vlewis515

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1. When patients keep calling 911

   vlewis515 replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Relations

   Sorry just saw this. PSAP=Public Safety Answering Point. Just another way of saying 911 call center. I'm in the DFW area at an agency that dispatches for 4 suburbs, 2 are somewhat affluent the other 2 are more middle class suburbs.

2. When patients keep calling 911

   vlewis515 replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Relations

   911 Dispatcher working on prereqs here. We get a ton of calls from patients in hospital/specialty care. The exact wording of 911 abuse can make charges tricky and in my 13 years dispatching, my agency has only filed one case of 911 abuse. Where I liv...

3. Dating while in nursing school?

   vlewis515 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

   Wow. What a psycho. Dude, you need help.

4. Forced wearing of nursing cap.

   vlewis515 replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

   Not even remotely discriminatory in any way shape or form. They have basically said this is part of your student formal uniform, hell they even gave you the courtesy of letting the students vote on it. If you choose not to wear your complete uniform ...

5. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

   vlewis515 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

   This. Is. Awesome. I'm not even a nursing student yet, I'm still working on my prereqs but I am a police and fire dispatcher and the cultures of both jobs are similar. This is how I feel about training new dispatchers. I get so tired of reading the ...