That Guy BSN, RN, EMT-B

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    Unsafe ED

    That Guy replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The main thing that bothers me about this is the lack of communication on both ends. Why didn't the floor nurse at an hour call down and ask whats up? At 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours? Why isn't the floor...
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    Unsafe ED

    That Guy replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just try to send the pt back down. I freaking dare
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    That Guy replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I had someone the other night curled up in a ball in the corner of the room. I kinda snuck in on accident, guess they didnt hear me knock, and I heard the other person say "Nurse is here, start it up"...
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    Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

    That Guy replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Sharing is caring
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    Why do you want to leave your job?

    That Guy replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    The future wife wants to move. Which means I want to
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    Get together at NTI 2014 Denver - Will You Be There??

    That Guy replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Critical Care

    Not a far drive, might have to make the trip
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    difficult ETOH pt

    That Guy replied to shearernurse's topic in Emergency

    He doesn't want to change. Cant help that
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    Is your spouse supportive of your nursing career?

    That Guy replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    My future wife is also a nurse. She works LTC and I am in ER. We have vastly different complaints and difference about why our days are hard. We can meet in the middle though and talk about it with a...
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    Things you tell newbies

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

    "When in doubt, say you are the janitor and got
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    Patients who want to be admitted for minor things

    That Guy replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    10 minutes? We are lucky to even get some people to the room before the over eager family is asking if they are being
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    Satisfaction scores

    That Guy replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    We can't please everyone. Sometimes people come and they have nothing better to be than annoyed and we are the
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    IMMEDIATE BEDDING

    That Guy replied to lis01003's topic in Emergency

    We tried that, and have gone away from it and now back to it to a modified version all within 3 months. Im curious what others say
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    Attire for interview

    That Guy replied to nurse2033's topic in Men in Nursing

    Suit up! I love actually wearing suits since we never get to at work. Im excited to look for a new job because its another excuse to have to dress
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    Student loans, ugh!

    That Guy replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Zero. College paid in full by an awesome set of
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    Med passing question from a student

    That Guy replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient Medications

    Make sure you do them one at a time with a feeding tube
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    Describe your 10/10 pain. Piggybacking off of recent pain discussions.

    That Guy replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone who walks through my doors is a lying, drug seeking med hunting narc fiend. Nah just kidding. It does seem odd how others can relate a 10/10 to a splinter in the finger, but it still gets...
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    Nurses continue to eat their young

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

    Especially nasty things left out for 12 hours during
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    What do you think of fibromyalgia?

    That Guy replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Like just about every illness and disease out there, there are the 2 groups. The silent sufferers/people who deal with it and the people who use it as an excuse. You could insert any disease in the...
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    Essential Oils & Aromatherapy In the Workplace

    That Guy replied to divadee113's topic in Holistic

    How do you manage that? Ours smells of stale smoke, BO and cheap
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    The coveted Monday thru Friday job

    That Guy replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    5 days a week sounds like torture to me. Give me my 3 on 4 off please.
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    GPA lower than a 3.0, can I still be a nurse

    That Guy replied to twaugh1's topic in General Students

    I got in with a 2.54, graduated with over 3.25 Turns out I didn't hit my stride til I got to nursing
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    Quit with the rudeness

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

    Have you been anywhere public recently? The general attitude of everyone today is
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    How does your ED handle stocking

    That Guy posted a topic in Emergency

    We recently moved to a much larger ER where instead of a centralized area we all pull our supplies from, they are in each room along with a med room. None of these ever get stocked it seems and we are...
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    How does your ED handle stocking

    That Guy replied to That Guy's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the answers. As I expected, it is our responsibility, we are having issues with accountability side of it. Some people will stock while others will
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    DNR status and therapeutic hypothermia

    That Guy replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it was me, and you didnt discover my DNR until after you got me back and you have TH going, stop it please. I didnt want to be coded in the first place. I dont care how minimal invasive it is, pull...