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  1. stethoscope?

    tech1000 replied to marshmallowstar's topic in Emergency

    I had a Master Cardiology as well. It was over $200 and was stolen while I was at work. I bought an ADScope because of comparable reviews for $80 and I LOVE IT. It is just as good as my $220 Master...

  2. Feel like quitting

    tech1000 replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    I felt comfortable immediately. I worked in my ER as a tech and knew who to go to. I also know that when **** hits the fan, you usually have people there when you're new. Now that I'm more...

  3. Perm Job Success After Travel?

    tech1000 replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    My husband's ex-girlfriend actually moved to our town because she was unable to get a job in her hometown after she quit traveling. Apparently she quit at her hometown hospital and therefore couldn't...

  4. TNCC please give me some inputs

    tech1000 replied to redseven's topic in Emergency

    I never read my TNCC book. I took the class and it was easy. However, I was a medic in the Army for 8 years and TNCC is JUST like Army medic training. I do think that it could be difficult without...

  5. Not excited to start nursing. :(

    tech1000 replied to jemray's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was never very excited. Then again, I don't find work fun. I get excited about trips and going to fun places. Work? Nah... And I felt like I didn't know anything either. I still sometimes feel like...

  6. My impressions on the ER so far

    tech1000 replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I've heard of ERs with no patient cap and am immensely grateful not work in one. We have 3-4 patient assignment and adhere very strictly to that. I don't care of it's change of shift when my patient...

  7. Specialize in Pediatric AND Adult emergency care?

    tech1000 replied to Juniper248's topic in Emergency

    We have adult and peds ER and nurses can float between them both. Not all do, and some have a preference not to

  8. ER to medsurg

    tech1000 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've worked for the last 5 years in the ER and did an 8 month stint of teching on a med surg floor. I want to stay in the ER primarily, but I definitely want to be more well rounded. We occasionally...

  9. etomidate and diluting

    tech1000 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have never diluted my etomidate to give IVP during conscious sedations, but today was asked by another nurse if he should dilute it. I don't typically because if the MD pushes it, I know exactly how...

  10. Cops and Nurses

    tech1000 replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was pulled over in my scrubs once and he was going to give me a ticket till he saw my military ID. But I've been pulled over NUMEROUS times and have received all warnings. The only two times the...

  11. How many pairs of scrubs should I purchase initially?

    tech1000 replied to loveoutloud's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I own 4 but I only wear 3. I don't like the pants of one of them because the elastic is bent over, but even when I work tons of OT and work 6 shifts in a row (not all 12s), I just wash them after I...

  12. etomidate and diluting

    tech1000 replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    Well that's what I thought! That's why it really never even crossed my mind to dilute it until somebody asked me! And even when the docs push meds, they have no idea what needs to be diluted or not! I...

  13. AC IV starts

    tech1000 replied to LetItBe_12's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think the biggest mistake people make is a 45 degree angle… I'm an ER nurse so I start IVs all day long in ACs, and I will typically go in at a 30 degree angle. If I use a hand, I almost scrape...

  14. Anxiety on my days off!

    tech1000 replied to NurseBerter's topic in First Year After Licensure

    (or Imitrex is PO- but don't inject it in any way other than

  15. Anxiety on my days off!

    tech1000 replied to NurseBerter's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think anything we tell you will change it! I think you just need to realize that IT'S OKAY! Nurses are people too. Nurses DO make mistakes, so even if you do make a mistake, it's not the end...

  16. Female cathing

    tech1000 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Tons of old ladies have their urethra up their lady parts. It's a miracle that we even find those bad boys, but I guess you just get used to it. I don't really go in for many caths unless I do it...

  17. Newly qualified and scared :-(

    tech1000 replied to Wishingwell's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That doesn't sound like a very good environment for a new nurse. I don't think I'd stay. I felt competent coming out of my training and had a good support system behind me after my orientation. While...

  18. New nurse

    tech1000 replied to krystal.nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly, one of the trauma nurses who I looked up to told me she almost put a patient into a coma from giving way too much insulin when she was new. It made me realize that even great nurses make...

  19. etomidate and diluting

    tech1000 replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    Well I've only ever given it peripherally AND undiluted!

  20. Would you do nursing school all over again from start to get your degree?

    tech1000 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Is this hypothetical or are you in that position? After having been through it, probably not. I was so burnt out and hated nursing school so much. My job isn't THAT

  21. What can I do to raise my self confidence?

    tech1000 replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

    Can you become a tech after your first semester of nursing school? I could and it helped. (I had also previously deployed so had patient care experience.) I was NEVER comfortable in clinical though. I...

  22. First RN job

    tech1000 replied to mzdamele_2010's topic in General Students

    I went straight into ER, but I do want to work PRN on a med surg floor. I think it'd be good to have skills from more than one

  23. New and 'fun' things

    tech1000 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Tension pneumos are skinny white man syndrome. My friend had one at 19. 6'8" and skinny as can

  24. NG Tube

    tech1000 replied to EDNurse13's topic in Emergency

    I have placed many NG tubes successfully and still HATE putting them in! I always take a second person- tech or nurse. I bend the tube a bunch and pull it and stretch it out. Have my pt look down, hit...

  25. etomidate and diluting

    tech1000 replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    I guess uptodate failed me! Or in the midst of a crazy day and now a frazzled evening, my reading skills are lacking. Thanks for checking and being my second set of