That Guy BSN, RN, EMT-B

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  1. That Guy

    your night shift sleep must's and never's

    That Guy replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Dont wake up to go into any meetings/classes/training the night you work. Now if the higher ups could get that through their
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    Is Nursing the hardest job out there?

    That Guy replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    My friends are all aerospace engineers. It works for them. Little stress, until launch day then they pray their multi million dollar rocket doesn't explode into expensive
  3. That Guy

    Are Nurses First Responders?

    That Guy replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    Throw a nurse into an actual first response scene and you will find your answer
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    FLAME ON!

    That Guy replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I usually just say what I want to anyways. Doesn't lead to the best responses from
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    ON the brink of failing!

    That Guy replied to mgaona91's topic in General Students

    I was in a similar situation and studied but didn't pass. That was the best thing that could have happened to me because it forced me to sit down and figure where I went wrong. The problem with...
  6. That Guy

    Fear of failing? reason to not enter nursing program?

    That Guy replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Would be a pretty boring life if I never did anything I was afraid
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    How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    That Guy replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    Started with 30 ended with 14 and picked up a few stragglers on the
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    An Irrelevant Observation

    That Guy replied to bagladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just leave this
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    Are there no wyoming posters?

    That Guy replied to steffimiesha's topic in General Nursing

    There was a huge culture change going on when I left not long ago that I was not a fan of and a lot of people arent It gave me the break I needed though to get where I really wanted to be so I cant...
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    Are there no wyoming posters?

    That Guy replied to steffimiesha's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Cheyenne for 2 years and left as fast as I
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    PVT no longer works

    That Guy replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    "I searched the site and google and found my answer so I wont start another stupid
  12. That Guy

    What is correct way to do gastric lavage using NGT?

    That Guy replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

    I can honestly say I have never done a gastric lavage so I dont know the answer to
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    Level 1 Trauma vs Level 2

    That Guy replied to nichadwi's topic in General Nursing

    Geography. That will change a lot of things. The level 2 I worked at was the only one for a 45 mile radius so we saw everything, but that also meant we shipped everything that was bad as well once it...
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    Mechanical Compression Devices

    That Guy posted a topic in Emergency

    I recently moved to a new hospital. The old one I was at had a LUCAS and we used it a lot and loved it. The place I am at now does not have any devices. I'm curious if this is the new norm if we are...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    That Guy replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    1 month before the end of senior semester. Most of the people in my class had jobs lined up before we
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    What is a Nurses Calling?

    That Guy replied to hopepedersen87's topic in General Nursing

    Decent money, fast paced, not behind a desk and I get to play drug dealer without getting
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    What is a Nurses Calling?

    That Guy replied to hopepedersen87's topic in General Nursing

    Dont buy into that stupid canned phrase that nursing is a calling. For some it might be, for others it is a well thought out decision. You are not wrong in thinking it can be a fun, exciting and...
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    Moving to Colorado

    That Guy replied to jlbrant's topic in General Nursing

    Take a dart, throw it at a map of colorado and you will hit a hospital or one close to it. What your specialty is will have a lot to do with it and/or your
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    Coworker tried converting me on my break

    That Guy replied to CountryMomma's topic in General Nursing

    I dont mind discussions about religion. It can be very interesting to me, when both sides are playing nice. That being said, do not try to convert me, it falls on deaf
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    Which state (UT, CO, NC, TX or TN) is the best for getting an RN degree?

    That Guy replied to Nastya1506's topic in General Nursing

    Go to Kansas If you can stand living there, you can get in fairly quickly, get done, get a year of work then
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    That Guy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When people use literally wrong it drives me figuratively
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    potential employment questions

    That Guy replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    I relocated for the job I have now. I had the license for the state but when they asked if I was moving I said that I was planning to the day I had an offer. It can take time for the license/you might...
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    Ask a question till reporting nurse can't answer one

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

    If you ask a question I literally just answered in my report then I am done. You obviously aren't paying attention so I won't waste my time. Just the other night "He has an 18 R AC that I gave 2L NS...
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    Do Nursing Students Have a Life?

    That Guy replied to BellaInScrubs's topic in General Students

    Exactly. It is what you make of it. I had LESS time to do what I wanted but I still made time to do the things I wanted and liked
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    To Be (Monitored) or Not To Be (Monitored)

    That Guy replied to dianah's topic in Cardiac

    Speaking from the ER here. All tele pts must be transferred to the floor by an ER tech, if they are on cardiac drips then an RN must go instead and on the monitor every time. Every ICU pt requires...