ppfd BSN, EMT-P

Lot of good info here. I'll throw out a piece of advice as well. When you interview dress like a professional adult. Leave the flip flops at the house or at least in your car. Iron your clothes as well. Did you graduate with a BSN? As a ASN holder ...

Curious as to why you can't move 50 pounds? Look around you, people are getting bigger and bigger. 50 pounds isn't much anymore.

A million? I'd be gone like crap through a goose! I live pretty good on far far less than that a year. Other than my house and a note on my truck I have no debt. No credit cards, no school debt. My only child is grown, out of college and on her own....

I have one on my forehead that says "No Regerts" in that old english scroll. Ah I remember that drunken night...... was it in Bali, or was it Bangkok?? Seriously, I'm a 47 male and I still can't think of anything I want to mark up my body with and s...

Firefighter/Paramedic 25 years still doing it full time. Went to RN school while working full time. Did some nursing a little since graduating nursing in 09. Probably will get into it when I retire or maybe go to NP or PA school which ever will be ...

When I stopped caring, the job got much easier. I work full time in fire/ems but, it transcends across the room to nursing. i live with A holes 24 hours a day a few days a week. If I am not running a call, training or dealing FD issues I sit in my r...

Honestly I can't say how it has effected overall care around my area. I can say my daughter was looking to buy her own insurance. O care looked dandy til she saw the $6,000.00 deductible. Cheaper to have her pay me for to stay on my insurance.

I'm probably one of these people. I work full time fire/ems, I can't wait til I can retire. I honestly don't even want to fool with medicine anymore, this includes nursing. I just turned down a nursing job paying more and with free insurance.I just ...

I tried working in a nursing home once. The money was pretty good for part time work. I made it through 3 days of training with another nurse and never went back. You all working LTC have my total respect. I knew there was a problem when there were ...

I didn't see an option for I really don't care either way. People have accepted employment with these religious biased companies. I guess they can resign just as easy if they don't like the way things are done? Kind of like me coming into one of yo...

Whats a "DH"? See I'm glad your husband whipped some tail. I'd love to seen this. Amazing this guy challenged and then fought and still has a job/license. The doctor that is. Part of me would have filed a police report, found a lawyer and made some ...

Friend, YOU are doing fine! I read recently some unreal number, 75% or above don't even have a thousand dollars in savings. Your in your 20's, keep the path your on and you'll be set for retirement at a young age. Oh and stay away from marriage an...

OP, If you don't mind me asking, how old are you? You strike as a "youngster" :) Anyway, you've been given great info. making more money isn't free if your following. I work 2 jobs, firefighter/paramedic as my main job, and RN on the side. I need t...

Personally I'd like a PhD so can say, "Hi I'm Dr. PPFD, I'll be your Nurse today!":roflmao: Care plans, I used the same 3 or 4 during my time in nursing school, thats how much my clinical coordinator thought of them. Then again she worked as a Nurs...

OP, Yes, I am a male so take this as golden. I can guaranty as sure as the sun will rise. If this man spoke to me as he did you, I would have took him up in a second to "beat my head." He may beat my head true, but he'll share the trauma bay next to...

Had them call 911 from the ED waiting room because they didn't want to wait. That usually doesn't work out the way they expect it to. Years back I was working EMS and had a elderly man cut off all his fingers expect the thumb running a saw. He refus...

Cell Phone Call 911 Hasn't failed me yet.

I turned down a sign on bonus the last place I worked. I don't want to be tied to a contract, if things don't work out, or I chose to move on. Gal, from HR looked at me strange, guess most don't turn down a bonus.

I'm just a lowly Paramedic and ED RN, so take it for what its worth. :) Talk to flight medics and nurses. Ask them about the job. As mentioned here, it is not all car crashes, and injuries. A lot of inter facility transfers. And with ALS EMS already...

But thats not what my nursing instructors told me!

I attempted to try nursing home work part time once. I'm guessing that is what SNF stands for. I lasted my 4, "training days", and never went back. Now I know why they were paying what they do. It was almost impossible to care for 30 plus residents...

Forearm ideally. When I work EMS, I've put lines from the feet to the EJ (neck). Now with the IO drill, difficult IV's are almost a thing of the past.

Agree with what rat says. If your allowed to use your phone, or maybe a tablet, an Ipad mini maybe will hold anything. That said, this I used the critical care guide when I'm running EMS or working in the ED. Informed Guides | Critical information a...

I'd do it in a second. I give all the respect in the world to floor nursing. No way I could do it. ED, any of the critical care units for me.

LOL.. Nurture! LOL!! Lady I'm not hear to Nurture. Only time I can remember a female not wanting me to "nurture" them was as a student in OB. That said, I fully respect any genders reasons for wanting the same gender to care for them. Usually in...