HippyGreenPeaceChick

HippyGreenPeaceChick

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  1. Paramedics as primary care givers in ED

    I dislike Triage also. While out there with the pt you are constantly being interrupted by the same people who while you are triaging them can not understand why are not paying them undivided...
  2. Are nurses treated as terribly as people imply?

    what part of Okla are you in No nursing has been wonderful to me. I am not overworked nor underpaid. And I get treated well. What more can you ask for. Life is actually quite
  3. Racist Patients

    Racism is such a sad and terrible thing in this world. But if you break racism down to its basic component, that is fear. I served in the Marines, I lived and worked with a lot of different races. I...
  4. Dating Coworkers??

    I just like to keep it simple. So far I have never dated at work. I have no plans to date at work, in fact just the opposite. There is such a large population around me that the idea of dating at work...
  5. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    Just remember some of those bottoms might actually be
  6. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    Life is yours to live as you deem appropriate, not for
  7. Nurses crossing picket lines

    To Strike or not to Strike To cross picket lines or not cross picket lines These are the issues that serve To cloud all of our minds And render whatever we do as
  8. Serious, what do you think?

    While abusing substances particularly while at work is bad enough. I think this is an issue that can be treated and dealt with fairly. But When you steal drugs from work, when you cause the patients...
  9. Would you get the vaccine?

    In the military I was vaccinated against everything imaginable. Since getting out, I have consciously chosen against any further immunizations. I have remained healthy despite my choice. Now I do lead...
  10. Pandemic Awareness/Preparation

    A lot of information taken out of hand leads to pandemic hysteria. Just like deliberate misinformation about atomic weapons material lead us into a never ending
  11. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    Looking at a butt, is not a big deal. We are nurses, we see butts all the time. If it helps them decide what to do look at it. Does not mean I am going to treat their rash or prolapse. I will look...
  12. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    That sounds reasonable as well. Why not control alcohol better. Caffeine better. Lets just lump alcohol, nicotine, Caffeine,Cannabis,Heroin, amphetamines, lets just put it all the control of on...
  13. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    Well Darjeeling, I am also 30, childless, unmarried, Nor even looking for that kind of involvement in my life. Nut I am a good, kind caring, female who also had a little different than usual set of...
  14. How far would you go to help someone.

    I carry a very nice Beretta 9 mm in my backpack. I would have stopped him in a heartbeat. Semper
  15. 3 dui's in mi

    I used a Limo a few weeks ago, I and 4 of my gfs were out having too much fun. I did not feel sorry for him at all. We took turns singing different tunes, We all have pretty good voices. He was...
  16. Racist Patients

    If it was not for the lack of gray cells of a large number of people in this world, we would not have so much job security from all the things they do to them selves. Whether deliberate or
  17. 3 dui's in mi

    Personally when I drink, I either have a very sober designated driver, Or we go with yellow cab, or even a Limo, Limos are
  18. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    While we are at it let the FDA regulate marijuana, Heroin, Cocaine, better than a bunch of lawyers making a name for
  19. What Inspired Your Choice of Nursing Specialty?

    I love the ER so far. probably because of my training as a corpsman with the Fleet Marines. Semper Fi, and Semper
  20. Have we sunken so low? Would you?

    This is an informative article, sad and amusing at the same time. A girlfriend of mine who is a nurse works with a group of plastic surgeons, they have a large outpatient facility nearby. She says the...
  21. Emergency Nurse Relief Act 2009- Update

    We have the richest most expensive healthcare system by far and above anywhere else in the world. Why does the W.H.O. rank us number 37th in the world as to quality. This has nothing to do with...
  22. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    My dad was there. But you only talk about the 53,000 Americans that died there. Not the Russians, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, the French, the Cambodians and everyone else, I wonder what that totals...
  23. Military Nursing Question

    Hello everyone This is my first new post. First off a bit about my history. I served almost 5 years as an Hospital Corpsman with the fleet marines. I loved my time in and my service. I am also very...
  24. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

    We have a bunch of us who weekly get together after work and bowling, lots of fun
  25. Discuss a case with the hospital's lawyer?

    Is he buying lunch for you. And at the very least he or she can at least take me to an upscale restaurant. I can be bought, but I promise you I am not cheap. Just kidding of