Chad_KY_SRNA

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1. Tattoo...

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to jonear2's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I always wanted to get something medical or nursing related, this was before I dropped out of nursing school and decided to be an EMT, I have decided if I get another tattoo that it will be the...

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Not exactly a nursing ghost story but my best friend who I was living with at the time and myself were painting the house and he yelled for me to "come here quick". He was painting the outside of the...

3. Dreading work, feeling like a fake

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bjroberts's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Its always hard being the new kid on the block. :chair: You feel like going somewhere and hiding. Remember, in an emergency you can call another nurse to come advise and help you, your CNAs have seen...

4. PA License Renewal: Are you guilty of a crime of "Moral Turpitude"? DUI, Drug crime

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   My friend was taken to jail and booked on suspicion of DUI, she demanded they draw labs and swears she was not

5. PA License Renewal: Are you guilty of a crime of "Moral Turpitude"? DUI, Drug crime

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   My friend was taken to jail and booked on suspicion of DUI, she demanded they draw labs and swears she was not

6. PA License Renewal: Are you guilty of a crime of "Moral Turpitude"? DUI, Drug crime

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   A friend of mine was arrested tonight for possible DUI, can she loose her nursing license for

7. PA License Renewal: Are you guilty of a crime of "Moral Turpitude"? DUI, Drug crime

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   A friend of mine was arrested tonight for possible DUI, can she loose her nursing license for

8. You know how ppl ask you stuff b/c they know you're a nurse? This tops it all....

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   That makes me

9. I want a yellow stethoscope, know where I can find one?

   Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I finally found one and since I have been a poor unemployed EMT student for so long, I worked out a deal with a friend to provide services as a personal assistant and got it paid

10. Nurses vs EMTs?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    Being a hero or martyr is not exactly the same as providing rescue breathing to a dying patient when no type of barrier device is available. If a stranger found you in respiratory arrest would you...

11. Nurses vs EMTs?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    I understand scene safety and BSI however if it comes down to a kid dying because I am afraid of what he may have, I am going to do my best to save the child. I know what can happen on a scene, I was...

12. Nurses vs EMTs?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    Well personal safety is great but if I am in a situation where a pt is not breathing and has a pulse, I am going to start rescue breathing because no breathing= no pulse. Suppose that it happens at...

13. Nurses vs EMTs?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, heard anything on the

14. Nurses vs EMTs?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bluepenguin's topic in General Nursing

    Well I am an :redlight:EMT and CNA:redlight:, I would have stabilized the c-spine, log rolled the pt, cleared the airway, and then assessed breathing. Sounds like once the airway was clear he started...

15. Don't Rough My Newborn Up!!!!!!!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to capribry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In EMS I have always heard, If you drop a baby pick it up, thats why they come with bungee