emsboss

emsboss

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  1. Patients on Vacation????(long)

    emsboss replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

    I generally do give people a break...BUT!!!!!!!!!...If you take a med, I feel you should at LEAST know the name of it:uhoh3:....Instead we get...."You know...a heart pill....little(insert color...

  2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    emsboss replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked EMS at a small rural(VERY RURAL) hospital, we recieved a call from the ED for help with an "unruly" patient. The gentleman had a bunch of ETOH on board and had been trying to get the...

  3. If you had your time over again >>>

    emsboss replied to Sabby_NC's topic in General Nursing

    Simply....Yes...I went into paramedicine while in H.S.....Should have went right into nursing. Yes, it is hard at times, coded/lost a 14 y/o last week, but the rewards outweigh the

  4. Sitka?

    emsboss posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone here work/live in Sitka??? I will be going there in February for a 13 week (or longer) assignment. I will be working at the SEARHC facility. Any info would be

  5. What's your favorite type of patient?

    emsboss replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Intubated and sedated.... Love it...no call lights...scheduled meds to help them to get off the vent on dayshift. We bath our vent patients on nights...helps us with skin assessment. Next favorite...

  6. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse... not!

    emsboss replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Tweety...We all start with the same knowlege BASE and expand from there...I, for example, am an ICU/ER nurse...I would be lost on OB or Oncology. We all must find our niche. BTW...To...

  7. Vent: I absolutely HATE stupidity! Not ignorance.....STUPIDITY!!

    emsboss replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was driving an ambulance one day, looked in the car to my left and saw a woman BREASTFEEDING a baby!!!!!!!!!...:trout: At the next redlight I rolled my window down and "complimented" her on the...

  8. Family Video Taping

    emsboss replied to mydesygn's topic in General Nursing

    I was startting an IV in the ED and the patients husband was "playing" with a cell 'phone...I realized it was a camera 'phone and asked him to stop...he didn't...I did. He asked why I stopped, I...

  9. What are you ??

    emsboss replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you ask?????

  10. Advice....Going Before Board

    emsboss replied to floridagirl78's topic in General Nursing

    The advice given is excellent...I will not add anything...Just say...GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!:kiss

  11. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

    emsboss replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    Fish hooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Our ED took out 84 fish hooks out from June 1st thru August 31st. We are located in one of the most famous salmon fisheries in the U.S. and we have been...

  12. Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    emsboss replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I do NOT agree she should be fired. Were there no alternatives, such as trading patients? Jehova's Witnesses will not(at least the ones I have worked with) hang blood or blood products. I have seen...

  13. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    emsboss replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    CNA's....GOD LOVE'EM...'Cause I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...They have our backs, just like was said previously. For me they need to tell me the abnormals, normals, and ANYTHING that concerns them with the...

  14. Sitka?

    emsboss replied to emsboss's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at the SEARHC facility from Feb-May 06. Will not go back probably...not enough room. Only 15 miles of road. I am clausterphobic. It was a good place to work...Just not enough to do if you...

  15. what did you do in your former life?

    emsboss replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Paramedic....20+years...Also Army 'medic for nearly 10, Jan 82-Oct '91...Desert Shield/Storm. You are quite welcome....What was the red beret? I wore a maroon one(AIRBORNE!!!!

  16. They Win!!!(long)

    emsboss posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK...THEY WIN!!!!!!!!...I have worked ICU for 2+ years, came to Alaska to work and fish and hunt and...well, you get the idea. At the interview, the NM asked if I would work in the ICU, as that is...

  17. They Win!!!(long)

    emsboss replied to emsboss's topic in General Nursing

    There was nothing done about it, AND she was my preceptor for about a week. The NM was told about it by several other nurses that were there when it happened....But it was blown off as, "Oh, that is...

  18. Quick question?

    emsboss replied to thsnursluvsgeriatric's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Especially if it is a large bore weapon....45ACP...12ga....444 Remington:jester: . Something along that line...I am not a violent person, but it helps...A

  19. help re 'pentecostal beliefs'

    emsboss replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    Pentecostal Minister here... Nothing I have ever read/heard/seen requires this. If they need removed...Let the docs

  20. Personality Type and Nursing

    emsboss replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    ISTJ....78-50-75-73.... Is this a good thing????... I am still not sure how these things work...Always come up with the same letters, at least I am

  21. Organ Donation and Homosexuals

    emsboss replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    I have never claimed to "gulf war syndrome" Have no ideas about it...BUT!!!!!!!! When the NBC(Nuclear-Biological-Chemical) guys all run for their vehicles and the alarms go off!?!?!?!?! Makes one...

  22. Organ Donation and Homosexuals

    emsboss replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    This is true...As a Desert Storm vet I have been refused and told that my blood is "no good for donation.":nono: BUT!!!!!!!!!!...We were NOT exposed to anything harmful to our health:rolleyes: ....

  23. What would you do if you worked with a racist?

    emsboss replied to Happytocare's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is no room in this business for that...I was raised in a VERY bigotted household and I hate racism. No place for it...Write her

  24. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    emsboss replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori...}}}}}}}}}}}}LORI{{{{{{{{{{{{{...Sounds like you have been doing something RIGHT!!!!...Most people who do this are jealous of your skills and knowledge. HANG IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Romans...

  25. What was the toughest situation you encountered at the Hospital as a Nurse?

    emsboss replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    Doing CPR on a 17 month old with blanket marks in his face...While the parents sit in a lawn chair outside...Smoking...My partner and I agreed that someone got away with murder that day...Coroner...