RN Randy

LOL ... Too funny!

For those unfortunate enough to have to work, not qualifying for a loan, school is tough, and even tougher based on the amount of work one has to do outside of school. I'm so sorry your life has been so easy as to make you think nursing is the toughe...

I've lived and worked in: Lexington, KY Syracuse, NY Sacramento, CA Baltimore, MD Grand Jct, CO Charleston, WV Jacksonville, FL Sierra Vista, AZ Toledo, OH and a bunch of smaller places no one has heard of. I've worked with people from Somalia to Au...

WOW!. Praise God and pass the ammo! ?

AMEN and thanks for that post. To simplify your point of view, YES! That's the point indeed! As long as there are GROUPS, people will always be GROUPED. But how far is a latino going to get when they call for disbanding all the GROUPS... Good luck. ...

I have to say that customer service is indeed an overkill, based on the fact that as mentioned before, people expect too much from anyone, or any agency, all the time. Not just hospitals. People who live 'normal/average' lives demand special/above a...

Hello, just have a quick inquiry: I live in a rural area and I'm interested in PICC insertion. I'd be happy doing contracts. I'd be happy starting PICC teams in a couple small hospitals and "make" myself a job. I have access to several small hospital...

There's another one. Not just the med cost, but the added long-term cost. Please don't let people flush medications.... http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/45083.html rb

LOL, that's easy. Because if you find some minor manufacturing defect in your tank tubing, such as a bump of plastic or simiar, your reaction will be "oh... well, it works so leave it." However; should you find the same bump in your oxygen tubing, ...

I'll agree with some of that... but I truly think backing up even further is where the problem lies... it's an "Americanization Crisis" ... the insurance crisis is a result of the American way of wasteful thinking/living in the first place. If we di...

Wow thinker, what part of "hopeless case" are you not getting? No one is saying there should be a decision of who lives and who dies, sheesh. If your prognosis is zero then it's zero. The discussion is about keeping bodies stewing in the ICU. Just ...

In Europe I believe they start adult cut-off ages around 65 and go from there, depending on Dx. Not so much cut off of care, but of funding for said care, which usually results in cut off of care....? As for Corporate America, The only hope for the ...

Hmm... been reading this thread... sounds like any other day in the eastern appalachian mountains. LOL. However; when something needs said, it usually gets said... from both sides! Our families bring sleeping bags and blow-up mattresses though, and ...

Get on the net or anywhere really, and find yourself a "non-disclosure agreement" form, and DO NOT EVER EVER EVER...even hint at your ideas to anyone that hasn't signed on the line. Then pray they steal your idea... LOL... Seriously, the guy with the...

Hi and thanks for the reply. Well, at the time, I was trying to find a way to get PICC's away from travelling IR guys. Most of our small hospitals use them. Hospitals all have their own Rad Dept, but not IR equipment. Hence, the roving road show. I...

Wow, just skimming this thread... Looks like it should have been titled "Are you a punk, peckerhead, or both? Please let us know!" Sheesh. I'll tell ya something, it's "guys" that give us men a bad name. To the OP, See all those punk posts? Those a...

You sound very young, and very upset for sure. Didn't catch the prequel to this story, but termination for whatever reason means you should just chalk it up as a learning experience on whatever level it is, and consider it over/done. Simply explain i...

Yup, looks exactly like the uniforms the females in WV wear.... The school denied the petition for scrubs; saying that scrubs were not only confusing for the ID between nurse/student, but also unprofessional in appearance. However; I believe they di...

Huh? Ok, so how about what chair was she sitting in? The charge nurse's? Was she hindering the CN from doing something, and did said CN give her a dirty look, which caused her to lose focus and not really realize what time it was? SO, the real quest...

Well, I usually agree with your posts, but I'm gonna call you on this one. It was a newbie mistake with a rude dude, not a rude nurse. [if she did this continually, yeah, maybe he could be frustrated or whatever, but STILL... two rudes don't make a ...

er..... did you even read the OP? A new nurse said it was 'policy to clarify meds on admission'... HOW do you get 'policy to call the doc immediately, regardless of the hour' out of that... ?? The rest of us got: 'I'm new and we have to do a med rec...

There's a saying about buying a flashlight to carry in the prison, and I always have to laugh when I see those super-size Maglites... It goes: 'When choosing a flashlight, try to imagine what it will feel like as it goes up your a$$.' Same goes for p...

I just got here, so don't blame me... lol. If it matters now: 1. Who cares what they're there for? Usually, knowing will only serve to either cause you to show sympathy or bias. But for completion... federal is usually drugs, and lower levels are us...

LOL, Sharon... robi-d... wow. Two words come to mind... "eaten alive." My life's experiences have taught me that when someone begins yelling - decrease your tone and remain calm, and most of all, know which common items make the best weapons! :) rb P...

Sorry, then. Let's just call them all the "I'm suffering" face. And Sometimes? When is withdrawl not.. at the least.. uncomfortable? What bugs me here is the hipocracy... The only way to stop withdrawl pain [in the mind of the addict] is to administ...