frozenmedic

I can almost guarantee there isn't an official policy, and you're assuming you actually know the patient has Ebola. If they came in from outside the hospital as a working arrest, and looked like someone dying from a viral hemorrhagic fever, I assume...

You exist?!?!?!? I have also spent hours successfully teaching students dimensional analysis and cannot understand why it is not the educational standard. The other formulas to memorize are indeed ridiculous, error prone, and non-transferable to othe...

This. So much this. I want to post it in every breakroom and have it printed on cards for when I have to sigh at my coworkers with 3 months of experience who are already in DNP programs. I have never seen a better and more hilarious summation of the ...

Damn! If only that "Nursing Practice" part of the degree actually added some you know.....extra advanced nursing practice. Where on earth is the nursing field going?

I can't agree with you both more! I think we are currently in a race to the bottom of NP outcomes. You can't browse the internet without an endless onslaught of, "It's-so-easy you can be an NP without ever changing out of your PJs," type ads for NP s...

I am a nurse and a paramedic. I have been both constrained by orders, and at the receiving end of many of those 911 calls. I have spent much of my career working out of the hospital, often without another advanced level provider to "check in" with. ...

Though this may be true, and many people are implying that a "real" school nurse (as opposed to LPN, medical assistant etc) might have assessed and managed this situation differently; I'm alarmed by the amount of replies to this topic that are surpri...

My suspicion is you can't find any research because logically this speaks for itself. Travel nurses are generally given minimal orientation (2 shifts-2 weeks generally) and then expected to be able to safely care for patients in an unfamiliar environ...

In the ICUs at my facility we have a nurse-driven protocol for supplementation of most electrolytes (K, Mg, Ca, Phos). The goal in each protocol is to maintain the patient around the mid to upper end of normal for most electrolytes. RNs will supplem...

First off, this is a logarithm: This is an algorithm: There isn't anything inherently difficult about understanding the difference. To the OP- you have already received lots of good advice; but however you decide to proceed, I would add a few poin...

HDU=High Dependency Unit, a level of care between ICU and general floor. What the US would likely call step-down.

There are so many smart, well qualified people who want to get into flight, that programs can generally be quite selective. I don't know exactly how you "blew" your last interview, but it sounds like you may not have realized some of the very real no...

1. What makes nursing a profession rather than simply an occupation? Overpaid naval-gazers with PhDs in "Nursing Theory," who tell you bedside care is the backbone of our profession, but haven't seen a real patient in 35 years. In an occupation I be...

I work in a unit that ambulates patients on CRRT all the time. We also ambulate people on VA/VV ECMO, external/temporary VADs, and combinations of all these support systems. We have been known to take these people outside as well. The type of supp...

Thirds!

1. How long did it take to finish the Excelsior nursing classes? 2 years, including the CPNE. It could definitely be done faster. 2. Approximately how much did you study? Initially, I did 1 course every 2-3 months, studying for sev...

Yup. Been there, done that.... Worked as a 911 medic for years, loved working as a paramedic, teaching paramedic initial education and critical care courses, but still went to nursing school for all the reasons other people have listed. I had no ide...

It seems this discussion got a bit sidetracked, but assuming you're talking about being a civilian flight nurse here is my input. On paper, the basic requirements are just as other posters have noted, perhaps with minor variations between services. ...

When I worked as a paramedic we had this problem all the time. LTC care staff calling 911 for clear non-emergencies because (duh) we'd get there faster than the local transport services. Their protocols also required them to call 911 for any residen...

Just because your professor is a jerk, doesn't mean he's wrong. I work with plenty of great NPs and there is plenty of work to go around, but I don't think the current NP model can last. As others have pointed out there is quite a bit a variation i...

As my old boss used to say, "those bridge programs put the BS in BSN." My RN-BSN program was, fortunately, cheap, and from an education standpoint, I certainly got what I paid for. Nursing has done a great job of creating a "career ladder" that no...

I worked in a burn unit in the southeast. It's a great place to be.

If you're starting out as a new nurse and interested in the burn population, you should go for it. I think you'll find that a burn ICU can offer exposure to far more than "just" burns. Assuming you're working in a verified burn center, not just a u...

Like several of the other people who have replied, I was a paramedic before I was an RN. I had no particular interest in nursing itself, but I saw it as more stable career with greater transferability, promotion, and salary potential than working in...

I think Picmonic is wonderful. I used the "doctor level" Picmonic, as my husband was a medical student while I was studying for the NCLEX, so I don't know how different the "nursing level" would be, but I found they did a fantastic job of making dry...