That Guy BSN, RN, EMT-B

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  1. That Guy

    Nurses love to give...

    Especially when its norflex and toradol.
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    This made me laugh

    better than my best friend with his wisdom teeth. lets just say he became very excited when the oral hygienist came in. nothing like going through an entire surgery with um well whatever euphemism you...
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    Nurses love to give...

    Be nice to your nurse. They call all the
  4. That Guy

    How would you know?

    Have you been notified about anything against your license? No. Ok good then the answer is
  5. That Guy

    Decompress?? what works?

    No comment. People in Kansas did things a little differently when it came to guns and
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    Decompress?? what works?

    Exercise and guns. You can't be holding on to anything after either of
  7. I found that on the floor, people treating me like crap got under my skin a lot easier. People can be absolute dicks to me now and it bothers me a lot less. Take your time off, recoup and explore some...
  8. That Guy

    ER Nurse (Me) calls Report to Ortho/Neuro floor

    Been on both sides. The questioning nurse is just a *****. She was witch hunting for something and didnt get what she wanted so she kept
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    Oxygen for the anxious patient

    They need to slow their roll more than anything
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    "Friends" at work?

    Yup I'm friends with the people I work with. We regularly go to the bars after shift or meet up at someone's house for a BBQ when we can. Some of my best friends I worked with at my last
  11. I ask it all the time. Its one of the things I hate about this
  12. Very cool but at what point do you stop. Take a step back and say, "where do we draw the line on the things we are willing to do to people to keep them
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    Oxygen for the anxious patient

    Why would they need more oxygen? They are already getting too much of it. Hyperventilation is a CO2 issue..... food for
  14. That Guy

    Does anyone work as Rapid Response?

    ^^^^ Thats what I want to do eventually. It sounds like a lot of fun to me. I know I am nowhere close to ready for it so I have to get some years under my belt. That kind of independence sounds too...
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    Helpful 'mnemonics'.?

    AWIPE, really. First thing I think of is asswipe ha
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    Mandating to work on days off

    You might find this link helpful Resignation Letters - Great Examples of Resignation Letters - Tech Careers
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    What would you rate for HCAHPS?

    Do you plan to take care of yourself before coming back....If answer is no then we ask that you stop right there and put the pencil
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    When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    Goes in my left cargo pocket when I dont use it for awhile. Goes around my neck directly after pt contact or if doing multiple admissions quickly. Its more about availabilty to me so it goes where I...
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    Need input from NIGHT SHIFT nurses

    Unfruendly: like others have said all meeting take place in the middle of the day. All classes in the middle of the day. Day shift calling to come work day shift when I just worked a night. There is...
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    Is It Just Me?

    I have looked at every job I have got as a means to the next part. I did 1 year of medical so I could do ER. Im doing ER so I can get into ICU. Im doing that so I can do flight nurse. Every job is a...
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    Code Blue Announcement

    Old hospital I worked at paged over the vocera badges that we used to communicate. Int heory it should have worked well, but the damn badges never worked so they always resorted to overhead...
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    Right or wrong? Need some advice

    [Devils advocate] Why were you not better prepared for the pt to leave the floor for an appointment? As a student going into clinical you should know just about everything about your pt including...
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    Question on skin to skin touching

    It is a miracle I am not dead yet with as many times I have touched a pt with *gasp* bare hands! Good thing I dip them in lava to burn all the nasty off them before I leave each
  24. I like my PTO piggy bank that I can cash out before christmas each
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    Nurses and alcohol

    Thank god for the bar that opens up at 0700 for the night shifters to go to. Yes we can put it down. So can many professions. Work hard play