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  1. Watching Procedures vs Doing Them

    lckrn2pa replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest that maybe when your doing the procedure your really not thinking about what your doing as much as concentrating on actually doing a good job. When watching on TV your brain has more...

  2. April Fools Day

    lckrn2pa replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    We called transport to take a post code down to morgue, the two guys working that day were both in nursing school and always hung out in the ER with us whenever they could so they get there and start...

  3. FNP vs Acute care NP vs CRNA

    lckrn2pa replied to Leanne62499's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Said "Californy is the place you ought to be" So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars. I loved that show when I was a kid. Anyway, prob talking...

  4. More staffing agency drama - does this sound fishy to you?

    lckrn2pa replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    They do have to pay you for it because you were there as their employee, they may have the policy about working as I previously stated but regardless, they have to pay you for your time. I guess I...

  5. More staffing agency drama - does this sound fishy to you?

    lckrn2pa replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and this was in California so it must be common in this state,

  6. More staffing agency drama - does this sound fishy to you?

    lckrn2pa replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    After my last travel job last april and until PA school started in July I worked registry and what I was told about the orientation hours was unpaid until I worked like 3 shifts. This may be what they...

  7. What are the tables/brackets for the lab values?

    lckrn2pa replied to onlyj's topic in General Nursing

    NA | Chloride | BUN _____________________/ Glucose K.. | CO2 ........| Creatine \ .........HGB WBC \____/Plt ........./HCT\ Kinda like that. So ignore the...

  8. I would like to be a nurse in the entertainment industry...where to get started?

    lckrn2pa replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    like somebody said, best to move out here and get a job at the popular hospitals, Cedar's, UCLA, County-USC. I've worked a few travel jobs in the LA area and ran in to a few nurses that did side...

  9. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    lckrn2pa replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    now that's

  10. Discouraged, downtroddened and ready to find something other than nursing...

    lckrn2pa replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    not right now, just looking to survive finals next week, 6 finals in 5 days. Most likely will end up back in the last ER I worked in. The ER chief already offered me a job before I started school. We...

  11. Discouraged, downtroddened and ready to find something other than nursing...

    lckrn2pa replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. I got out of school in 1992 and it is such a different world out there now as hospitals focus so much on being compliant with this rule or that rule that somewhere along the way the...

  12. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    lckrn2pa replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My PA program is 24 months full time, no part time. By the end of it I will have just over 1700 hours of classroom instruction (35 +/- per week x48wks) the 1st year and second year will be 1700 hous...

  13. possible allergic reactions?

    lckrn2pa replied to jotond's topic in General Nursing

    The solu medrol induced the anxiety, common SE of

  14. Impersonating a nurse

    lckrn2pa replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ok, gotta admit, finals week coming up. 6 finals and 1 comprehensive physical exam. Vacation? Get 9days off after finals then none til Christmas break, well we get Thur and Fri off T'giving week. good...

  15. Impersonating a nurse

    lckrn2pa replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I caught the sarcasm in the post and sarcastic or not it serves to minimize the the educational requirement of one profession as compared to another. I take great offense to someone with one degree or...

  16. Impersonating a nurse

    lckrn2pa replied to Elleveein's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Really?? Have you ever worked with a Physician Assistant? Ever researched, not only the role, but the education and competitiveness of even getting in to a program? I agree that the office staff using...

  17. Minimum level of experience for FNP

    lckrn2pa replied to grumpygorillaface's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am all for having good quality HCE prior to any midlevel provider program. It's a growing trend in both NP and PA world of cutting short the HCE to put more providers in the office and I just wonder...

  18. Do men in healthcare suffer from burnout?

    lckrn2pa replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    For me I think it's the ability to turn it off when I walk out the door. No matter how bad of a day I had, at 7pm I turn it off and go home and don't think about it until I clock back in my next...

  19. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    lckrn2pa replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    I loved Santa Fe, I worked a travel contract there few years ago in the ER and worked some registry stuff down in ABQ while there, really liked the ER crew there. Anyway, never asked about my GPA...

  20. Rocephin Question

    lckrn2pa replied to janat's topic in General Nursing

    Stomp their foot before you give it, they will be more worried about the foot. Rocephin hurts, no way around it really. My wife has had it with and without lido and she swears the lido made it hurt...

  21. New grad--old story: I am in orientation hell.

    lckrn2pa replied to smwiller's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's presumptuous at all, I think we all can add something to each others practice. I worked with a CNA many years ago that was probably one of the smartest people I'd ever been around....

  22. New grad--old story: I am in orientation hell.

    lckrn2pa replied to smwiller's topic in General Nursing

    Some nurses just do not have the right mindset to precept new grads and unfortunately these are the ones that managers like to use all the time. My last nursing job was a travel assignment but I'd...

  23. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

    lckrn2pa replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a negative, he actually tried to cut out the pt ratio's in 2005 he tried to suspend the law but was overruled in

  24. What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

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

    Of the 30 or so ER's I've worked at over my 19 years (last 8 as a travel nurse) I think I've worked with 6-8 NP's in the ER and most were FNP's. I've mostly seen PA's in the ER and working in several...

  25. alpha strep pneumonia-why is it so severe?

    lckrn2pa replied to biskit's topic in General Nursing

    Group A Strep in pneumonia can also cause empyema along with a host of other problems to include endocarditis, necrotizing faciitis, strep toxic shock syndrome to name a few. Toxic shock can lead to...