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  1. Please Help me decide

    sauconyrunner replied to amzyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Oooh ask about 12 hr

  2. Please Help me decide

    sauconyrunner replied to amzyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I would think after your orientation period, you may be able to work something out where you work 3 days say M,T,W and then have T,F,S,S,M,Tu,W off and work TH, fr, sat, and so on. Of course it...

  3. Why is Army medic experience not valued for New Grads applying for ER jobs?

    sauconyrunner replied to armyemtbsn's topic in Emergency

    It is hard to know, but your service experience may have actually gotten you the interviews, since there are many many new grads right now who are not even able to secure an interview at a LTAC. So,...

  4. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    sauconyrunner replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A few years back I heard Mitt doing a debate. He continually pointed to "My success in MA with insurance" so he may not have wanted it, but he sure used it to his advantage during that

  5. Code Blue!

    sauconyrunner replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In the case of a SNF patient where you don't know the code status, it is inappropriate for you the discoverer of the patient who is not doing well, to LEAVE the patient to check the code status....

  6. Code Blue!

    sauconyrunner replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hate to tell you how many times this has

  7. Please Help me decide

    sauconyrunner replied to amzyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Do not do the SNF. You will gain great experience in a small rural ER because all sorts of crud will come in there before it is transferred out. You will learn HUGE amounts. Plus you can use the...

  8. Do you have to be tough to work in ED?

    sauconyrunner replied to nurse_k29's topic in Emergency

    I worked with a super quiet nurse. She had a hard time and people felt that she was ineffective. She was a good nurse, but she was completely unable to handle patients when they were upset, angry or...

  9. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    sauconyrunner replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You know what I'd like to see? Some people working on improving the laws, and finding solutions for the perceived flaws in Obama Care, rather than just predicting doom and pointing fingers.... I...

  10. Obamacare: Should I get out while I still can?

    sauconyrunner replied to TexasAbby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did know that in regards to France, I worked for a French Company for quite some time. I really much prefer their system to ours. Even with government controlled wages and rates etc. This does not...

  11. What is an average 12 hour shift like for a nurse

    sauconyrunner replied to DeezKeyz's topic in Nursing Career

    You know, the first rule of writing is to write what you know. I can assure you that your main character being a nurse, when you the writer, don't know much, if anything about nurses or...

  12. Nurse/Patient ratio in the ED?

    sauconyrunner replied to jlan79's topic in Emergency

    We are 4:1 except for the fast track patients which is something like 6-10:1 nurse with her own Paramedic. We are a non-trauma facility. Of course the occasional drop off trauma occurs. If a...

  13. Obamacare: Should I get out while I still can?

    sauconyrunner replied to TexasAbby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Many other Countries have policies in place that are similar to the ones endorsed by the new bill. I have received medical care in several of these countries. It was as good as, if not superior to...

  14. Did I just made a mistake by declining an interview?

    sauconyrunner replied to miniangel729's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Looks like you cleaned up nicely. I really hope something comes for you soon. Its so upsetting that one mis-step can affect you so much. (especially when it has nothing to do with your actual...

  15. 12 hour shifts safe?

    sauconyrunner replied to docomo's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I actually do think that people get fatigued with 12 hour shifts. BUt I imagine most of us will reply that they will give up the 3 day work week when you pry it out of our cold dead hands. A lot of...

  16. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    sauconyrunner replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ok, so you don't really understand what you are reading. A Medical Device registry is for Medical devices like PACEMAKERS (implantable, life supporting, life sustaining)or DEFIBRILLATORS, or...

  17. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    sauconyrunner replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Can I just say THANK YOU for a thread that has really lifted my mood

  18. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    sauconyrunner replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    err, yes. i read the big bill. it's long, indeed. but i followed along with it over the years, so i was well informed of it from the get-go. you are free to your opinion...you stated multiple...

  19. Can you imagine having Spiderman as a patient?

    sauconyrunner replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    OMG going to be me trying to give flu

  20. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    sauconyrunner replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I think the OP should get through the program and then see whats open in her area, and by the end of nursing school...she will be a very different person looking at specialty jobs in a...

  21. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    sauconyrunner replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You need to read the Bill. otherwise you just look ill informed, and like a natural born idiot. This is coming from a very strong Christian. I hope actually that this is a very big lesson for you....

  22. Stuttering Stupid Nurse

    sauconyrunner replied to pearlgarden's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can not even begin to imagine how difficult that situation was for you. I don't really understand it, but I think any time you have trouble communicating things begin to be frustrating. Being new...

  23. Obamacare

    sauconyrunner replied to Dauntless's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It may not be a great thing for the "profit margin" of some physicians, but in general, having actually read the whole of Obama Care (funny how so many who are dead set against this have not actually...

  24. Lying about a med to a psych patient

    sauconyrunner replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

    Part of the problem here may be that the patient was becoming more and more agitated and was not medicated until he began throwing things. The patient possibly could have been medicated with ativan...

  25. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    sauconyrunner replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    Up until a few months ago I was an Emergency Nurse. I have taken care of some of the most unsavory people in that time. That would be one place I'd advise you to avoid because there is a bigger risk...