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  1. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    tiredfeetED replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I do understand some of your concerns of the concept of increasing the O2 Long term but I dont know any medic that wouldnt put this person on short term non-rebreather to the ED to bring up those...

  2. Prescribing without a license?

    tiredfeetED replied to barbyann's topic in General Nursing

    You need to be very careful what you say or what you recommend. I dont know many docs/NP/PA that would dx and treat over the phone...I wouldnt want to. If it isyour child fine. I have heard many of...

  3. pa?

    tiredfeetED replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing

    It looks like they are looking for a RN who does the medical screening then presents the case to the doc...and yes this sounds really low wage for a experienced PA. Although some PAs were RNs first (...

  4. Silly question re: lab coats

    tiredfeetED replied to Spacklehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Stanford;)

  5. Chest pain protocol in the ER

    tiredfeetED replied to StillBelieveRN's topic in Emergency

    pretty much the same except the Betablocker...most docs in our ED would freak if the RN started adminstering a bb on a chest pain due to protocol. We also get a PCXR and IV with cardiac

  6. Silly question re: lab coats

    tiredfeetED replied to Spacklehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The PA school that I am attending has us wearing long coats. The Med students wear them aswell. The reason behind it ( if i recall correctly) is that we are continuously learning.

  7. You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    tiredfeetED replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    Ahh..how I remember the first few months when a pt. wanted more than toradol for pain and jumped out of his wheelchair trying to grab my leg. The other staff laughed at me because this guy did this on...

  8. working your way through NP school

    tiredfeetED replied to np_wannabe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a RN who is currently in a PA program I can tell you that it is close to impossible to work fulltime while in school. I do work perdiem as do the other RNs in my class during thanksgiving/xmas...

  9. Can NPs work as RN's?

    tiredfeetED replied to 1nuttynurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I havent seen the hospitals use NPs in my area. The ER docs use midlevels. State prison pays NPs about 1k more/monthly than staff

  10. Can NPs work as RN's?

    tiredfeetED replied to 1nuttynurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It is true of central cali, there are many APN working as staff RN. Wages are increasing daily as it is not unheard of to make 40/hr with bennies as a staff RN which is more the norm. My classmates...

  11. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    tiredfeetED replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I want to clarify that not all NP have masters, I work with 4 PA with atleast one masters degree while the one FNP does not have not have there masters. All of these providers are equally well trained...

  12. ICU VS. the ER?

    tiredfeetED replied to Anna5M's topic in Emergency

    Title should say ICU or ED..VS. always makes it sound competitive. Most of the post have some truth in them, ED usually stabilize the critical pts then move them to the unit. In a ED like mine the pts...

  13. Pa?

    tiredfeetED replied to mistiffy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you work...but the PAs I work with have many years of suturing which is not the most difficult thing in the world (and since when is a RN qualified to suture?). The time he spent...

  14. Pa?

    tiredfeetED replied to mistiffy's topic in General Nursing

    PA's come from a wide variety of medical backgrounds (medics,RT,DC,emts,nurses) unlike FNPs who are RNs. School is varies in length from 18months to 33 months fulltime, with min 1 year of clinicals....

  15. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    tiredfeetED replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Are they saying that BSN would make a better nurse or that the degree would portray RNs more professional than vocational? hmm...the idea of suspending licences is just silly. There is already a...

  16. "Just" a 2-year degree

    tiredfeetED replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...the bottom line is that ADN or BSN your a RN.... remember why you came into the field, to help people. Treat your patients and each other with respect please! Now back to your

  17. "Just" a 2-year degree

    tiredfeetED replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    No matter what field you are there is someone that always has to knock down your choice of degree...I was in a ADN program and had a customer explain to me that she would rather have someone with a 4...

  18. Is it Just me or is school too easy?

    tiredfeetED replied to richardjboro1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Ahhh nursing school....I still have nightmares of Careplans. I would get A's in pharm, Pathophys and anatomy. When it came to nursing careplans I wanted to pull my hair out. There should of been more...

  19. Title of "BSN" on badge?

    tiredfeetED replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    (name) RN,BSN is very appropriate. After that it is alittle too much. Although it would be kinda funny to have (name)RN,BSN, CEN,TNCC,PALs,ATCN, MICN,ACLS, ENPC all on my

  20. New grad RN--PA school? Advice pretty please :)

    tiredfeetED replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a RN that is starting PA school this fall. Most programs want 1800+ hours of direct patient care (not counting nursing school). Some programs prereqs require premed classes and GRE/MCAT, while...

  21. NP's in the ED

    tiredfeetED replied to WhitDogg19's topic in Emergency

    Our ED uses both NPs/PAs. They work in the main ED and fast track. They see everything and do a great job. Our PAs are sharp, perform almost every procedure are MDs do and truly listen to the RNs. I...

  22. Five week ER orientation

    tiredfeetED replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    5 weeks for a level 1 trauma center does seem short, although my ER does about the same inservice. I know being a Charge in the ED that I watch over these individuals and If they do have trauma...

  23. What was or is your tuition for NS

    tiredfeetED replied to anfe's topic in General Nursing

    I started out at a University which was quarterly...for all my prereqs, that got to exmemberive so I went to for my ADN. That was 200 a semester vs 2000 a year ( which is still cheaper than today) I...

  24. Ever experience a code after pronouncement of death of same patient?

    tiredfeetED replied to IIAAII77's topic in General Nursing

    He might asked why she was extubated because in the ED nothing comes out till the coroner comes in. And for the post on the lady who would throw up brown coffee emesis...Get her a Doc that cares...

  25. Is the ER supposed to stablize the Patient before transferring to the unit?

    tiredfeetED replied to indapinda's topic in Patient Safety Issues