brewski09

being a male RN, I can't get offended by the term "murse." Its just not important enough. That, and I worked in an ED where it was about 50% male nurses, and we all joked around about everything with "mursing" being one of the common ones. Our pat...

Take it to a jeweler to have the engraving done later. You can add it any time you want.

If the concern here is whether we have just contaminated his central line or not, will changing to new tubing/meds make any difference? I think hanging the old tubing is the right action here because you have to save the life first. But if you do ha...

Yes, I would say they told most of us in our ADN program were told we wouldn't make good nurses. Several of us have gone on to get jobs in critical care without a BSN. It made us tougher and closer, but definitely tested our resilience. It would have...

I have the littman classic 2 se and love it. You can buy online for $85 or less with shipping (try amazon). I do think the cardiology stethoscopes are nice, but don't find it necessary unless you are going to be on a cardiology unit. I have used one ...

First of all, I am quite surprised at everyone here for what is almost a complete lack of support for an RN in a nursing forum. Second of all, the MD needs to be writing some parameters. They should be a standard on the order set for every patient t...

I have seen quite a few of the EZ-IO, all by MDs as they are the only ones allowed to place them per our protocols. I have only seen a couple come in by EMS with an EZ-IO in place (mostly the medics can get an IV established and don't need it. ther...

Our program only gives preceptorships to 10% of the students. the others are in 8:1 clinical groups. However, they had 2 patients each on the first day. they are also shadowing the charge RN and special teams like the IV team and pick line team. ...