EMTastic

Here's my opinion on assault and battery: Whatever a cop can press charges on, we should be able to press charges on. No one can argue with that.

They're not providing comfort measures if they're not givin' painkillers!

I was just talking with a guy at work trying to get into school, and he said that they really look more into GPAs but If say you had an equivillant GPA of a female some colleges will choose you over a woman, to increase their demographic. But I don't...

I think people should be allowed to demonstrate on paper that they cannot pay the bill before interest is it accrued.

I meant that this is the interpretation of the passage to a JW employee exclusively. This parable tells a JW that (in context) if they are a nurse, give people blood. My attitude a JW patient, well, I abhor the practice, plain and simple. Before pu...

By "blood" they definitely mean meat/ pusle diet, which is Jewish practice. I don't think that was important in this exerpt, though, but the lesson behind the story: Do your job the way you were taught. Allow them their choice, but don't jeopardize y...

Well I have no room to talk. My dad had a small heart attack less than two weeks ago prior to this story. He was having the same chest tightness (no pain, but he is diabetic) We took him to the ER there and waited and waited... I asked them several t...

My nurse mother cried when I told her I was going to go in to nursing. No, seriously. She cried.

I would marry any smart person person who loved me and enjoyed my cooking :spam:.

If you didn't mind moving: St. John's hospital in Springfield IL has a good BSN program what I've heard. Hard, I'm told, but good. They have a program that will pay your tuition based on signing a contract to agree to work for them (3yrs-1/2 tution, ...

I too have trouble with my memory in the workplace. I have been jokingly called 'dingdong' at work but people at work don't realize that it isn't carelessness, I am actually forcing myself to focus really hard and still having issues with my mind wan...

I'm not a nurse but everyone makes mistakes. The people that are gossipping about yours have probably made the same, possibly even worse mistakes! And you have to think that they were gossiped about too. I think a big part of working in healthcare is...

Whoever says they've never talked about their troublesome patient is lying to you. Not only is this not a bad thing, it is also very necessary. It is important bonding mechanism for coworkers. It helps us get through the stress of the day.

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We had a pt who came into ther ER 3 times in one day for "possible heart attack". We did all the appropriate tests on him the first two times. Case mangement said after that he was to be banded from using the emergency room in this county. This was, ...

If there were no difference between an RN and LP/VN, every LPN would go to school another year for RN and get paid more!

What comes from the peers is about prestige. It's just like a guy getting cheers from the bros for scoring a "hot chick". However, male doctors and female nurses alot of times do have complimentary personalities.

The McDonalds of healthcare. Less nose-sucking and throat-swabbing for us in the ER. I'm all for it.

I have a really sensetive stomach to certain foods and get -very- bloated easily. Well, when I was in my CNA class, my instuctor pull me aside one day before clinicals and ask me if I was pregnat because she didn't want me to be in clinicals if I was...

You can take an EMT course and work as a tech in the ER. I took it through a community college so it was a full semester but other schools and even some hospitals may offer an accelerated course which, while a lot of information to learn, can be comp...

I have a issue with food too. Well, am not overwieght. I'm 5'6" and about 147-150, a healthy weight. But, when I'm stressed I tend to binge till I get really sick gastro-intestinally sometimes. I've never thrown up but i have felt nauseated and will ...

I have a love/hate relationship with codes right now! I think the "hate" only due to the fact I am really new to EMS, but codes are a big reason I chose a career in the ER. For example, the other day we had a ped and a neonate code at the same time a...