benham

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1. Tell me about your PCU

   benham replied to psnurse's topic in Cardiac

   I work on a 32 bed PCU that is divided into 2 floors. We get fresh MIs from ER prior to going to cath lab, post cath lab pt. some with lines in, but most without. our cath lab staff will come back after 2-3 hours most of the time to pull lines,occ...

2. I need info on post angio bed rest

   benham replied to Morph's topic in Cardiac

3. getting into flight nursing

   benham replied to jmcfarlane's topic in Flight

   I don't know where you guys are from, but I know that when I lived west Texas, a flight nurse from Lubbock told me that they prefer you to have at least 5 years nursing experience and also be a paramedic. That was about 4 yrs. ago, so things may hav...

4. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

   benham replied to Brian's topic in Humor

   I LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try living with two nurses. My husband and I are both nurses. Our poor daughter gets absolutely NO sympathy. Her dad's favorite saying "It's a long way from your heart." His sister is also a FNP, so nobody in our whole ...

5. Nursing is pathetic...

   benham replied to [email protected]'s topic in Career Support

   Let me start off by saying that NURSING IS NOT PATHETIC!!!!!!! The only thing that makes it pathetic is nurses that ***** because they don't make enough money and they have to get up off of their lazy cans and answer a few call lights and give a fe...

6. Orthopedic Nursing

   benham replied to Shantel's topic in Orthopaedic

   Shantel, I have worked in ortho for a little over two years, and I love it. I have just recently started working for an ortho doc in his office and scrub with him during surgery. It is the greatest nursing experience I have ever had. After seeing t...