badphish

here in central florida; polk state college,valencia college, seminole state college

ER nurse here that started as new grad in ER. unfair to generalize about new grads and the ER. im doing well, must disclose im a paramedic and former army medic. but a coworker of mine came to ER fresh out of her nursing program with no medical ex...

i just took the course this last week. if you want to give your email, i can send you a couple of study guides that really helped me out. i was given great advice for the practical. there will be equipment next to the dummy for you to use. place e...

damn just had an off kinda topic thought, man if ipads had only come out 2 yrs earlier. id buy every book in digital format, load up them and the lecture slides into PDF expert and highlight and mark up the day away. only one thing to lug around...

i went thru a transition course LPN/PARAMEDIC to RN course that was a year long with mostly single moms that also worked full time, its hard but do-able. you need to find the right program for you. i suggest getting your 2 yr RN first then going on...

flight nurse would benefit from current PARAMEDIC cert, not EMT-Basic. and a new Nurse is not going flight anytime soon. Our state requires dual cert for flight nurses. so unless you are volunteering at the local fire station i see no benefit. and ...

as all that know me know im a hetero male in touch with his feminine side...( im very proud of my pink sharpie-- no one has stole it , mission accomplished) as i told my medics back in the day. i dont care if you are straight gay or only love yours...

i wear two. one on each hand. married 27 yrs, a nurse 6 months

probably has already been said i dont want to sift through the pages of this thread. but, i would definitely look not START a nursing career if i had chronic pain issues!! 1. your condiion will only worsen, way too much lifting pushing pulling etc....

90 days to one year

The ER is a Bar and The ICU is a library, even turkeys die. GOMERS go to ground, (ERcentric). The floor Nurse and ER nurse have totally different thoughts on priorities and what is or isn't stable. The more annoying the family member, the longer t...

Lunah. Not sure the new Doo is army regulation.

The relaxation techniques of the Dali Lama, and how to get by on 3 hours of sleep a dag while keeping your employer and family happy. Been doing the ER night shift in busiest ER in town since October havnt used ABG values once. Better off taking a ...

How did this become about short male nurses :). Although a few of us do have a Napoleon complex.

Yes it is normal Why an online nclex review course? Just take a bunch of those practice tests that come with your review books. Look at all those tables and charts in the review books u will be fine. I think people tend to overdue the nclex review...

Paramedics (myself included ) and EMTs use this carry / compression technique all the time. And it is taught in bcls. It is the same position as for choking

Had BCLS. Since 82 PALS since 84 The head is held in the hand with baby crotch in your elbow. Very easy to do compressions and airway in that configuration Does know one watch cops. U see firemen doing this all day long. Works great on our lil dro...

House of God is a great book And watch the first two seasons of Nurse Jackie She is a patient advocate despite her many many flaws

Lunah !!!! You rock congrats on getting an Army nurse gig. Wish I could. Start a second army career. One word of advice. If u do ever work with civilian RNs. As a Army officer be nice to them. They can make ur life a living hell. And take good care ...

How much hormone therapy does it take to get breasts. Anyway. Got my eye on a really cute sundress for thus spring.

I pushed air into a carpoject vial before drawing out the med. The lil rubber stopper sailed across the ED. Oops. (disclaimer-- no patients visitors staff or small animals were harmed)

I can see why Us New Nurses love our first year of nursing. Such a supportive. Veteran crowd to mentor us. Lighten up. This is funny stuff. The joint commission didn't just yesterday start regulating "everything". It due to patterns of errors. And ...

1. AF personnel do tend to stay at one duty station longer than the other. Services. Probably due to the fact that many jobs are only in certain places. 2. If you want to go out and pick up wounded soldiers sorry that is not what military nurses...

When it comes to studying. Skim skim skim. Study the tables. And the powerpoints

I worked full time. (56 hour work week). While in school. And studying for nclex. Did about 50 or so practice questions a day with review of rationale. 3 weeks prior to test day and knocked it out of the park So don't get all worked up about. It go...