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  1. What is your policy for suicidal patients?

    lckrn2pa replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital years ago where a psych pt came in to be evaluated. I was off but during his treatment he ran out the ambulance bay doors and 2 blocks over the pt got the gun away from a police...

  2. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmm, interesting comment, please elaborate your reasoning for one over the other. I've worked with both over the years and found them equally competent. Just curious as to why people believe one to be...

  3. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not gloating at all, I did the exam I felt was needed on the patient. Giving a reference to this case in this discussion is to provide the less educated OP with the "Data" he so desperately needs. Go...

  4. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    one thing your totally missing is your only looking at this from an inpt setting. Are there only patients in the hospital? I've got a buddy that is a PA in central Cali and he is the only provider in...

  5. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    oh, and to give you some data on a pt I saw in clinic the other day. Follow up on PSA level with hx prostate ca, gleason 6, 1/10 biopsy. He was seen by the MD 3mo ago and his note was 4 lines long. My...

  6. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok, lets look at this from another angle. By your logic, Midlevel's can not give a level of care equal to a MD/DO. So get rid of midlevels. Now, same argument, CNA's, MA's, LPN's can not give the same...

  7. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    lckrn2pa replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm getting some popcorn and gonna pull up a chair on this one. Being a new grad, and by your statements, you really are clueless about the important role midlevels assume. NP's and PA's both serve...

  8. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    lckrn2pa replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    You can also tell your friend that this mess really isn't over for them, it's only beginning. The hospital must now report this violation and the ensuing investigation could lead to fines being levied...

  9. Convicted felons and nursing

    lckrn2pa replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    back in 1990 I worked at a nursing home as a CNA when I was in LPN school and I noticed when I left at 11pm always the same group of people out front. One night I was a little later than usually and I...

  10. Catholic Hospitals

    lckrn2pa replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    Back east (I'm in Cali) the nuns roam around but not dress in nun gear so I had to watch my tongue and they did prayer over the PA. In Cali I've worked for a couple CHW hospitals and never saw any...

  11. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    lckrn2pa replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they can use the title my better half has......designated check casher and financial utilization coordinator. She pretty good at her job

  12. What scares you most as a rn?

    lckrn2pa replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    How am I pushy or aggressive in the fact that I ask for proof? In my response I took no elitist attitude, no closed minded approach to the subject. Show me evidence and prove me wrong. If the link...

  13. What scares you most as a rn?

    lckrn2pa replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Show me your facts. Show me the studies, show me peer reviewed documentation that directly links immunizations to autism. At this point there is no real evidence to the cause of autism and its only...

  14. What scares you most as a rn?

    lckrn2pa replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Then you know plenty of "educated" people that need to understand their actions can and most likely will effect others later in life. Take the recent measles outbreak in Minnesota and Utah. Both had...

  15. What scares you most as a rn?

    lckrn2pa replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, that's right, my mistake. Still somebody that got famous by getting naked. Shows how much I pay attention to what they are saying but unfortunately the general public listens to the one that...

  16. What do you think of nurses who can't spell medical terms?

    lckrn2pa replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Just depends I guess. I worked with an ER doc that spelled Rocephin as Rocefin. I'd correct him, correct the chart and next one I'd pick up would be same Rocefin. One of the sharpest docs I've ever...

  17. What scares you most as a rn?

    lckrn2pa replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Idiots that don't get their kids vaccinated because some woman that took off her clothes and became famous said it was bad (Carmen Electra). Believe a stripper over a healthcare provider,...

  18. New job if I pass the math test!

    lckrn2pa replied to crazykate's topic in General Nursing

    It is 240 mL, not 240.0 mL. The trailing zero is on the do not use list for JCAHO because the decimal can be missed and its mistaken for 2400

  19. Unbelievable!!

    lckrn2pa replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My school was the same way. I actually worked with one of my professors on weekends. I was a LPN in the ER working Fri, Sat and Sun and she worked every other weekend as ICU

  20. IV infusion volume rate on Pump

    lckrn2pa replied to LStar's topic in General Nursing

    Every nurse does it different. I always set my volume less by 1 hour of the rate. If my IVF rate is 125, then I set the vol to infuse at 875, this gives me an hour to get a new bag. How many times has...

  21. If accepted to R.N and P.A school, which would you pick?

    lckrn2pa replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, where do I start....the whole ideology of NP's taking care of the whole patient is perpetuated by the academic world in their efforts to differentiate themselves from others. In my 20yrs as a RN I...

  22. What's the craziest thing you've heard over the ambulance radio?

    lckrn2pa replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was working a travel gig in Arkansas and the end of my contract we all went to some dive bar after my last day shift, as I was leaving I told the ambo crew stationed at the ER I'd be calling 911...

  23. Job Offer Rescinded Because Test Positive for.....Nicotine?

    lckrn2pa replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    To me, I like the idea of smoke free campus. After almost 20yrs of ER nursing it gets really, really, really, really freaking old covering other nurses for smoke breaks. I worked with this one lady...

  24. What's the craziest thing you've heard over the ambulance radio?

    lckrn2pa replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a county crew bring an old guy in with CC of SOB with mild exertion. I'm standing at the door to the room they go by me and the monitor is at head of bed and I notice 3rd degree AV with rate of...

  25. What's the craziest thing you've heard over the ambulance radio?

    lckrn2pa replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    "CPR in progress, patient very combative, please have security standing by" If I'm lying I'm dying, this really came over the radio to our ER back around '92-93. Was some volunteer ambo service...