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  1. Doctors Without Borders? Mercy Ship

    bakpacker13 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Have any nurses participated in Doctors Without Borders or the Mercy Ship? I was just wanting a nurse perspective. How did you prepare, where did you find classes for learning about tropical...

  2. You know you work nights when.......

    bakpacker13 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    when you and the rest of the nurses want mexican and margaritas at 0800. NO

  3. Man accused in stabbing nurse

    bakpacker13 replied to Pinkpea11's topic in General Nursing

    Until pts. are held accountable for their actions. I'll tell you what I tell every new employee. Learn to duck. Never wake a patient by touching any part of their upper body. If they don't wake to...

  4. Now I understand why nurses leave?

    bakpacker13 replied to motivated2nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry to tell you this but you are going to find nurses that will make you work life horrible. The most you can do is do you job and care for your pts. I've changed shifts before to get away from the...

  5. How Many Patients Each Shift?

    bakpacker13 replied to NurseStephen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Five questions to answer: 1) What type of setting do you perform nursing? Surgical with medical overflow 2) What type of nursing care do you perform - team nursing, primary nursing, or other? When we...

  6. Where do you put your STUFF

    bakpacker13 replied to DAMomma's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Alright, I wear scrub shirts with 2 pockets. The scrub tops with the pocket up on the left upper chest are crap, whenever you bend over to do anything everything falls out. Now back to the 2 pockets:...

  7. Reporting during a rapid response or Code Blue

    bakpacker13 replied to bakpacker13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you everyone that has given tips and ideas of how to report off. I have been in a few more codes and have gotten better at providing information to the RR team and the MDs. Luckily all pt. info...

  8. Reporting during a rapid response or Code Blue

    bakpacker13 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    i have been a nurse for less than a year on surgical floor that more often than not gets medical clients. i have already had to call a few code blues and rapid responses. however, when i call the code...