Medic946RN

Medic946RN

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  1. Cute things manager's say

    Medic946RN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    When I retired from my full time paramedic job, my manager, a huge bureaucratic weasel if ever there was one took me out for lunch and an exit interview to discuss my "experiences" in EMS, over the...

  2. Your last day in the ER

    Medic946RN replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    As RMH alluded to with the previous post. When the people come in c/o pain and they say they haven't tried tylenol or motrin. I'd love to say. "Well go home and try some and come back tomorrow if it...

  3. ED RN transitioning to FNP in same ED

    Medic946RN replied to FNP grrl's topic in Emergency

    When I was a full time paramedic I had a student who went on to become a Phyiscian's Assistant. He now works in the same ED where I work as a nurse. It's small world. And we get along like grand old...

  4. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    Medic946RN replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    LPNbe2004: I am sorry you got treated that way. If my pt asks if they can be crushed. split cut in half, put in pudding/applesauce. That's fine with me. I am more than willing to help. But in my...

  5. visitor policy vs alien invasion

    Medic946RN replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    Last couple of days we've enforced our 1 visitor policy vigorously and it's paying off. You could actually get to the patient with out having to say a half dozen "excuse me, pardon me's". People are...

  6. Scripts

    Medic946RN replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Sure can, Magikgirl. Happened just a few months ago, Walmart called the ED where I work to ask the doc why he ordered a script in a bizarre manner. Doc said he didn't. Walmart and the Doc called the...

  7. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    Medic946RN replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    LPN2be2004 and MLOS: You're right there is a difference between can't and won't but it's a matter of semantics. The patient that won't take the pill claims they can't do it. I don't really think...

  8. Standby: VENTING

    Medic946RN replied to FlyingED's topic in Emergency

    I'm not knocking you cyberkat but in my ED we do it all the time, conscious sedation, cardiac drips, vents and we're just a lil ol community hospital. Yesterday we had four people on mulitple cardiac...

  9. Adults Who Can't Swallow Pills

    Medic946RN replied to Medic946RN's topic in Emergency

    Wow! Didn"t know this would be such a big thread when I started it. I was really surprised that many adults cannot swallow pills. I hadn't seen anywhere else in the four state area I have worked. I...

  10. and the problem is..........?

    Medic946RN replied to marcicatherine's topic in Emergency

    My fave answer to the allergies question: Pt: "I can't take percocet" Me: "What happens when you take percocet?" Pt: "Oh! They knock me out!" Me: "They're supposed to, they're narcotics." Pt: "Either...

  11. pain in the ed

    Medic946RN replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Pain Management

    Some of our doc's are non-chalant about this. They give the narcs just to get them out of here. I once saw a doc write the pt's med order as they were being brought back to a room. He knew what the pt...

  12. Littmann Master Classic vs. Classic II S.E. (X-post from Student forum)

    Medic946RN replied to shyviolet78's topic in General Nursing

    I have used a Master Classic for years in my paramedic position. I found that it had good acoustics in the ambient noise found in EMS. Once I graduated from Nursing School, I got myself a Cardiology...

  13. paramedic goinggoing going!!

    Medic946RN replied to rj1973's topic in General Nursing

    I've been where you are. I consider dropping my NREMTP everytime it's up for renewal, basically because the state where I function as a paramedic doesn't require it and it's a bunch hoops to jump...

  14. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    Medic946RN replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    That's their job to answer phone calls from parents at all hours of the night. No one made them go into pediatrics. It's part of the deal. If it's too tough for them to handle maybe they should...

  15. Nurses pay

    Medic946RN replied to ChristineG's topic in General Nursing

    In the northeast area I can make 24 to 29 buck an hour or up to 39 depending on which job I'm working at, agency nurses are making in the 40 dollar an hour range. Weekend option programs can pay as...

  16. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

    Medic946RN replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I agree, especially where i work now we seem to have an incredible number of psych pt, drug seekers, etoh abusers and people who seem to think a trip to the ED is a night at the opera. It's amazes how...

  17. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    Medic946RN replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    I've always wanted to be the villian in a James Bond movie. They get the coolest pads (hollowed out volcanoes, undersea fortess, space stations) the hot bad girls, the ingenious world conquering plots...

  18. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    Medic946RN replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    The Fair Labor Act is just that an Act of Federal Law it is not one of the Articles of the Constitution. There is a big difference. Tomorrow Congress or the President could suspend that law with the...

  19. Hope you don't mind me stopping in

    Medic946RN replied to scj1719's topic in Emergency

    I went straight to ED from nursing school and my program didn't even have an ER rotation. If I had to work a year in M/S I'd have been back on the medic bus in no time at all. ER is the only place to...

  20. Things I've learned from my ER patients...

    Medic946RN replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    No that wasn't Dawn, happened in another nearby hospital that has it's own police force and jail. I had brought the guy's wife in, she was pregnant and he had kicked her in the stomach. When the...

  21. Things I've learned from my ER patients...

    Medic946RN replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    I posted this in the General Nursing forum but it is relevant here since it happened in the ED. Never, ever tell the 6foot5 245lb weightlifting hospital constable that you don't have to listen to "no...

  22. Did you have to go the scenic route to complete nursing school?

    Medic946RN replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see: Started as a volly firefighter/EMT, Then USAF Crash Rescue Spec, became a Cardiac Tech, then a Paramedic picekd up a BS in Healthcare Mgmt along the way then took a nursing course here...

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Medic946RN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't ever tell the 6foot5 245lb weightlifting hospital constable that you don't have to listen to "no f***ing 300lb rentacop." The resounding thump from you getting bodyslammed will actually knock...

  24. I hate it when people say this...

    Medic946RN replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    When people ask me: "Are you a male nurse?" I shrug and reply: "No, I treat women

  25. New Grads in the ED (?)

    Medic946RN replied to Evelyn2003's topic in Emergency

    I think we all need to realize that ER Techs come in all shapes/sizes/capacities. In the ED I work in now our techs are wonderful but are CNA II's which can start IV's do twelve leads etc. They...