Redman

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1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Redman replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in 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 ejected from the vehicle. So we load up and hit the...

2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Redman replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in 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) so the doctor prescibes phenrgan suppositories for...

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

   Redman replied to yazisizit's topic in 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 someone passes away. So, I was standing at the b...

4. Tech vs. Nurse War

   Redman replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in 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 skills as a nurse. When I was in training I trie...

5. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in 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 treatment.

6. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in 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 patients. The PTC do most of the sticks on fistula...

7. Pay per patient?

   Redman replied to Redman's topic in 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 load she is responsible for entering orders and d...

8. Pay per patient?

   Redman posted a topic in 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 per patient. So since I am new to the clinic I wi...

9. baths?

   Redman replied to roxburin's topic in Men

   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 professionalism no matter what. I go in explain what I am g...

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 all get together and pick on our charge nurse and j...

11. Pay Scale

    Redman replied to Trauma's topic in CCU

    Here in West Texas the hospital has a program called the Critical Care Conection. They start you out at 18 an hour while they send you to all of the critical care courses they require for working in a critical care area. Your not allowed overtime w...

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

    Redman replied to fry.girl's topic in Government

    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 dont want to start a flame war I will probably vote ...

13. GS Nursing?

    Redman replied to calimarinewife's topic in Government

    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 working in hospitals but I would suspect it is do t...

14. 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. :)

15. How do you find the mid-line of caring?

    Redman replied to Crystal J's topic in PICU

    I am like you I love children in general, I think it has to do with the innocence they have. I think everyone has to find there own "mid-line" when working with patients regardless of there age. No one can tell you how you will react to a situation...