FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. Not Hiring New Grads in ER's

    FiremedicMike replied to cel589's topic in Emergency

    1 year ago, there were 6 of us in our new grad/new hire orientation group. 1 had prior experience as an ED tech, me with my EMS experience, and the other 4 were brand new nurses, 3 of them were...

  2. South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Hold up, you think it's the facility's fault that these nurses didn't change those

  3. Help with Care Plans

    FiremedicMike replied to rn/writer's topic in General Students

    I had a nursing diagnosis quick reference book that drove me through those stupid care plans. There's tons available, I don't remember which one I had but it broke it down by symptom (I.e difficulty...

  4. I am a male nursing student - What Did I Get Myself Into?!?!?

    FiremedicMike replied to nomadd917's topic in Male Nursing Students

    In a perfect world, you're correct, but to be honest it's going to be a long and hard battle to try to fix all these interactions. I've been on the floor for almost a year now, I notice that I...

  5. My professor isn't the easiest to deal with.

    FiremedicMike replied to ForJanesSake ASN RN's topic in General Students

    I think it is pretty universal that failing twice means dismissal from the program. Most programs treat withdrawal in lieu of failing to be the same as failing, the only advantage is you don't wreck...

  6. Dosages help!!

    FiremedicMike replied to bluedreamerstu's topic in General Students

    For what worth, I didn't learn dimensional math growing up and thankfully my nursing program didn't require us to use it. I don't know what the old school version on of math is called, but I find it...

  7. Moderate Sedation & documentation

    FiremedicMike replied to delrionurse's topic in Emergency

    Sorry, I usually check this section more frequently. Epic has a sedation tab and we use it in its entirety during sedation procedures (not including med assisted

  8. How to Start an IV with an Ultrasound Machine: Transverse Mode

    FiremedicMike replied to Damon McGill's topic in Critical Care

    Excellent post, I do want to offer my own thoughts if I may. My own single biggest tip - When I first started ultrasound I was really terrible at it. I made one quick change to my technique...

  9. Solheim review?

    FiremedicMike posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm starting to prep for CEN and I already bought the Bartley book of amazon. It's decent, but much more of a review than actually building knowledge. My goal for this attempt is to actually bring...

  10. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Pasted from the promo that was linked for this getaway. An absolutely complete lack of awareness and a continued "not my fault" mentality. Absolutely infuriating. Hey Radonda -...

  11. New Grad in the ER

    FiremedicMike replied to victoria3594's topic in Emergency

    There's a lot to say on this topic but I'm not there to witness exactly what you're seeing. I guess I'd take a hard look at what's happening. Is this venting at the nurses station to blow off...

  12. Things nurse students complain about

    FiremedicMike replied to MarkMyWords's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My statement was in direct response to a statement that someone who can't sit in a class shouldn't be a nurse. Bedside nursing in modern times almost requires a certain amount of ADD mixed with OCD,...

  13. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, 100% agree that monitoring can be interpreted differently. But pushing a med and walking away isn't considered monitoring by anyone, no matter how much or how little experience one has....

  14. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Lets get crazy for a minute - there is no policy at my facility that says I cant gouge out my patient's eyes with a pair of forceps just because I'm tired of them asking for pain medicine. I can't...

  15. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The implication to the post I was replying to is that Vaught wasn't at fault for not monitoring her patient because there apparently wasn't a policy about monitoring her patient. My statement was...

  16. discharge documentation

    FiremedicMike replied to deliverator's topic in Emergency

    To be fair, that Kenneth dude is going around necrobumping a ton of really old posts to add random and minimally helpful tidbits. I honestly think he might be a

  17. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't need a policy to tell me to monitor a patient after giving what I thought was a sedative. Them covering it up is their own problem, Vaught didn't get disciplined or charged for their...

  18. ASN, Hospital Setting

    FiremedicMike replied to bluedreamerstu's topic in General Nursing

    Hired as a new grad with ADN, had to sign a contract that I'd have my BSN in hand within 3

  19. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    FiremedicMike replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've had about enough of her being called a scapegoat. Scapegoat is defined as being blamed for the fault of others. Vaught consciously made several grievous errors, all of which are...

  20. Phasing Out ADN?

    FiremedicMike replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I would have, because we talked about all that long term planning *** during our initial RN

  21. Orientation for 6 months and still do not feel ready..

    FiremedicMike replied to rager2001's topic in Emergency

    Explain you situation and ask for another month of orientation. During your final month, sit down with your preceptor and tell them that you want them to sit back at the nurses station so that you...

  22. Phasing Out ADN?

    FiremedicMike replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    There's no reality where a discussion board once per week and a paper once per class can be made into quality education. You acknowledge that traditional BSN programs can be useless, thousands of...

  23. Phasing Out ADN?

    FiremedicMike replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    You're missing their point which has been made over and over again - most RN to BSN programs are complete fluff, designed to be as easy as possible, advertised and known to be easy to complete even...

  24. Phasing Out ADN?

    FiremedicMike replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the weakest nurses in my ED went through a traditional 4 year BSN program. They do a poor job of prioritizing the needs of their own patients, there is no possible way they could supervise...

  25. Phasing Out ADN?

    FiremedicMike replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe those programs are advertising intentionally out of context. Most of them are 3 semesters of the core BSN classes and they don't include your upper level gen-ED