Medic09 BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. Medic09

    Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    Medic09 replied to clenz's topic in General Nursing

    What's the question? More education. More options. The (sometimes silly but useful) prestige of the graduate degree. Why WOULDN'T you do the MSN straight
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    common situations encountered in emergency room

    Medic09 replied to vintageRXL's topic in Emergency

    EVERYTHING is common in the ER. Every kind of patient; every kind of presentation, every sort of acuity. Anything that EMS encounters or that can come in themselves, we see it. We even get patients...
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    Is it the nurse obligation to stay ovetime when you can't find to replace?

    Medic09 replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    Ari, it sounds like they are abusing you. The abandonment issue (which does exist) is easily solved by the Charge (or Supervisor, or whomever) assigning the patient to themselves while they get you...
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    am i eligible to take the CEN?

    Medic09 replied to chengzz_1110's topic in Emergency

    That is recommended, but not
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    I burned my bridges 4 years ago....(need advice)

    Medic09 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I say just buck up and go to it. You already have nothing to lose, so why worry? Keep your composure, answer clearly and professionally. If the past 'falsification' comes up, stick to your story...
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    I am being advised that when I graduate...

    Medic09 replied to Lexnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This is a bit like Real Estate - location is everything. Some locales have their fill, and the economic crunch makes it tight. Some places, like out here in NM, are chronically understaffed and most...
  7. Medic09

    Thank God

    Medic09 replied to queen47's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations, indeed! What's
  8. Medic09

    ER to ICU is my plan backwards or not?

    Medic09 replied to nola04's topic in Emergency

    Either way works, but the more complex medical management is something you'll learn in ICU. Having said that, we continuously have ICU patients who we manage for hours, even the whole shift in the...
  9. Medic09

    Can Nurses Give Stitches?

    Medic09 replied to swimincatz's topic in General Nursing

    What law is that? In which state? The only LEGAL issue I've seen come up is for billing purposes. Medicare had no little box for billing for sutures done by a tech or nurse (as was done by in a large...
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    Opioid/anxiolytic combo?

    Medic09 replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    We often gave Phenergan with Morphine for long EMS transports. Works well. The Phenergan allows for a smaller dose of Morphine in most cases. Our medical director always liked it. Still likes to...
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    I want to be a flight nurse, looking for advice

    Medic09 replied to cjthegreat's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    +1 Pretty much any ICU or CCU is good. And you can often move from one to the other. ED won't really give you much for a flight job, especially since the nurse has to bring nursing skills and...
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    UNM con

    Medic09 replied to ash09's topic in General Nursing

    Like JBudd says, you might consider an ADN program; if you can get in now. In the time that you'd be waiting to get into UNM, you could do an ADN, start earning some money, and do the rest of the BSN...
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    Interested in ER nursing but have a concern...

    Medic09 replied to Delirious's topic in Emergency

    You never told me that when you precepted me! (Though I shoulda known...) I'm not working close to you
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    Alternative Airway Knowledge

    Medic09 replied to GilaRRT's topic in Emergency

    Bummer. Sorry to hear it. So now a move to less clinical work, and into education,
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    Critical patient @ change of shift, which nurse is responsible??

    Medic09 replied to Soulsinfinity's topic in General Nursing

    First off, I agree with all the previous answers. The nurse going off SHOULD be the one to handle the transfer. But the question wasn't professional or moral; it was technical. I think that...
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    Alternative Airway Knowledge

    Medic09 replied to GilaRRT's topic in Emergency

    Gila, I think you're pretty much on target. So, when are you coming back to market this thing? That'll be the hard part; I expect training budgets will be shrinking and the competition for those $...
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    please help, how to preparing for the second ER nurse interview

    Medic09 replied to candy3318's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations on your interview. RELAX. You don't need to study for a job interview (except for some flight services, but that's whole different ball of wax). THEY KNOW you're a new grad. THEY...
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    where do you get your rotor stuff?

    Medic09 replied to flymetothemoon's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    REI used to have lights like those last ones. That's where I got mine. They come in different colour bulbs as
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    A simple question for ER Nurses

    Medic09 replied to android654's topic in Emergency

    Honestly, ER nurses do some of every kind of nursing there is. The ultimate 'handyman' or 'odd jobs person'. The ER can never say 'we can't take the patient, no beds/no nurses.' The ER can never say...
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    A simple question for ER Nurses

    Medic09 replied to android654's topic in Emergency

    Whew! JBudd, I think you left out: Manage an ICU patient on vent and drips who will be in the ER for the night. or just Manage two or three admitted patients who are now HFTN/Here For The Night. Don't...
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    RN salaries in NM?

    Medic09 replied to BIGBRO71's topic in General Nursing

    In Santa Fe I get $28 and change after a year and three months. Nights and weekend differential bring it up into the thirties somewhere. We also get Below Minimum Core (understaffed per contract...
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    UNM con

    Medic09 replied to ash09's topic in General Nursing

    I would pose these very same questions to an academic advisor at CON. Ann Marie or one of the others can guide you. And it will make a good impression that you are determined and looking for a way...
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    Do Nurses have to do the following??

    Medic09 replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously and simply: nurses do EVERYTHING. Anything that is in the realm of patient care, nurses may have to do; and probably will on some occasion. It just depends on the circumstances and...
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    Interested in ER nursing but have a concern...

    Medic09 replied to Delirious's topic in Emergency

    Let me give you an analogy. When I was a young man, I was part of a reconnaisance team for a time. We'd go out ahead of our main force, and search for the enemy. A very small, vulnerable group of...
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    Alternative Airway Knowledge

    Medic09 replied to GilaRRT's topic in Emergency

    Lunah, see if your hospital will pay for it, or at least the days you attend. You can easily argue that it will be largely beneficial to your ED practice. Mine paid for the days when I did paramedic...