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  1. Tips for a new home health hospice nurse

    paramedic-RN replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yea just didn't seems like a very optimistic contribution to someone already in doubt, just kind kicking someone when they're down is how it came across to me at

  2. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in General Nursing

    So I also don't like bedside report for several reasons, I think it's almost just as good to do it outside the room and then go in where both of you lay eyes on the pt and then just do a little intro....

  3. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I give my patient the same standard of care I would be okay with for me or my family. I would have absolutely no problem taking a pillow that had been wiped down regardless of what had been on that...

  4. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well geez so sorry to have been burdening you with the weight of this topic the past few days like I said this is something that I care about (not being wasteful) and as I've said before it really...

  5. Tips for a new home health hospice nurse

    paramedic-RN replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    .......that's

  6. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in General Nursing

    How often are babies dropped? What happens when that happens? I'm assuming incident report, head CT, etc. but what do you tell the

  7. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I"m a little confused about the BP cuff OR pillow thing, can you clarify? Also I think were more appalled at the careless waste here. We all do care about careless spending as well but mostly the...

  8. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But their face only touches the pillowcase which was laundered and probably covered with poop at one

  9. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    forgot to quote before

  10. Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    paramedic-RN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bully! Just rejoice in the fact that her life is probably pretty sad even if she says it's not, let the internal turmoil that plagues her everyday be the sweet revenge you crave on

  11. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But you give your patient a blanket right? you can't be sure that prior to being washed it wasn't laden with poop, what abut the sheets? those aren't brand new, probably were laden with vomit and bile...

  12. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...Lol

  13. How long do you stay at a job you hate?

    paramedic-RN replied to godbless-yute's topic in Emergency

    Yea your old place sounded great, the only ER I ever worked at (which I hated every minute of and left after 7 months) if I had 4 open room omg watch out. No mercy. I would get 2 direct beds at the...

  14. How would you handle this?

    paramedic-RN replied to MedFlightDreams's topic in Emergency

    I don't think urine thing is a big deal, almost every ER has a protocol for ordering urine anyway. Females with abd pain for instance, immediate UA, MD shouldn't even have to order it. The whole STEMI...

  15. A Frustrating Code

    paramedic-RN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    Yea I hate it when people flip out during a code, it's like 'hello they're dead it can only go up from here.' Not to brag but I"m always cool as a cucumber during a code I don't yell or run, I still...

  16. What is the worst mistake you've made as a nurse?

    paramedic-RN replied to unpocodeam0r's topic in Emergency

    At least 2-3 times I've spiked a bag, hung it, plugged it into the pump (or not if it was just a one liter bolus) and then NOT hooked it up to the patient only to return later and find a patient...

  17. Abusing ancillary staff

    paramedic-RN replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    I guess it depends if your talking about paramedics as techs or the kind that functions as nurses which is becoming more common. As techs yea you have good and bad apples for sure, whether they're...

  18. PARAMEDICS IN THE ED...Do you have them????

    paramedic-RN replied to EDtraumaCNS's topic in Emergency

    NCLEX is not harder then NREMT I found both to be easy, I guess it's just like any test, depends how prepared you are. Also I completely agree that ER nurses should have to do like maybe 10 ride outs...

  19. Would you want your child to become a Nurse???

    paramedic-RN replied to myownboss's topic in General Nursing

    Well EMS is ranked as one of the most dangerous professions (up there with police) even though fire fighters get all the cred lol. Anyway we work 24 sometimes 48 hours shift with no guaranteed breaks...

  20. Paramedics in the hospital setting

    paramedic-RN replied to Ellekat2's topic in Rural

    I had wrote something but deleted it after seeing I misunderstood someone's

  21. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in General Nursing

    oops duplicate

  22. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! good grief this is so true, I recently had an experience that highlighted

  23. Throwing out pillows!? Does anyone else do this!?

    paramedic-RN replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But the pillow gets a cover? Your face is on the cover not the vinyl. If you're gonna go that far well think of all the times another nurse helps you change someone and then with urine on their gloves...

  24. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    paramedic-RN replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's so true that the squeaky wheel gets the oil, I've been in this situation before neglecting the more sick more appreciative ones. I think you just have to not cater to them. When I get one of them...

  25. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    paramedic-RN replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't blame management necessarily because I find a lot of managers and directors have served their time in the trenches and are pretty reasonable. They're also getting this stuff shoved down their...