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Just curious...anyone use computerized charting? How does it compare to paper charting? Are you able to chart at the bedside? What software suite do you use? Are lab and radiology test results integrated? Is it easy to use your software?

Carmel99 (Nakeshia), Don't do the assignment. It's BS. Tell your teacher that you expect a better quality educational product than that. You (or your parents) are paying for a good education...you need to demand that your teachers don't waste your...

Hello Batmilk, You have to look at your questions like this: How much access to the device will the user have? (all the time? shared with others? how many users per device?) How often does the user need to access the device? (>1 * per ho...

Ok....so that's a bump? Sorry...I haven't checked on the website lately. I am a navy nurse going on my 5th year (wow..that went fast) of active duty. I have served both overseas and at home. My impressions are my own and I make no apologies for t...

Ok.....if you want to go work at an overseas military hospital, join a service and go do it. We're so strapped for people, you can get waivered for just about anything these days. C'mon, we need anyone with real nursing experience. Now...if you *...

Take it easy on the little dude, dude. She's brand spanking new....you know? There's this word.....uh, oh yeah. Inspiration. Could change your life, you know? Maybe invent a machine that showers, de-Marlboros, Motrinizes, and collects urine fr...

Checking in from Okinawa, Japan where all the women are beautiful, the weather is always warm, and the Orion is always cold. Crumbwatcher.....all hail "Sweetmeat", Monday night metal, Smash, and Leonard Skynard every day! You better EAT-RITE or ...

I think back to when I was in nursing school....and my OB rotation. They were really rude, ungrateful for help and couldn't start IV's worth a damn. They didn't seem to want any students there and definately not any male students. That's OK, bec...

Oh....the food channel. Yeah, she's a babe. Nursing has ruined me for food.....having eaten most working meals standing up, with a tongue depressor and warm diet coke. So here's my contribution to the single man's culinary arts. Breakfast: Poptart...

When I consider as to whether nursing has been worth it these last 7 yrs....it's a mixed bag. I've gotten to see and do a lot amazing things and work with a lot of amazing people. For that I'm grateful. But the stress, the insanity, wierd hours and...

Dude......you'll get used to it. I came out of EMS into nursing, where we had an actual uniform with a shirt, pants, and boots....so to wear "pajamas" to work was kind of odd at first. But, they're really comfortable and ....no dry cleaning, no ...

Again, You just can't beat a nice pair of steel-toed combat boots as the choice of footwear while working in the ER. Altama, Bates, and Danner make a nice selection and with the right cushion, they're very bit as comfy as Birkies

popcicle = tongue depressor, ahem.

My 20 yen......if a 22 g is all you can get, then use a 22g gage. Run in a little fluid then try again with a bigger needle. If you really need a largebore IV and they have no good access, I frequently have success with an EJ stick. But check with...

Reading through this thread, I've felt both ways.....nursing is as easy to hate as it is to love. Male nurses are still a minority and I am a military nurse as well making me even more of a red-headed stepchild (you know the loud-mouthed obnoxious o...

We need a clinic!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me too! Yeah, clinics, clinics, clinics. The thing is how do you make the place profitable in a place with no money? In the places where ppl need clinics the most (inner cities, rural areas) they ain't got no money. ...

What's an LVN?

Let's see.....I think he should have a mullet like he did as He-man in Master's of the Universe. I've seen I come in Peace about a hundred times, but that 80's Punisher movie is arguably the worst superhero movie ever......excepting maybe Buckaroo B...

Years ago there was a sitcom called "Nurses" where they worked on some kind of ward or something.........never about the work, always about the drama of the ppl involved. At the time I was probably about 12 with no interest in nursing, sick ppl or a...

It's a cooking channel featuring a variety of spicey dishes and the occasional nature program. :rotfl:

I'm gonna have to disagree with Dr. Gonzo on this one...but I will allow that it's situational. If the patient's psychotic or disoriented or something, OK. But if they're just an drunken arse'ole or justa plain old arse'ole...then yes. Arrest his a...

How's this system working out for you? I'm a Navy ER nurse and this is similar to what we do in the military. As RN's, we have a very free hand as to what we can do at triage and I send people for all kinds of x-rays, order labs, give meds, fluids, ...

Actually, the airforce does see some combat.....they have a deployable platform where the medical personnel jump into a combat zone carrying every thing they need to man a stripped down battalion aid station type of facilty for 48 hrs. these units ...

Better yours than mine......

[ So out front is a 20-something girl who is pregnant...doesn't know how far along (is that important?!?) She's been bleeding... How much bleeding? Her response..."Who cares!! I'm bleeding! Ok, so you got her PLEASANT attitude. Mom is with her and is...