Vikingkitten

Vikingkitten

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  1. Wow- this is really funny.

    Vikingkitten replied to Guest219794's topic in Men in Nursing

    I remember when I finished my Degree, and retired from the Army, some of my older relatives , when they found out my current career choice, would say thngs like:" you're a Nurse? Well , but you were a...

  2. which branch to join for flight nursing.

    Vikingkitten replied to ayonuss's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Hi, Aziz! Sounds like you are the kind of High-Speed individual the Military would be fighting over! I was , briefly, an Army Medevac nurse, and have never forgotten any of the lessons learned. The...

  3. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    Vikingkitten replied to newhere_noname's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    :twocents:i agree with your first point, especially. a student that fails is the instructor's failure, as much or more than the student's. we can't afford to let any of them go if we want to ,someday...

  4. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    Vikingkitten replied to newhere_noname's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    :twocents:OK, Nursing educators, here's my story in nursing school and why some students drop out of nursing school. I was able to attend a hard-to-get-into Nursing school in the middle of the...

  5. OR experience for students?

    Vikingkitten replied to vickynurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    :twocents:Not an Educator any more, but I remember my "OR rotation" was a joke! Was in on a TKA and the circulator gave us a stepstool at the back of the room (Great View!) and told us not to move...

  6. Interesting Flight stories

    Vikingkitten replied to WillsRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Yep, and was I exhausted by the time we got there. I think it was about the limit of our flying time. They had to pour me out of the bird when we got back to the

  7. How would you react to being taken hostage?"

    Vikingkitten replied to CN Student's topic in Correctional

    :twocents:Wow! What an assignment! Never done the prison thing before, but was once part of a government group (that doesn't exist )that did hostage rescues and other things all over the world. The...

  8. nursing in austin, texas

    Vikingkitten replied to blueinplaid's topic in Agency Nurses

    :no:Hate to disagree with you, Blue, but I did an OR travel assignment at St. Davids (or as we called it, the 7th Ring of Hell) a few years ago, and would be hard pressed to recall anywhere where the...

  9. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Vikingkitten replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    I was a travel nurse in a small town in N.W. Neb. my first time out. If you know small towns, then you will know that Everyone knows Everyone's business! After a few weeks of gratuitous insults about...

  10. How bad of an agency would you or have you put up with?

    Vikingkitten replied to dave_ohio's topic in Agency Nurses

    :no:No Way Dave! Don't ever go back to some agency that treated you poorly. There are too many good ones out there to put up with

  11. Am I incompetent?

    Vikingkitten replied to rnrae's topic in Agency Nurses

    :twocents:It happens to all of us , if you stay in the profession long enough. Doesn't matter how good you are, some places and employees just aren't a good fit. I was at a hospital a few years ago,...

  12. Any great agencies in Atlanta, GA?

    Vikingkitten replied to CDH504's topic in Agency Nurses

    :twocents:Worked for Solient a few years ago. the pay was good, they took care of their people . Would recommend them to

  13. Agency Nurse relocating to Kirksville, MO

    Vikingkitten replied to marklena's topic in Agency Nurses

    Did a few stints in St. Louis when I was travelling a few years ago. Barnes-Jewish is HUGE, and they do everything there, and some things no one else is doing anywhere else! St. Marys is a wonderful...

  14. New agency nurse, please help!

    Vikingkitten replied to megan0321's topic in Agency Nurses

    Megan, First of all, don't focus on your age, if you project professionalism and confident, no one will look at your age. Besides, we were all young nurses once! (Me a loooooong time ago!) Some of...

  15. New agency nurse, please help!

    Vikingkitten replied to megan0321's topic in Agency Nurses

    Megan, First of all, don't focus on your age, if you project professionalism and confidence, no one will look at your age. Besides, we were all young nurses once! (Me a loooooong time ago!) Some of...

  16. loneliness and isolation - that agency nurse

    Vikingkitten replied to aussiemags's topic in Agency Nurses

    Used to be a Travel Nurse, and it seemed to me that being isolated depends on the people you worked with. In many hospitals, I was treated as one of the regular staff, yet in others , I never was...

  17. and the problem is..........?

    Vikingkitten replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    That Gene Pool needs more

  18. and the problem is..........?

    Vikingkitten replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    :banghead:I certainly hope you are right! We called that " a room temperature IQ", but in your case, that may have been too

  19. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    Vikingkitten replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    :lol2:Had one similar in one of the military EDs I was in years ago: Same scenario, only it was the wife of one of the many Colonels on the base. It doesn't take these spouses and children to learn...

  20. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    Vikingkitten replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Had this one happen to one of my female medics working my STD Clinic on the military base I was on , many moons ago. He thought he was being cute with a similar line, until my medic showed him the...

  21. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    Vikingkitten replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    :confused:in my experience, the most dangerous activity one can indulge in, which usually results in an ER visit is abbreviated SOCMOB- Standing on the Corner Minding Own Business! Some of the others...

  22. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    Vikingkitten replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    :uhoh21: Don't know if it was the coolest I've ever seen, but heard a friend of mine in Texas tell me the story about the teen who was fooling around with one of those Potatoe Guns (huh?) . He and...

  23. Stupid People Award

    Vikingkitten replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    OK, You

  24. VIP Triage

    Vikingkitten replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    :bowingpurDon't you just love it! I've had professional Athletes, Actors and Actresses, Polititians, the Famous and Near Famous, CEOs, CFOs and all kinds of Os, in my ED and ORs . What comes to mind...

  25. VIP Triage

    Vikingkitten replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    :bowingpurI totally know what you are talking about! Was on the Trauma Rm. (no traumas in the near future) when the Pres. came to town. Was told to get the Trauma room ready for him (it's the Law ,...