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  1. Ebola and CPR

    frozenmedic replied to mandykal's topic in Infectious Disease

    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...

  2. Dosage calculation

    frozenmedic replied to thepersistentone28's topic in General Students

    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...

  3. Full Practice Authority

    frozenmedic replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    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...

  4. Will you get your DNP

    frozenmedic replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Advanced Practice

    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

  5. Full Practice Authority

    frozenmedic replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    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...

  6. Anoxic Brain Injury - Nurse Accused of Not Treating Asthma

    frozenmedic replied to Katillac's topic in School

    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...

  7. Anoxic Brain Injury - Nurse Accused of Not Treating Asthma

    frozenmedic replied to Katillac's topic in School

    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...

  8. Need help...Specialty experience requirements

    frozenmedic replied to Coopster1's topic in Agency Nurses

    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...

  9. Mg and K

    frozenmedic replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    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...

  10. Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    frozenmedic replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    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...

  11. Do your clot retrieval patients go to ICU?

    frozenmedic replied to Surly Tim's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

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

  12. Help!!!

    frozenmedic replied to gwarren117's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    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...

  13. This are interview questions I'm supposed to ask an RN as a homework assignment.

    frozenmedic replied to anallely16's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  14. CRRT and mobility

    frozenmedic replied to dec2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  15. Favorite RN Position

    frozenmedic replied to KT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thirds!

  16. 10 yr LPN going to get RN from Excelsior, TIPS?

    frozenmedic replied to Emm3rs's topic in Excelsior College

    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,...

  17. Paramedic and nurse?

    frozenmedic replied to Sirena_615's topic in Emergency

    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...

  18. Flight nurse?

    frozenmedic replied to Sirena_615's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    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...

  19. Emt problems

    frozenmedic replied to Brandie333's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  20. My professor told us NPs have no future...

    frozenmedic replied to anilechim's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    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...

  21. BSN not helpful

    frozenmedic replied to guest974915's topic in Online Distance Learning

    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...

  22. Hopeful future Burn Nurse

    frozenmedic replied to ha081917's topic in Burn

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

  23. Hopeful future Burn Nurse

    frozenmedic replied to ha081917's topic in Burn

    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...

  24. I'm not sure if nursing is for me and I am freaking out.

    frozenmedic replied to Brewskii13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...

  25. Anyone use picmonics?

    frozenmedic replied to Yogsdaleo,RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    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,...