FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

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

    100%

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

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

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

    Literally everyone who says "they earned the degree, they can call themselves a doctor in a clinical setting" - but I have little desire to go around and around with you again. Your approach to...

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

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

    It does to those who insist that it is perfectly benign to call themself a doctor in a clinical setting when they aren't a physician. People hear doctor and assume physician, because they don't...

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

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

    YOU don't, because you're in the system. Ignoring healthcare literacy of the average person in America is the single most important factor in why people fail to realize that this is actually an...

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

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

    This is where this debate always lands, but it doesn't change the fact that "doctor" in a clinical setting carries a specific connotation - a physician who graduated from medical school. If there...

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

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

    This right here is where you lost me. I can say with some level of certainty that if you walked in and said "Hey I'm Dr. Allen", the overwhelming majority would assume you to be a physician that...

  16. NP and CRNA program combined

    FiremedicMike replied to guest769224's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    edited, I was

  17. Calif RNs - think very carefully if you really want to become an NP

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

    You said it yourself, some of us want to be in the provider role. It's not about the money for

  18. Paramedics Criminally Charged/Convicted

    FiremedicMike replied to emtpbill's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say that's regional, in our state it is within the scope of practice and no additional training or approval is necessary. I am aware of some departments in the state where it is only carried on...

  19. Paramedics Criminally Charged/Convicted

    FiremedicMike replied to emtpbill's topic in General Nursing

    The switch from physical to chemical restraint in the field started about 10 years ago. You must not work in an emergency department, it's fairly common. As for why ketamine/versed instead of a...

  20. The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    FiremedicMike replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I'll take that one step further - an immediate overhaul to our profit driven healthcare system would likely cause our economy to

  21. NP to physician... is it possible?

    FiremedicMike replied to FamNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't have family members who are physicians, but my job role at the FD puts me in direct contact with physicians outside of their typical hospital duties. They are strong and dedicated, generally...

  22. Why the double standard.

    FiremedicMike replied to RN2364's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dress it up however you like, you are excusing discriminatory behavior based on the behavior of the overwhelming minority and a fictitious culture that excuses rape. I'm done with this...

  23. Why the double standard.

    FiremedicMike replied to RN2364's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you truly have no fear of ever being accused of inappropriate behavior as a male with female patients, then you are ignoring

  24. Why the double standard.

    FiremedicMike replied to RN2364's topic in Men in Nursing

    1. Do you know that Turner's sentencing was because of his "promising future" because you have inside information on the trial? Legal experience? Direct expert understanding of sentencing...

  25. Why the double standard.

    FiremedicMike replied to RN2364's topic in Men in Nursing

    So then I'm curious - have you experienced the same fear and double standard as the rest of us, but you're okay with it because you feel it's our own fault? Honestly, excusing a double standard...