CKPM2RN

CKPM2RN ASN, EMT-P

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  1. How can a nurse sustain a healthy and happy relationship?

    CKPM2RN replied to nicenurse819's topic in General Nursing

    Or at least in a similar profession. Firefighters, paramedics, cops, all crazy hours, everyone understands that your tired, and no one celebrates things on the actual day because sometimes your shifts...

  2. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My husband came up with this one years ago: Frequent User of Critical Resources. We never use the acronym, we just say the whole

  3. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    On the topic of words for "dead". I learned early in EMS to say "Dead". Because in the confusing flurry of activity and people's belief that CPR always results in a person sitting up and looking...

  4. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I use that one. I also use EKG. Because I'm

  5. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    LOLFDGB: Lil old lady fall down go boom. That's a GLF, male patients are LOMFDGB. Hyperlacrimation Status

  6. Which shift would you choose?

    CKPM2RN replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    11 am to 11 pm is awesome! Time in the morning, not home too late. My hospital has a 10-10 that's not bad at

  7. I'm About To Fail NCLEX Need Help With Where To Go From Here

    CKPM2RN replied to magnumGI's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    After my NCLEX I didn't try the magic pop up thing, I just went to the state BON and licensing website and put in my name. The day after NCLEX my name was listed with a RN number after

  8. I'm About To Fail NCLEX Need Help With Where To Go From Here

    CKPM2RN replied to magnumGI's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow. You need to meditate, chill out, chillax, settle down, and so much more. Have you always been this anxious? If you've done that well in all your predictive programs and your classes, you've got...

  9. Lower Back Pain and Anterior Pelvic Tilt

    CKPM2RN replied to Tate Roberts's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Very helpful and a reminder to watch your back and take care of your back. I would love to see a PT or such post here about recommended exercises for people on their feet all day, pushing, pulling,...

  10. Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

    CKPM2RN replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't a work badge, but I did overnight with required signature my electronic apartment key back to the building manager once. They received it, I had the signature that said they did. Try

  11. Exploring The Use Of Adjunctive Therapies In Type 1 Diabetes

    CKPM2RN replied to Mariel Lechner's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Thank you for the great information. I'm an ER nurse but a family member is impacted by T1D with obesity. This person eats quite healthy and works out regularly but continues to gain weight. This is...

  12. Unsafe loads

    CKPM2RN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Medical-Surgical

    No worries, I used it to get into acute care and wanted to see if it was a fit. It was not and I managed to take another opening elsewhere in the same hospital, one that was an "internal" posting. You...

  13. Flying solo after 2 ‘training shifts’

    CKPM2RN replied to newgrad41's topic in First Year After Licensure

  14. Flying solo after 2 ‘training shifts’

    CKPM2RN replied to newgrad41's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That was my sink or swim first job. And what a rough swim that was at first. Thank goodness we had a med-tech so I didn't have to do standard daily meds, just tube-feed, injected or inhaled, etc. But...

  15. Upside of Changes: Nurses Make the Best of Change

    CKPM2RN replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    A recent change I found disgusting? (Mind you, I left the "floor" because of these types of changes among other reasons.) We added "hourly rounding", a nifty video showed how happy and helpful we...

  16. War on Nurses

    CKPM2RN replied to dareese's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From how I read the article this old-time approach created LPN-type nurses. Could one of these licensed nurses not take supplemental education down the line to become RN, or more? And it would be my...

  17. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    CKPM2RN replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior College

    I'm loving all the EMT-Ps in here! My only advice to anyone starting Excelsior is to study your BON laws and find the workarounds! (Hello Federal employment!) It can be

  18. I’m Disgusted and Disturbed

    CKPM2RN replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Hearing the chain of events, I would think it likely that she: A. Didn't want to go to a pych facility. B. Had a little extra stashed in her belongings which she consumed all of because she...

  19. How Has Covid Affected Nursing?

    CKPM2RN replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You want to help us? Hire more staff. Yes, I know RNs are hard to hire. How about all the ancillary staff that makes our days bearable? I want a high ratio of aids (CNA, NAC, Med tech, whatever...) in...

  20. Scheduled vacation

    CKPM2RN replied to penny186's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Do you have a screen shot or some sort of written ANYTHING about this? It would be helpful. But in all reality they are trying to bully you into compliance. Stand

  21. Tobacco free environment and testing for nicotine. Lawful? Thoughts?

    CKPM2RN replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    The medical system I hired with and the competing medical system in the area both test for nicotine and have for at least 5 years or more. They don't yet test for hamburger grease or Big Gulp...

  22. Unsafe loads

    CKPM2RN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I left the MS unit over a year ago because of this. We were still 5:1 with an occasional 6:1. A month or so ago I ran into one of my coworkers from MS in the hallway and she described the unit as LTC...

  23. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    CKPM2RN replied to nursej22's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So you want to take a dewormer. We treated our horses with this and it is an effective anti-parasitic dewormer. Unfortunately people are taking the entire tube. The product is weight-based and comes...

  24. Do you think you are a "hero"?

    CKPM2RN replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But, the pizzas! Eyes roll completely to the back of my

  25. Covid-19 Religious Exemption

    CKPM2RN replied to NurseA2021's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you have to ask what it would take to get a religious exemption, it leads me to believe that you don't have an actually religion-based belief, you just don't want to have the vaccine for Covid-19....