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  1. Question about an accident

    Biffs25 replied to Ready's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would have at least checked for a pulse to ensure the respirations you described weren't true respirations and not agonal respirations as she died, but as previously stated, with such a...

  2. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Biffs25 replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    All I have to say is AMEN. oh and, if you're in my firehouse, it's my remote control!!

  3. How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    Biffs25 replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

    I think this depends on the program and where the rotations were held. I went to a 4 year program and was given a whole year of critical care classroom and clinical time that most local ASN programs...

  4. Nursing student just got a DUI

    Biffs25 replied to joecalifa's topic in General Nursing

    and Here it is, You have officially pissed of someone who was hit by a drunk driver while driving home from working in the ER one night. What happened? The guy had a "couple of beers", drove himself...

  5. it doesn't matter what kind of nurse you are.

    Biffs25 replied to jpatrick188's topic in General Nursing

    So If you were born in 1982 such as I was, and I just graduated this past year from my 4 year BSN, which I entered right out of high schoool, did you go to college when you were 10 so you could...

  6. any well-equipped ED's out there?

    Biffs25 replied to bissie's topic in Emergency

    I work at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda MD, and we occasionally have problems locating a monitor cable or something, but I have to say we are very well stocked. We have 8 pixus stations with...

  7. Can anyone help?

    Biffs25 replied to starletchick's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with this statement. Much of nursing is evidenced based practice. We utilize research for basing our standards of practice, and many many units have a process where you can change unit...

  8. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    Biffs25 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    Going through school I was called the "Murse" by the females in my class. It, to them, qualified the fact that I was the male nursing student, and became a long lasting joke, such as all the Focker...

  9. I made a huge mistake.. I made up vitals and got caught..

    Biffs25 replied to Talk2much555's topic in General Nursing

    I still can't believe that after all this, and what people have been telling you, that you are talking about your personal life, i.e. the car accident and your boyfriend, in this letter. It's...

  10. Pulseless patients: shock or drugs

    Biffs25 replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

    Ok, i just have to point this out, I never once threw out credentials, or letters behind my name... you just said "People need to get over themselves...I don't care what abbreviations you have behind...

  11. Pulseless patients: shock or drugs

    Biffs25 replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in Emergency

    thank you 11, I am definately not condoning any RN taking an ACLS course and being able to call themselves a paramedic. I do, however, feel that it's possible for experienced critical care RN's to...

  12. anyone ever seen this in a full arrest?

    Biffs25 replied to fallon_rn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Treat the patient, not the monitor...Was there a pulse? If not, then i would assume the proper procedures were followed. If all that was being treated was the monitor, then shame on all practitioners...

  13. Experiences of the male nursing student

    Biffs25 replied to framps's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Now I'm going to throw something out there that might stir the pot a little..but... At my university, the only male nursing instructors we had were gay. I have no issues with people's choice of...

  14. CPR after rigor mortis

    Biffs25 replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    why waste your time bagging if the air is going into the lungs and not being circulated? your rationale makes no

  15. ER the T.V. Show

    Biffs25 replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    i was a little pissed off about the comment made "she's just the nurse, maybe she doesn't know" in relation to the patient seeing the nurse smile and not the doctor, and how the lack of a smile...

  16. What's you highest...?

    Biffs25 replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient a couple weeks ago who had fallen at home and of course couldn't get up, laid in his own urine and stool for a few days, dehydrated as hell, I can't remember his labs but his temp when...

  17. where are the nursing shortages?

    Biffs25 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Washington DC area, the ICU at the hospital where I work is short 40% of their nursing staff

  18. Questions to ask a prospective employer

    Biffs25 replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I feel that in any critical care setting you should have the ability to get assistance from other nurses with your patients, no matter how experienced you are. I love the ER I work in...

  19. Challenge: 25 Words or Less

    Biffs25 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    30 ambulances....understaffed....ccu, icu, and med/surg full....no breaks...chemical spill accross the street, decon patients... so much

  20. Without Nurses We Have Nothing!

    Biffs25 replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    what part of MD are you

  21. Without Nurses We Have Nothing!

    Biffs25 replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    It's nice to see some high school seniors with some pep and who know what they want to do. I don't know much about george mason, but I know JMU has a good reputation for their nursing program. I...

  22. motorcycle accidents

    Biffs25 replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    I've had patients coming in as trauma codes from accidents involving them on motorcycles... EMS and ER people don't call them donorcycles for nothing, the previous post stating that there would be a...

  23. How many nurses here have their license currently suspended?

    Biffs25 replied to Sheba817's topic in General Nursing

    Coumadin was one of the meds you listed as not giving, which PROBABLY won't have any ill effect, but there is potential for ill effect if one of the other people you work with made the same mistake...

  24. EMT-P Question

    Biffs25 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    Becoming an EMT regularly only takes a couple months, if not only one month depending on the class shedule. It is the becoming a paramedic in a couple months that some people might not like the idea...

  25. How many nurses here have their license currently suspended?

    Biffs25 replied to Sheba817's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would have helped if you had taken the drug test...and if that didn't work, then I guess you should have been EXTRA careful to not get those medication errors during your probation period....