MN BigJ

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  1. Pt signed out AMA then died! what do you think?

    MN BigJ replied to jenrn6282's topic in General Nursing

    He signed out AMA, you can't fix stupid. As long as all is documented you will be just fine. He fell in the bathroom and that was the cause of his injury, not his medical condition. Sure his blood...

  2. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    MN BigJ replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do any of you really believe that any kind of universal health care or socialized medicine with be started in the next 4 years, even if the messiah is elected? He is going to have to perform miracles...

  3. Question about dopamine

    MN BigJ replied to lenka SRN's topic in Cardiac

    I guess I assumed that the pt was on dopamine first, then had chest pain. I guess if the question is that the person has chest pain and then requires dopamine then your concern would be the increased...

  4. Question about dopamine

    MN BigJ replied to lenka SRN's topic in Cardiac

    I'm sure for school they are looking for something to the effect that dopamine causes the increased contractility and increased CO which could cause chest pain I suppose. They usually don't want you...

  5. reportable cases in the ER

    MN BigJ replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Only stabbings and gunshots are reportable. In cases of assaults and mvc's if the pt wants to report we will call the police for them. Of course in child abuse is mandated reporting as well, forgot...

  6. I'm in a pickle!

    MN BigJ replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, PRN jobs are a great way to earn money, just remember that they are not gaurenteed hours

  7. I'm in a pickle!

    MN BigJ replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    No that doesn't seem like abuse. Now if you would have said that 3 years ago you hurt your knee then that would be abuse. I think it would be a good idea to check on how they will work with you to see...

  8. I'm in a pickle!

    MN BigJ replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    The thing that gets me is the fact the her goal is to get back to work once she has her NP in 2 years. That was the statement that gets me. Like I said, I don't know the situation, however, if you...

  9. I'm in a pickle!

    MN BigJ replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but I have a real problem with this. You obviously can work and the way it sounds more that what they say you can to get full benefits, isn't disablity supposed help people that can't work...

  10. Is Nursing your Passion

    MN BigJ replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    nope, I do enjoy my job, but for sure it is not my passion. I believe you have to enjoy what you do, but passions are something you live for (family, fishing, hunting, motorcycles, etc...). A job is...

  11. Night shift employees expected to attend things during day??

    MN BigJ replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    Did that when I worked on Med surg. She had a habit of calling at 10 or 11 for meaningless things. She did it to all the night shift. Finally one night I had a grip about something, not a big deal,...

  12. I am a new paramedic... In some hot water, need some help? In trouble?

    MN BigJ replied to paramedic_t's topic in General Nursing

    You did nothing wrong. If they guy had landed on something that stabbed into his back side or if he would have broke his pelvis somehow and rupptured his bladder with blood coming out of his meatus...

  13. Strangest thing taken from ER

    MN BigJ replied to cookienay's topic in Emergency

    I personally don't find anything that is stolen to be strange anymore. Computers, TV's, everything in the cupboards including bedpans and urinals. However, I did have someone that realized he...

  14. Cussed out by a family member

    MN BigJ replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I just read your previous post. You are well within your rights. If the pt is A&O and competent enough to make his/her own decision then the child has no legal rights to decide what should be done...

  15. Scared to talk to Doctors

    MN BigJ replied to jam0516's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you open with a line about being concerned about the pt you will almost never have an issue. I have only had one issue with a doctor and I told him very simply and to the point that I did...

  16. Every other weekend- what century are we in?

    MN BigJ replied to lizva101's topic in General Nursing

    So let me get this straight, you want to work M-F, 8 hour shifts, no weekends, probably no nights or evenings, and get paid the same as people that work the off shifts?? I'm sorry but hospitals are...

  17. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    MN BigJ replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It really is a non-issue. There is no way that any kind of program that involves a Universal payer or Universal HCS will ever get through congress. The amount of $$$ it will cost to put a system like...

  18. Interested in "going rate"

    MN BigJ replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    That is what the Twin Cities area hospitals are at for my experience level, St Cloud is at

  19. Interested in "going rate"

    MN BigJ replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    32 base rate in

  20. Nurse fired for calling police

    MN BigJ replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    In a case where the "private security" is unable to handle the situation there is no reason the police cannot arrest someone for disorderly conduct if they are disorderly. Private property or not. I...

  21. East TN pay scales?

    MN BigJ replied to WickedRedRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Can an experienced ER nurse in a level 1 Trauma center expect over $32/hr in Nashville, Vandy

  22. Wages in Nashville area

    MN BigJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    My wife and I are considering moving to the Nashville area and we are trying to figure out wages and houses to look at. I think we will be looking to move to Hendersonville. Anyway, in MN I work as an...

  23. Shoes

    MN BigJ replied to Lilloman's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have a pair of Bjorns I really like. Nike shox cross trainers are always good. I think my next ones may be a pair of

  24. IV size

    MN BigJ replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    My theory in chest pains, cardiacs, possible cva, trauma, crappy vitals or other cases when you need a line without much delay is simple; Go big or go home, in other words, the 18 or larger in the AC...

  25. New admits at shift change

    MN BigJ replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    One thing the floor nurses must understand is that in the ER we have a constant flow in, any chance to get people out is taken no matter what time. On the floor you can only take so many admits and...