EMTI19

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1. Taking my boards on 2/8/05?????

   EMTI19 replied to almostanurse26's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   have confidence, think positively, and good

2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   EMTI19 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Responded to a call for a middle aged male who needs his staples removed. (and he needs an ambulance for this?) You always know the best ones are when the dispatcher pages out "call by phone for more...

3. question about blood transfusion and medication

   EMTI19 replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for all the help. I don't have any answers about exactly what she was doing (giving 2 units, only had one line, etc...) I feel better about the discussion that I overheard. Maybe that bad...

4. question about blood transfusion and medication

   EMTI19 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am currently a first year nursing student and in my last class it was highly stressed that the only thing you could give with blood was NS. Yesterday I was working at the hospital as a CNA and...

5. What does your spouse do?

   EMTI19 replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

   Mental Health Counselor (not officially "spouse" yet, but close

6. International Scholar Laureate Program??

   EMTI19 replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

   I got an invitation yesterday. I felt honored to be nominated and I feel it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I would love to go, but unfortunately won't be able to due to the money and other...

7. ER nurses compared to EMT's

   EMTI19 replied to Dinith88's topic in Emergency

   "I'm not sure where you work but, in our ER the nurses and those that bring the patients in (paramedics and EMTs) are very different. I would say that the prehospital care is very important, however...

8. IV Site Prep

   EMTI19 replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

   "When prepping the client's skin for venipuncture, cleanse the skin with betadine and wait for it to dry. Do not apply alcohol after the skin has been prepped with betadine. If these substances are...

9. Med Errors

   EMTI19 replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

   Caught a med mistranscribed onto the MAR at my last clinical. Doctor's hand-written order was for 20 mcg (with decent legible handwriting) and the MAR listed 20 mg. Lesson learned in clinical:...

10. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

    EMTI19 replied to PhePhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG I can't believe some of the posts that I have just read on this thread. I am sorry that some of you have to work with people like that. I work as a part time CNA on the medical floor of a small...

11. boyfriends biopsy

    EMTI19 replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, Sorry I have not posted in a long time. I just checked back and realized how much I love reading all of the threads. Nursing school is going great. Only one more week of the semester! I...

12. Tests and Cheating Classmates

    EMTI19 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Students

    Recently my college handed out a memo that from now on all students must take the same exam format that the teacher hands out (computer or written). A student in my class told my sister-in-law (also...

13. boyfriends biopsy

    EMTI19 replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. Things have been kind of hectic lately. We moved into a new house and Matt finished his last round of chemo. We also got a new kitty that we named Rio. On the 18th we went back to...

14. Terms we will not admit to using

    EMTI19 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL - little old lady FLB - when you are having a hard time interpreting the cardiac monitor - funny little beat FF - frequent

15. Can nurses in the US really work a straight 24 hour shift??

    EMTI19 replied to care bear's topic in General Nursing

    I work 24 on and 48 off. In EMS you never know how much sleep you are going to get. I work 6a to 6a and am not allowed to have "down time" until 5pm. There are plenty of things to keep us busy at...