Redman

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1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Redman replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   I was sitting here thinking and came up with a kind of crazy story for you guys. I was working as a paramedic on a military base and got a call in the middle of the night for a car accident patient...

2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Redman replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   Probably the funniest patient story I have was this young Marine that came in with nausea and vomiting. He was in pretty bad shape. I was a Corpsman at the time(Navy Medic for those that done know)...

3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Redman replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   Well, I was just out of nursing school and working on a Telemetry floor and we had a patient pass away that was a DNR. So we were cleaning her up for the family and doing all the things you do when...

4. Tech vs. Nurse War

   Redman replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I am currently working at an FMC unit in Tx and when I first started I had some of those same issues. It just took time for the PCT and even the other nurses to trust my decision making abilities and...

5. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   The techs are on the same system at the moment. I am not sure of the pay scale for them I beleive it ranges from $12 - $17 per

6. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Ok I am in Texas. The clinic I am in has 36 chairs with 1 isolation room we use for HBV positive patients. Each shift we have 3 nurses all RN and the charge nurse. Each tech takes no more than 4...

7. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Ok now in our clinic we rarly if ever work an entire shift with this new system. If you are scheduled 530 - 1730 we are all gone by 1630 at the latest. The charge in our clinic doesnt take a patient...

8. Pay per patient?

   Redman posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I am pretty new to dialysis nursing, I think I am gonna really love it though. The clinic I am working in is run by Fresinius and has recently gone to paying there PCT and RN who work in the clinic...

9. baths?

   Redman replied to roxburin's topic in Men in Nursing

   I got the feeling you were talking about the whole guy bathing a female thing. I do most of my own baths and have no problem. I work on a Telemetry floor and what I do is just maintain my...

10. NIGHT SHIFT - Bored out of my mind

    Redman replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    I have been on the night shift for about 6 months working on a telemetry floor at the Local County Hospital and I have to tell you we stay pretty darn busy most nights. Though on our s**w nights we...

11. How will Military Nurses Vote in the Presidential Election?

    Redman replied to fry.girl's topic in Government, Military

    I am an ex-Corpsman and current nursing student spent 9 yrs in, anyway I really dont like the alot of the views either canidate presents at the moment or in Kerry's case the lack of views. Anyway I...

12. GS Nursing?

    Redman replied to calimarinewife's topic in Government, Military

    Something alot of people dont realize it that the Marine Corps doesn't have any of its own medical personel. They use the Navy Corpsman, I am not sure if this also is the case with nursing personel...

13. Attn. Students and those wanting to refresh memory

    Redman replied to NurseRatchet26's topic in General Nursing

    I was a corpsman to my wife also hehe kind of funny how many corpsman go on to be nurses.