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Probably State Patrol.

I'm hoping you got paid for all that time as well.

It amazes me how unprepared people are in general. I live in an earthquake zone so the best I can prepare for is to make sure my family has food, water, and defense. But given how cheap the building I work in is it's likely that it'll be gone when ...

I've found that facilities with overly complicated safety systems make failure more possible. We all make errors of some type. However, I think fatigue and the lack of breaks at most hospitals contribute more than anything to errors.

So I managed to break my own rule without thinking about it until halfway through. I have a resident who is a JW (Jehovah's Witness). He's tried to talk to me about god several times but I just brush it off. I've been DF'd (excommunicated for other r...

We had a consistantly violent resident, sent 3 employees to the hospital, and we requested he be moved to a State psych facility. Finally the DNS walked in his room one day and he broke her nose. Needless to say he was gone that night. We always j...

My school taught IV placement and I put a few in during clinicals. However, that was two years ago and I haven't done any since. I'm thinking it's a perishable skill because I remember the basics but I'm not sure I could put one in now.

I'm seriously considering excelsior but really don't have the money to start. Good luck!

Derailing my own topic. I absolutely LOVE Saucony shoes. I will not buy any other shoe for running or every day wear. Sorry, just noticed the username.

It's nice that you've come to visit your grandmother for the first time in six months. Instead of spending your time critiqueing our care why don't you actually...spend time with your grandmother.

I don't know any atheist who gets upset by a nativity scene. The only reason it gets protested is because if it's on government property it is seen as a government endorsement of one religion. My example I always use is how many Christians would pr...

According to the rules I don't. According to reality I do. But to pour for someone else? Hell no. Even when I prepour it's just stool softeners and vitamins. Never narcotics and I don't even know on what planet giving someone elses meds would be...

Stayed over my shift yesterday and needed to call a critical INR. The MD asked me why the patient was on Warfarin in the first place. My mind went blank. I literally couldn't even think of why someone would be on Coumadin. Needless to say I felt ...

You can either sit there and let the giant wave of life wash over you or you can get on your surf board and ride it.

There is past history from this patient trying to just "talk about jehovah" with me. Having grown up JW I full well know how the religion operates. Being raised in a cult can give you a unique perspective. As I already stated the issue hasn't come up...

Thank you for getting it. It was obvious evangelizing as the resident has no vision issues. He is known to do this with other patients as well. The issue hasn't come up again.

Even as an atheist I would not "correct" or try to insert scientific knowledge into someone elses opinion. Especially at that moment.

Had a ex tell me about a patient that was in her room crying. A pastor had just told her she was going to hell unless she repented now before it was too late. Obviously, this is a wrong thing to do but the last thing I want is for my nurse to spout...

Typical arrogance wrapped in empathy. If you became a nurse to "share the good news" (code for preaching) then you got in for the wrong reason. Atheists feel peace in knowing (not believing) that the atoms that make up our bodies came from an explo...

To the original topic question, No.

As an atheist I would tell you that any spiritual or religious references I would view as you making yourself feel better. I would simply ask that I know you are doing your job. I already know my atoms are going to be once again spread back to the ...