FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. How to respond to "am I dying?"

    FiremedicMike replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Old post, but I'll add my two cents. In a critical situation, I'll say "you're very sick right now, but we're doing our best to get you better". Anecdotally, I think everyone I've ever had...

  2. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not bitter, and I'm not being nasty, I'm saying hard truths. I have zero empathy for incompetence, especially on basic knowledge

  3. Turning off Monitors

    FiremedicMike replied to Amanda Houtz's topic in Emergency

    What's the rationale for turning off the

  4. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    At this point I'm seriously wondering if Vaught has posted in this very

  5. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me you know nothing about this case without actually using the words "I know nothing about this case".. oh look, you already

  6. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    And this is what really worries me. Perpetuating the lie that she was the victim to the point where nurses empathize with her builds an entire cohort of nurses who feel the safety of their patients...

  7. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses with addictions spoke about their addiction and recovery. In your scenario, the police officer is speaking about recovering from the aftermath. These scenarios are not assigning blame...

  8. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    "It wasn't a crime, it was the hospitals fault" LOL In all seriousness, like JKL mentioned it's been challenged several times and hasn't stood up to much legal

  9. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The majority of us show hatred and malice towards her current actions, making money off pretending to be a

  10. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any qualms with her living out her life and career, making money, owning a house, having a family. What disgusts me is that she's making money pretending to be a victim. What...

  11. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Unless I'm wrong, she can't be a nurse

  12. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if she's donating the proceeds to the family of the patient she killed, you know, because she's so repentant and

  13. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully, I genuinely hope you approach your expert testimony and forensic nursing with significantly more attention to detail than your demonstrated lack of understanding in the Vaught case....

  14. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Even if this did set a precedent (it didn't), it's one I'm morally and ethically okay with. This was gross incompetence and reckless behavior and someone died because of it. I'm 100% okay with us...

  15. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The egregious ones generally are criminalized, this one met that

  16. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly you've never worked emergency or critical care. Override meds are a necessity in these situations where the doc and patient don't have time to sit at a computer and enter orders for emergent...

  17. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    On top of that, even if she'd never seen vec before (it's possible, we don't use vec at my facility, usually roc, sometimes succs), as an ICU nurse she has definitely seen versed countless times and...

  18. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Just to take this from another angle. If some of you haven't seen 2mg of versed put an elderly patient out to the point of snoring respirations and requiring some supplemental oxygen, believe me it...

  19. Triage Vital Signs

    FiremedicMike replied to DaveenaRN's topic in Emergency

    30 bed ED with 10 bed fast track for soft 3s, 4s and 5s. Patient waits vary depending on volume at a given moment, but it can reach several hours some days. The honest truth is that 3-5s...

  20. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    At this point there's really just 3 types of nurses discussing Vaught 1. Those who clearly haven't read any of the details of this case and just want to say "oh my gosh how could they possibly...

  21. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Can you imagine a drunk driver who killed someone in a crash then went on to profit off lecturing about how the bar was to blame for serving them alcohol? Thats how I feel about

  22. In wake of RaDonda Vaught trial, KY passes bill to decriminalize medical errors

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Stop Calling This A Medical Error this was incompetence that rose to the level of criminal negligence and someone is dead because of

  23. Georgia law prohibits DNPs from using the term "doctor"

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    100%

  24. Georgia law prohibits DNPs from using the term "doctor"

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This statement only further demonstrates willful desire to cherry pick statements out of context to try to inflate the strength of your argument. I decided to test the the waters again to see if...

  25. Georgia law prohibits DNPs from using the term "doctor"

    FiremedicMike replied to klone's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Personal Health Literacy - the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decision and actions for themselves and...