M.Nurse

Well the whole problem with this entire, abliet multi-issued, arguement is both sides approach it as a black and white matter when in actuallity it is more of a grey area. There are those who do indeed wish for nothing more then their welfare check and free handouts, are useless in general to society as well as never paying a cent in taxes. However, there also those who like many hardworking middle class Americans, cannot afford quality healthcare but because they make more money then X dollar amount they are disqualified from free healthcare as well. Both sets of individuals are not more diserving of more rights, liberties or quality of life then the other under our current system of acceptable social views. The problem is really where do we draw the lines? Who do we leave out and let in? Who gets stuck with the check? There really is no perfect answer.

Well I was expecting for this to turn into an arguement of this kind. I would like to thank the author on your time and effort. I will keep it simple however, people are all for helping others out until you hit their wallet.

I would personally endorse the idea of a gag, hog ties and throwing him in the back of thr ole pickup and yelling YEEEEEHAW! I mean if he's already got the 4point on the job is half done! See who can yell louder Joking aside, I think by the fact that you are listening to him means you are a great nurse because despite the situation you still at heart are caring but you cannot take what he is saying to heart. People can be cruel, hateful, vindictive and a whole assortment of other evils, but it comes down to if you want to let it roll off your back and keep moving or land on your feet and take care of the patients that need what you can offer: your caring heart :) It sucks having to deal with that and I do see how that would be horrible but if I may ask also, will you be seeing him again? Probably not, so don't sweat it hun and take care in knowing you are a good person. Good luck and keep your head up!

Well my two cents might not mean much because you are closer to the goal then I am because I am still finishing up my nursing pre-reqs, but here is what I am thinking: 1) Well you said you are in your first month of nursing school, so my thought process as far as this one goes is; do you even know what gentamicin is? If so then wouldn't you know at what times and situations it can be administered? If not, which I am guessing would be because you have not been through the pharmacology course yet for nursing, then you would not pick this one because it would be akin to grabbing a random unlabeled bottle of medication off the ground and taking one. 2) I am aware nurses can administer some medications but this sounds to me that you are managing all medications? That does not sound like something nurses can do in a scope of practice, only MDs... 3) It is definitely not this one. Intervention means doing an action, not observing a reaction. 4) By process of elimination I would have to go with this one, however logically speaking this would be my guess anyways because this is an ACTION that occurs between the patient and nurse where the nurse actively takes part in the care? /shrug

Well thank you all for the replys, especially those who let me know not only what to expect now but for the future when I am working as a nurse. I will have to say that is a bit shocking that even when working in a hospital, you as a nurse do not know what happens once they leave your care. I can deal with that since being a good nurse would involve doing everything I can to make sure each and every patient gets the best possible care out of me. Hardest part of it all is that I go by that spot everyday. Literally, everyday, and there is a spot on the pavement where her blood stained the ground. They washed it down, the firemen, however its still there weeks later! At least in the hospital they clean up all the blood Bah I will deal with it, thanks again everyone you are all awesome in my book too!

I am a he BTW :)

That was one of my concerns, I also keep a very basic kit in my backpack. With a mask and gloves but of course murphys law strikes again, and I did not have my backpack with me. I thought of it before and decided just to make sure I didn't touch anything like my phone or clothes till I could wash my hands thoroughly.

Ok. Thanks for all your responses. I have never worked as an emt, just done ride alongs with the fire department and went through the emt-basic training which also included triage and disaster training. I know of HIPPA from working for a health insurance company however ii did not know until this thread how extensive the regulations were. I will move on, I was just worried....because I've never been in a situation like that or worked in a job were that was a part of the daily activites. I am from here, but citizen seemed appropriate for him at the time because while he was attempting to do the right thing he was panicked but was trying to be a good citizen. Thanks again.

So, I was sitting at the bus stop the other day, waiting for my bus, when I turned mty head to see a girl not much younger then me get hit by a car. She was hit on the side of her leg causing her to start to upend and slam her head into the windshield. I knew she was going to be injured so I put my book down and grabbed my extra tshirt I had and ran over to her. She started to get up(thank goodness) and I immediatley told her to lay back down. She was bleeding severly from her head when she had impacted with the windshield. I told her my name and that I had EMT training, and I wanted to help her. She said yes, so I proceeded to place the t-shirt on her head while starting to talk to her. I checked for her ABC's asked her where she was, if she knew what happened, what her name was, basically kept her talking. By this time there were numerous poeple crowding around screaming crying and yelling, including the person calling 911. This was not helping so I told a everyone to calm down and back up. I told the citizen who was on the phone to put the phone to my ear so I could speak to the operator because he was not providing information, just yelling at the person to stop asking so many questions and get out there because she was hurt bad. I spoke with the operator who was clearly frazzled due to the previous person and calmly told her where we were at. After what seemed like ages, the paramedics arrived and took over cspine and care for her. She was rushed to a local hospital and that was the last I heard or saw of her. I am concerned tho, because I do not know if there was anything else I could have done or should have done to help her. Due to the new HIPPA regulations I cannot and could not find out anything about how she is. I even tried to talk to the responding fire company and they told me something similar, that even they could not find out. While I recognize that patient privacy is of utmost concern, isn't that a bit extreme?? I have been tossing it around in my head and while attempting to analyze it, I do not know if she made it. Sigh just worries me. Anything I could have done different? I am not a nurse yet just finishing up my prerequisite lower division classes so what do you all think? Is there anyway I could find out if she's ok? One thing I found odd about the whole situation is I was shockingly calm throughout the time. Which brings me to wonder if maybe ER is in my future? I don't know...just wondering what you all think about it all.... Also posting this from my phone so sorry for the bad grammar and spelling lol.

Let my try and explain it this way. Life is hard. Finding a job is hard, no matter what job it is now. Even a local McDonald's in my area had 50 people apply for one cashier position. Yes, McDonald's. In order to be successful in life you must be competitive in many ways. One of which just happens to be that "dumb piece of paper." While there might be numerous other qualities and experiences that are both desirable and of necessity, that piece of paper with the BSN on it allows you to be more competitive in getting your foot through the door. Would I prefer to do my two years, have very little debt, if any, from school and go on to make a very nice salary? Of course! Path of least resistance. I have no dependents and so I can afford to spend a bit of extra money to get to where I would like to be, however the primary reason I am going for my BSN is what I stated before; To be competitive.

Wooooooooooohooooooooooooo go girl! ITS YO BIRTHDAY! PARTY LIKE ITS YO BIRTHDAY :) hehe On a serious note. I started in school with a 1.15 GPA. This was in 2005 right out of high school. Through working with an adviser, I was able to either dismiss some of the, lets call them mistakes of my youth lol, and clean up my gpa to what it is now 3.9 overall and 4.0 Science, 4.0 University of Cal GPA. I stopped going to school back then and started back up in 2009. It was a LOT of work, I even had to take courses at another community college to repeat a couple C's I received, so I totally get where you are coming from. Keep up the great work!! Oh and btw >>>>> :dncgbby:

For pre-reqs I have: English 1 English 2 Comms 1 Chem 400 Chem 401 Org. Chem 1 Org. Chem 2 Bio 400 Micro A&P 1 A&P 2 Stats Zoology Psych 300 Plus a whole list of GE requirements. Fun stuff! lol. It really depends on what institution you are planning on going too. I am of the mindset that while taking ALL of these classes is far from the easy way out and higher risk of not getting good grades and maintaining my GPA; It will provide me a higher quality education that will directly affect the quality of patient care I can provide. I want to be the best, so I am striving to be the best and I am applying to a very competitive school this fall semester. The school I am applying to requires these classes. I am not dimishing other schools or other programs that require less however, I am just showing those reading that it just depends on where you would like to go to achieve your goal. Mine lies in UCLA. Where does yours lie?

I placed this in the wrong section...if a mod could move it to somewhere more appropriate?

Hello, I am currently a male CC student here in Sacramento, CA. I have a 3.9 GPA, 4.0 Science GPA. I work part time and volunteer at two different hospitals for 5-7 hours per week each. We have a great Cal State Nursing school in town, however the school is highly impacted. Now while you might say, "....well aren't they all?" This area has numerous ADN programs, however only one BSN program. When you ask most students in my CC what major they are pursuing, they will say nursing. While I realize that through attrition of the classes, course load, and pure drive to get there, most people will not obtain this goal. There still seems to be an abnormal amount of people striving to gain what I will have one day myself. As far as UCLA goes, I have been a UCLA sports fan since I was very young, plus the visits to LA I make every few months with friends makes me fall in love with the town and the school over and over again. Plus UCLA... is well UCLA. My questions are to those that have graduated from a BSN program that is not near home: 1) Do you feel the cost was worth it? As in do you feel you would be a better position financially and education, personal life and family wise if you had chosen, if given the option, to stay near home? 2) Do you feel as tho school prestige plays a part in both obtaining interviews and/or obtaining those jobs post graduation? Thanks for the input.