, and EMT-P's(paramedics). People with enough medical/nursing knowledge and most importantly life experience to comprehend and do well. Most EC grads I am sure have had more time in the field by the time they apply than a lot of administrative BSN or MSN's. Two people I currently work with are doing conversion to RN through EC, one a 12 year LPN, and the other a 16 year paramedic. They are both excelling in their course work and because of their discipline are ahead of EC's schedule for them. As for the lack of clinical time does a 16 year EMT-P that has worked on the street and in ED's need the same amount as a 20 year old that works at TGIFriday's? I think not. My employer wanted me to go through EC but I had been out of the field for 7 years so I chose to go the traditional route because I felt I needed the added instruction. I fully intend to do my Bachelor's through EC either in Nursing or Health Care Administration. :)

I wish we had enough staff to cover that deal. My daughters are narrating a christmas play tonight at our church, and I'll be wiping somebody's butt. Then they have to wait until 7:30 tomorrow morning for me to get home from work. Thankfully the girls understand and I can be home all night tomorrow night.

Perhaps spending a little time with the lowly aides and finding out what they do besides take breaks would be in everyones best interest. Since you are held responsible if they screw up I should think you would want to know what thry do. In the Marine Corps everyone knows as much about each others job as possible. They do it in case of mortality but I believe it applies to any workplace as a sort of healthy checks and balances.

Have all of you also wrote letters in regard to Jack on Will and Grace the "Murse"? :angryfire This guy here hates that and so do my hetero classmates. It continues to amaze me that a group that is less than 4% of the population insists on having a larger voice and feel they are exempt from criticism on account of their self-proclaimed civil rights protected minority status. This "Murse" in training is not a homophobe however I don't appreciate the strongest character on tv being a flaming sissy that quantifies all gay stereotypes. I have 2 kids, a wife, a fat lazy dog, and old ford truck, and love riding big motorcycles. Unfortunately the Hollywood people don't take kindly to WASPs with "normal" lives. He says as he laces up his skechers to walk the dog.

I work 36 for 40 every weekend because I am a student. The "normal" staff in our ED works every other weekend.

Pennsylvani College of Technology, an affiliate of Penn State. http://www.pct.edu/ LPN and transition to RN 2 1/2 years to go. :uhoh21:

Procedure responsibilities vary greatly depending on state nurse practice acts. In PA it is up to the institution and the competency training at the facility. Us ED Tech's at our place do catheters. Our skills vary greatly even in our department. OUr day babes do very little as far as procedures. There are more RN's on during the day. At night I do caths, EKG, phleb, IV removal, set up fluids, drips, and anything else the nurse/doc need. I had extensive training and experience as a navy corpsman and also have had to prove my skills at my current position. The staff I work with has faith in my knowledge, skills, and ability. I guess that is why they are paying for me to go to school and plan to place me right back in the ER or in our ICU.

37,000 for your first job is nothing to sneeze at. Prove your skills and get som blood under your nails before you get arrogant about what you know vs. pay. Get ACLS, PALS, and maybe some trauma training. and drop the attitude about your B.S. because there are LPN's out there in the field that will run circles around you not o mention in the ED Paramedics. Sit back and learn and then sell yourself to another outfit. BTW what is a typical ASN vs a BSN???

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