That Guy BSN, RN, EMT-B

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    Interview Question

    That Guy replied to IVNinja300's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    "While my current hospital is able to provide me with opportunities as well, I feel that I am a better fit with your company because
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    ACLS Certification

    That Guy replied to Java Mama's topic in General Nursing

    Free ECG Simulator! - SkillSTAT A great place to
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    How long did you stay at your first job?

    That Guy replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    1 year 3 months. And I never looked
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    Pediatric Mock Codes

    That Guy replied to jrwright83's topic in General Nursing

    In those 9 years in the ED did you run any pediatric codes? When I teach PALS the scenarios I use are all ones that I have actually
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    Help me understand an Ampule

    That Guy replied to Femine91's topic in Patient Medications

    Ampules exist to elicit swear words and blood from nurses. I hate those damn
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    That Guy replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    This is something that is being phased out of EMS as well due to cost. We used to carry epi pens but at $400 a pop to us, it wasn't worth it especially since most of the expired. Changed over to $4...
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    Denver Health vs. Centura Health vs. HealthONE

    That Guy replied to gulfcoastRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    So is that why Healthone has been headhunting me like no other right now with 10k sign on bonus
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    Denver Health vs. Centura Health vs. HealthONE

    That Guy replied to gulfcoastRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Go to Uni with that level of experience. The ICUs at St A are really young and just had a lot of
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    Gift for new Paramedic

    That Guy replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Spyderco Rescue, Stethoscope and a Yeti Insulated cup. My 3 things I have to have. I like the weatherman raptor in idea, but the one time I used them, I loaded them with so much blood that cleaning...
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    What States Pay the Highest and Lowest Nursing Salaries

    That Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    NO kidding. I got the biggest pay increase just from moving out of that hell hole
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    Transgender Patients

    That Guy replied to sherri64's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I treat it like every other situation where I have a differing opinion on the person. I do not care. Simple as that. Check your own **** at the door and treat them like every other
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    What type of soap do you use?

    That Guy replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Tears of new nurses and students. No wait its salt scrubs that you can get in the
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    Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    That Guy replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    Mine told me I would never be a nurse and that I would fail the NCLEX. Guess who got a copy of my passing score on her desk the day after I
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    That Guy replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry, we make fun of those people too. Those shirts are for the tryhards in life. I would rather most people not know I am a nurse. Its not because I am ashamed, but I hate hearing all about...
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    How much is a normal raise

    That Guy replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    My wife and I work for the same organization. I got a 1%, she got a 6%. So who knows what is "normal" as they were both defined as standard not performance
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    compensation poll

    That Guy replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    No Only for one cert Yes, but you have to jump through ridiculous
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    Best Initial Intervention

    That Guy replied to JorgeAlvarez's topic in General Nursing

    You are going to have a lot of questions to answer on why you didn't go to direct pressure and firmly went to the employees groin. Rarely does direct pressure and elevation not
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    What is the drug of choice in your area?

    That Guy replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Depends on the time of year. Summer months we see a huge spike in Molly. Winter it is meth. Also seen a huge increase in LSD
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    What are your views on male nurses

    That Guy replied to jared.butler90's topic in Men in Nursing

    I hate them. Stealing all the good jobs. Getting into nursing school easier. And those dashing good
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    Meaning of your username?

    That Guy replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Gives me an excuse to be a jerk. Everyone can just be like "Oh well he is that guy you
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    CPR on the floors

    That Guy replied to Sallysame's topic in General Nursing

    BLS and ACLS in the last 2 states I have been to are a joke and I feel like it contributes to the poor codes I have responded to in various areas of the hospital. People that should never pass are...
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    Color Coded Code Blue teams

    That Guy replied to R1love's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly if you have a good recorder/leader they should be identifying the roles and then it becomes crowd control at that
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    Opinions on nursing students?

    That Guy replied to milesims's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Opinions are like *******s, so are nursing students. No wait that isn't how it
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    Has nursing made you negative?

    That Guy replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    I now have an excuse to be as cynical and sarcastic as I am
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    That Guy replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Menstrual blood. The