rnffemtguy

rnffemtguy BSN, RN

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  1. whats primary care nursing?

    rnffemtguy replied to emjay86's topic in General Nursing

    Primary care is just that, you are the primary nurse responsible for all nursing care for the patients you are assigned to, assessments, meds, personal care, the whole nine yards. There are variations...

  2. No more LPNs?

    rnffemtguy replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    Like kcochrane said, it seems around here that LPN's are in high demand due to the fact that they can do most of the work for less. Case in point, our local hospital has lost several RN's due to...

  3. Nurse and Firefighter

    rnffemtguy replied to mfisher6's topic in General Nursing

    As you can probably tell by my user name I'm an RN, Firefighter & EMT, the RN pays me & I volunteer as a FF/EMT. I absolutely love being a FF/EMT, it's what led me to go back to school to...

  4. how do you take the BP in this scenario?

    rnffemtguy replied to mashamontago's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Easy, get a smaller cuff (small adult, child, ped, whatever fits best), and take the b/p on the wrist or ankle. Just remember pt position, distance from heart etc affects measurement & take that...

  5. Computer Nursing jobs?

    rnffemtguy replied to 2fast4uRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look into Nursing Informatics like josinda said, usually a masters level program, but they do alot with comupters such as setting up charting software & the

  6. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I've just got to ask this, what is up with nurses and accident scenes, please forgive the length becasue this is kind of a rant on both stupidity & safety :icon_roll Here's the background, I'm...

  7. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly Medic2RN, if the time was taken by some to read the whole thread they would see that this isn't to bash anyone, in fact I started it to get a point across, something along the lines of common...

  8. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    That is awesome, I truly applaud you for having the interest, I'm sure that if you have a volunteer squad/department in your area they would be very greatfull to welcome you aboard. Best part too is...

  9. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks mcknis, well

  10. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you flightnurse2b for comming to my defense, I wasn't going to put alot of stock in BabyLady's comment, take a look at what she wrote in another thread: "Re: If you could invent nursing...

  11. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't matter what color as long as they pump water & get the job done, and hey, at least they aren't lime

  12. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, thanks alot, not like I haven't heard that before LMAO!!!!!

  13. What do you think of Tampa General ?

    rnffemtguy replied to SapphireRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    How do I find your post?, I'm not all too familiar with allnurses & can't figure out how to get to it. Did you get into the Critical Care Internship?, I applied for that a couple weeks ago but...

  14. Current Autoworker looking to Transistion into Nuring

    rnffemtguy replied to FreshStart5574's topic in General Nursing

    I really applaud you for being willing to take the initiative to change careers, I did it when I was 31 years old and I'm very glad that I did. As for education, I don't know if there are any...

  15. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm I think I might have figured it out thanks to mcknis, we have yellow trucks so must be everyone thinks we aren't real firefighters and EMT's

  16. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    We have a fairly new EMT who has 15+ years of ER experience, she will admit that it took her about a year to get used to the EMS side of things but let me tell you once she got her feet wet & got...

  17. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    For every funny/horrifying story I can tell there really are alot of good ones too, nurses who help out and lend a hand. We had a call at the local walmart recently for a pt having chest pain, I get...

  18. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    rnffemtguy replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    If you think these are good, I've got two more I can think of off the top of my head. Back in the early 90's (dating myself here) when I was a new EMT we were dispatched to a car pedestrian accident...

  19. Correct Title RN etc. Order ??

    rnffemtguy replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've always thought the primary job title/certification went first to prevent confusion: John Doe RN BSN CCRN Jane Doe RN ARNP FNP I have to agree RedCell, some people overuse credentials, ACLS being...