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    Your a nurse--You should know better!!

    vamedic4 replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    That nurse is indeed an idiot. How dare she make you look as if you were incompetent simply by allowing children to do what they do best - PLAY. Let's just give our kids helmets and tell them to stay...
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    The gift that keeps on hurting

    vamedic4 replied to mazy's topic in General Nursing

    (((((Mazy))))))....so very sorry to hear of your loss. TheCommuter is right, we're here to support you, so when you need to talk - we're here. I can't imagine what you're feeling right now, but I...
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    Lowered my pay, didn't tell me? Don't know what to do?

    vamedic4 replied to liberty_bell's topic in General Nursing

    Lack of morality is rampant in the business world, and if I were in a position like yours I'd leave the bad company behind if I didn't get what I was told I would get. I'd go to her again ( or...
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    33 years old and starting over

    vamedic4 replied to MisaChickaBea's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My best words of wisdom are : don't give up. Don't lose faith. You can do it. There's a degree out ther with your name on it, all you have to do is put forth the effort. Don't despair because...
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    HYPOGLYCEMIA:Seizure...code

    vamedic4 replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Giving D50 for low blood sugars saves her life. Giving it for a higher blood sugar (say, if her BS were 320) isn't going to kill her. And maybe they should review NPO policies for...
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    Dorming versus not dorming

    vamedic4 replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Students

    My roommates and I were lucky. Our dorm room consisted of a bedrooom, a living room, bathroom and a kitchen. Matter of fact, my dorm room was bigger than my first apartment. I had two roommates,...
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    vamedic4 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Medic09...you and I both know that there are programs that simply don't have access to inhospital training, so the possibility of a medic who only has experience with Fred the Head is indeed possible,...
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    vamedic4 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Truthfully, as long as you never forget the basics of airway management, the advanced stuff really isn't that difficult. You can do more with a BVM and correct technique than you can with any...
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    Dorming versus not dorming

    vamedic4 replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Students

    During my first stint in nursing school (1988), I lived at home and commuted to school. It was very difficult. I had some of the issues you worry about - harder time getting to know people, farther...
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    Shift DRAMA

    vamedic4 replied to RN1981's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with others...put your foot down. Tell them, don't ask, that you be put back on the schedule that you need to work. Tell them you schedule your job around your life, not the other way around....
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    So paranoid! LOL

    vamedic4 replied to Lunah's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congratulations lunah, you remain an
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    I'm a Registered Nurse

    vamedic4 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congratulations
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    Am I Wrong To Think This?

    vamedic4 replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    Bugaloo I completely agree with you. I work 26 miles from my home and I'll be darned if I'm coming in for staff meetings/inservices/other BS unless it's absolutely life or death necessary. To tie...
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    Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    vamedic4 replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I once heard a wise nurse tell her manager after a discussion similar to the OPs..."I'll be here until my job is done, and you'll pay me for every moment of it." Words to live
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    Have you ever NOT shown up when you were scheduled to work?

    vamedic4 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I've only had one "no call, no show" in 14 years, and it was because someone changed my schedule without notifying me. I was scheduled to work a Thursday night and didn't show - my schedule showed...
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    RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    vamedic4 replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Very well put. I totally
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    Ativan IM?

    vamedic4 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it given IM, undiluted. It's very oily and hurts like the dickens evidently...patients don't like it very much, but if it
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    What more could I have done?

    vamedic4 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    As others have posted, you did exactly as you should have, lorenzo. Getting your patient to the ER was the only thing that was going to help him any further. Hope you didn't shatter any eardrums as...
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    lidocaine for IV starts?

    vamedic4 replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    Using a J tip doesn't prolong the situation. It involves no needle, and in 15 seconds, barely the time it takes to secure a kid's arm, the lido has taken effect. Sure, they may go apesh*t prior to...
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    Excelsior Students That are Paramedics, What is your Hourly Wage?

    vamedic4 replied to sbuxdrinkr's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Keep in mind that not all Excelsior students who are medics work in NY. I worked in the field in VA and made $7/hour...with a degree in the field. Then I made 13.85/hour returning to the field 5...
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    Medical Marijuana for RN's

    vamedic4 replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'll post this link again, not for the sake of argument but to dispel rumor and myths. http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/ Personally, I miss smoking it. Last time I did was over 14 years...
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    Medical Marijuana for RN's

    vamedic4 replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is a gross misconception. The government of the United States has spent hundreds of millions of dollars fighting the drug trade - and that's just at the federal level. Most of the drugs seized...
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    lidocaine for IV starts?

    vamedic4 replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    I've started literally thousands of IVs. Lidocaine is great, and if it's available to you..give it a try. My hospital utilizes a new form of the lido..in a J Tip. It is a syringe with .3cc of...
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    *Weird* Patient Allergies

    vamedic4 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who is allergic to benadryl. That's right, benadryl. Funny sounding as many of the "allergies" may be, the fact is that whether it's a naturally occuring or man made substance - you...
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    Alone in my "hippie" beliefs in Texas at Nursing School.

    vamedic4 replied to Ekstasis's topic in Holistic

    Exactly. Never mind the others, I assure you that their ignorance will astound you by the time you're finished school. Oh, and they're not "hippie" beliefs, they're your beliefs. Stand up for them...